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Description
2019 statistics on environmental aspects of UK woodlands, produced by the Forestry Commission and released in September 2019. The data includes figures on woodland area, carbon, and other environmental metrics, with breakdowns for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland where possible. It is published by the Government Digital Service as part of the 'Forestry Statistics 2019' web publication.
Use Cases
Model carbon sequestration potential based on woodland area statistics.
Analyze regional environmental impacts of forestry across UK nations.
Assess trends in woodland management for environmental reporting.
Strengths
Data is produced as official National Statistics under arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
Includes geographically disaggregated figures for the constituent UK nations where possible.
Covers multiple environmental aspects including carbon and woodland area.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
Forestry Commission, published via Government Digital Service.
Collection Method
Official national statistics collection and compilation.
Time Range
2019
Freshness
Data reflects the 2019 reporting year and was released in September 2019.
Geography
United Kingdom, with breakdowns for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
File format is EXCEL XLSX, which may require specific software or libraries for processing.