Protected forest areas |
Woodland areas can be placed under different types of statutory and non-statutory protection.
The area of woodland that is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in Northern Ireland is estimated to total around 0.1 million hectares (Table 5.2).
|
Type of protection1 |
England |
Wales |
Scotland |
Northern |
UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousand hectares | |||||
|
SAC |
24 |
1 |
22 |
0 |
47 |
|
SPA |
.. |
1 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
NNR2 |
9 |
1 |
19 |
0 |
30 |
|
SSSI |
80 |
9 |
38 |
2 |
129 |
Source: Protected Forest Areas in the UK (S Pryor & G Peterken, 2001).
Notes:
1. SAC: Special Area of Conservation;
SPA: Special Protection Area;
NNR: National Nature Reserve;
SSSI: Site of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI in Northern Ireland).
2. For NNR, the Scottish figure is the area of NNR managed under the WGS, and probably under-estimates the total woodland in NNRs in Scotland. This has a knock-on effect on the UK total.
.. Denotes data not available.
These figures are outside the scope of National Statistics