UK Forestry Statistics on Woodland Area, Planting, and Trade, 2015

National Statistics on forestry released by the Forestry Commission on 24 September 2015. The data includes UK statistics on woodland area, planting, timber, trade, climate change, environment, recreation, employment, finance, and international forestry. Where possible, figures are also provided for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

Use Cases

• Model timber supply and trade flows based on UK forestry trade statistics.
• Analyze the relationship between woodland area and environmental indicators mentioned in the description.
• Assess regional forestry employment and financial trends based on statistics for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
• Study public recreation patterns in UK woodlands based on the recreation statistics.
• Investigate the impact of forestry on climate change based on the included climate change statistics.

Strengths

• Official National Statistics produced by the Forestry Commission and released under arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
• Provides breakdowns for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland where possible.
• Covers multiple thematic areas including woodland area, planting, timber, trade, climate change, environment, recreation, employment, and finance.

Limitations

• Data is from 2015; freshness should be verified for current applications.
• 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

Collection Method

Official National Statistics collection.

Time Range

2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:26.284905; the underlying data is from 2015.

Geography

United Kingdom, with sub-national data for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.