Tree Planting Locations by the Environment Agency and Partners, 2010-2018

Location data for tree planting carried out by the Environment Agency and its partners since the 2010/11 season. Numbers, area, and density of planting up to and including 2017/18 were derived from free text in the Conservation Projects Database. From 2018/19, these fields became a direct reporting requirement on that database.

Use Cases

• Map conservation project locations based on the described geospatial planting data.
• Analyze trends in tree planting numbers and density over the 2010-2018 period.
• Assess the impact of reporting standardization after the 2018/19 database requirement change.

Strengths

• Data covers multiple planting seasons from 2010/11 to at least 2017/18.
• Includes derived metrics for planting numbers, area, and density.
• Source is the authoritative UK Environment Agency and its partners.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data freshness should be verified; the last metadata update was 2026-05-06.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency (UK) and its partners.

Collection Method

Collated from the Conservation Projects Database, with early years derived from free text.

Time Range

2010/11 to at least 2017/18.

Freshness

Last metadata update was 2026-05-06; data covers events up to at least 2017/18.

Geography

United Kingdom (likely, based on the Environment Agency's remit).