Area of woodland: 2007 |
The area of woodland in the UK at 31 March 2007 is 2.8 million hectares. Of this total, 1.3 million hectares (47%) is in Scotland, 1.1 million hectares (40%) is in England, 0.3 million hectares (10%) is in Wales and 0.1 million hectares (3%) is in Northern Ireland.
Table 1.1 Area of woodland by ownership and forest type at 31 March 2007
Forest type and ownership | England | Scotland | Wales | Northern | UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousand hectares | |||||
Conifers | |||||
FC/ FS woodland | 149 | 430 | 93 | 56 | 728 |
Non-FC/ FS woodland2 | 218 | 618 | 65 | 10 | 912 |
Total | 367 | 1 048 | 158 | 66 | 1 640 |
Broadleaves1 | |||||
FC/ FS woodland | 53 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 98 |
Non-FC/ FS woodland2 | 704 | 266 | 114 | 15 | 1 098 |
Total | 757 | 293 | 127 | 20 | 1 197 |
Total | |||||
FC/ FS woodland | 202 | 457 | 107 | 61 | 827 |
Non-FC/ FS woodland2 | 922 | 884 | 178 | 26 | 2 010 |
Total | 1 124 | 1 341 | 285 | 87 | 2 837 |
Source: Forestry Commission, Forest Service, 1995-99 National Inventory of Woodland and Trees.
Notes:
1. Broadleaves include coppice and coppice with standards.
2. Non-FC woodland figures for England, Scotland and Wales are based on the 1995-99 National Inventory of Woodland and Trees (NIWT) and adjusted for new planting and sales of FC woodland, but at present no adjustment is made for woodland converted to another land-use, nor for changes in woodland composition at restocking. They include non-FC publicly owned woodland. The NIWT did not include Northern Ireland.