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UK National Forestry Accounting Plan, 2021 to 2025

Report including the Forest Reference Level for the period 2021 to 2025, as part of the UK’s current accounting under the Paris Agreement.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 5 February 2019
• Last updated: 3 February 2020 — See all updates

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National Forestry Accounting Plan

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The National Forestry Accounting Plan contains:

• the Forest Reference Level (FRL) for the period 2021 to 2025, against which greenhouse gases removals from managed forest land will be assessed
• a description of the approach taken to calculate that Forest Reference Level, assuming a continuation of sustainable forest management practice documented in the period from 2000 to 2009

The draft version of the Plan (National Archives), published in February 2019, was reviewed by the EU Land Use Land Use Change and Forestry Expert Group in April 2019. The revised version here addresses the conclusions of the Expert Group and the recommendations of the European Commission as explained in Annex 7.

At the end of the period 2021 to 2025, greenhouse gas removals from managed forest land will be compared to the Forest Reference Level. If the greenhouse gases removals from managed forest land are smaller than the Forest Reference Level, then the UK will need to compensate for them through over-achievements in other land-use sectors or through the flexibilities set up in the regulation.

Published 5 February 2019
Last updated 3 February 2020 + show all updates

1. 3 February 2020

   UK National Forestry Accounting Plan final version published: Annex 7 addresses the conclusions of the EU Land Use Land Use Change and Forestry Expert Group, and the recommendations of the European Commission.

2. 5 February 2019

   First published.