Certified Woodland Area in the UK by Region and Sector, 2001-2017

Certified woodland areas from 2001 to 2017, broken down by UK constituent countries and by public and private sector. The dataset is produced by the Forestry Commission to support the National Statistics release on Woodland Area, Planting and Restocking. Revisions are typically available in September to support the annual Forestry Statistics and Forestry Facts & Figures publications.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in forest certification over time based on the 2001-2017 time series
• Compare forestry management practices between public and private sectors based on the FC/NRW/FS and private sector breakdown
• Assess regional differences in certified woodland area based on the England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, GB and UK breakdown

Strengths

• Data covers a 17-year time series from 2001 to 2017
• Provides a breakdown by UK constituent countries and by public/private sector management

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission

Time Range

2001 to 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-29 22:06:43.419369; freshness should be verified

Geography

England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, GB and UK