Accounting for Nature: Assessing habitats in the UK countryside
5.   Woodlands

The Countryside Surveys in Great Britain and Northern Ireland estimate that woodland covers 12% of the UK. Changes in the Broadleaved and Coniferous Woodlands suggest that some important environmental gains have been made during the 1990s. The stock of Broadleaved Woodland in the UK has increased by about 5% since 1990, to around 1.5 million ha in 1998. The national expansion of Coniferous Woodland over previous decades came to a halt in the 1990s at around 1.4 million ha, losses in the lowlands tending to be balanced by gains in the uplands.

Contents of chapter 5 Introduction Characterising woodlands Broadleaved, Mixed and Yew Woodland Coniferous Woodland Conclusions

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