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Woodland area, planting and publicly funded restocking: 2017 edition
Provisional UK statistics on areas of woodland, certified woodland, new planting and restocking.
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This release contains provisional statistics on UK woodland area, certified woodland area, and areas of new planting and restocking. These statistics are used to inform government policy and resource allocation, to provide context to UK forestry and land management issues and are reported to international organisations. Figures for certified woodland areas are often used as an indicator of sustainable forest management. However, it should be noted that woodland that is not certified may also be managed in a sustainable way.