England Woodland Management Status Raster Map, 2014

A 2014 georeferenced raster map from the UK Forestry Commission classifying English woodland as actively managed or unmanaged. The data integrates administrative sources like grant schemes and felling licenses, with management defined by activity within the prior 15 years. The total woodland area denominator is derived from the contemporary National Forest Inventory.

Use Cases

• Calculate the percentage of actively managed woodland in England based on the defined administrative criteria.
• Spatially analyze the distribution of managed vs. unmanaged woodland areas.
• Model the impact of grant schemes and felling licenses on woodland management status.
• Establish a baseline for tracking changes in woodland management over time.

Strengths

• Provides a binary classification (0/1) for managed status across all woodland in England.
• Integrates data from 9 distinct administrative sources, including multiple grant schemes and the Public Forest Estate.
• Uses a standardized 25-meter cell size for spatial analysis.
• The total woodland area is anchored to the National Forest Inventory, a recognized source.

Limitations

• The definition of 'actively managed' is limited to specific administrative criteria and excludes other potential management activities.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; data freshness is unverified for periods after 2014.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission (UK), Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Integration of administrative data sources (grant schemes, felling licenses, public estate records) to create a unified geospatial layer.

Time Range

Reporting period up to 31 December 2014.

Freshness

Snapshot as of 31 December 2014.

Geography

England