The National Forest Estate Subcompartments dataset is the Forestry Commission's authoritative geospatial inventory for Scotland. It provides information on the extent, structure, composition, health, and management of all Forestry Commission land holdings. The data supports economic, environmental, and social forest-related decision-making for government, industry, and the public.
Use Cases
- Monitor forest health and composition trends based on the dataset's role as an authoritative source for recording and analysis.
- Support evidence-based policy development for climate change and carbon sequestration based on international reporting commitments mentioned in the description.
- Plan regional infrastructure and processing industries based on information about the current forest resource and future wood product availability.
- Address detailed information requests from NGOs and the public regarding the national forest estate.
Strengths
- Serves as the authoritative data source for the Forestry Commission's national estate, supporting official monitoring and reporting.
- Designed to support national and international reporting commitments, including on climate change and carbon sequestration.
- Covers core inventory areas including forest inventory, land-uses, land ownership (Deeds), and road management.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2026-07-07 18:03:31.359223; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
- Collection Method
- Administrative data collected by the Forestry Commission as part of its core business operations.
- Time Range
- 2019
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-07 18:03:31.359223
- Geography
- Scotland