UK Forestry Statistics 2017 on Woodland Area, Carbon, and Climate Attitudes

2017 National Statistics on UK forestry were released on 28 September 2017 by the Forestry Commission. The data includes UK-wide and country-level figures on woodland area, planting, timber, trade, climate change, environment, recreation, employment, and finance. It specifically covers statistics on carbon in forests, the Woodland Carbon Code, and public attitudes to climate change.

Use Cases

• Estimate carbon sequestration potential based on UK woodland area statistics.
• Analyze public perception of climate change based on the public attitudes data.
• Model timber trade flows using the provided UK trade statistics.
• Assess regional forestry employment trends using country-level employment figures.

Strengths

• Published as official National Statistics under arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
• Provides statistics at both UK-wide and country-level (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland) granularity.
• Covers a wide thematic scope including climate change, environment, recreation, and finance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data freshness should be verified as the statistics are from 2017.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission

Collection Method

Official government statistics collection.

Time Range

2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-29 22:09:06.145357; the underlying statistics are from 2017.

Geography

United Kingdom, with breakdowns for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.