New planting and restocking data for the UK from 1976 to 2015. The dataset is broken down by country, planting type, tree species, and sector. It provides supporting data for the National Statistics release on Woodland Area, Planting and Restocking.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in new woodland planting based on the 1976-2015 time series
- Compare forestry activity between public and private sectors based on the FC/NRW/FS and private sector breakdown
- Assess the balance of conifer and broadleaf planting across UK regions
- Track restocking efforts following harvest or natural events based on the restocking data category
Strengths
- Data spans a 40-year period from 1976 to 2015
- Breakdowns are provided by country, planting type, tree species, and sector
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Government Digital Service
- Time Range
- 1976 to 2015
- Geography
- England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, GB, UK