England Woodland Management Status Raster Data for 2011 Performance Indicator

England's Forestry Commission created this geospatial raster dataset to calculate its 2011/12 headline performance indicator for the percentage of woodland under active management. The data integrates eight administrative sources, including grant schemes and felling licenses, and uses the National Forest Inventory for the total woodland area denominator. It is provided as a 25-meter resolution georeferenced TIFF file with cell values of 0 for unmanaged and 1 for actively managed woodland.

Use Cases

• Calculate the percentage of actively managed woodland in England based on the defined administrative criteria.
• Perform spatial analysis of woodland management status distribution across England using the 25m raster.
• Model the impact of grant schemes and felling licenses on management coverage over defined timeframes (e.g., 5, 10, 15, 30 years).
• Compare the Forestry Commission's administrative definition of 'active management' with other potential management datasets.

Strengths

• Provides a clear, operational definition of 'actively managed woodland' based on eight specific administrative data sources.
• Spatial data is georeferenced and has a defined 25-meter cell resolution.
• The denominator for calculation is explicitly stated as the most recent National Forest Inventory data at the time.

Limitations

• Row count, column names, and sample data are unknown; data structure must be inspected after download.
• The last update date is unknown, and the data is specific to the reporting period ending 30 September 2011.
• The definition excludes some management schemes (e.g., Forest Plans, Dedication), which may underrepresent managed areas.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission (England), via the Government Digital Service on eu_open_data.

Collection Method

Integration of eight administrative data sources (e.g., English Woodland Grant Scheme, Felling Licence Applications) and the National Forest Inventory.

Time Range

Reporting period up to 30 September 2011, with source data covering varying historical periods (e.g., grants paid within the last 5-30 years).

Freshness

Data is from a specific reporting period ending 30 September 2011; update frequency is unknown.

Geography

England.