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News Release from: Forestry Commission | Subject: Forestry Statistics 2005
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 November 2005
Forestry Statistics 2005 published
The Forestry Commission today published "Forestry Statistics 2005", an annual publication presenting statistics on woodland, forestry and primary wood processing in the United Kingdom.
The Forestry Commission today published "Forestry Statistics 2005", an annual publication presenting statistics on woodland, forestry and primary wood processing in the United Kingdom The publication shows that: the total woodland area in the United Kingdom is 2.8 million hectares
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 23 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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1.2 million hectares is independently certified as sustainably managed; 12 thousand hectares (30,000 acres) of new woodland were created in 2004-05; a total of 8.8 million green tonnes (weight when freshly felled) of UK timber (logs and small roundwood) were delivered to primary wood processors and others in 2004; wood products imported into the United Kingdom in 2004 were valued at GBP6.4 billion and were equivalent to 52 million cubic metres of timber underbark (roundwood volume excluding bark); the UK was the fourth largest net importer of forest products in 2004, behind the USA, China and Japan.
The largest net exporters were Canada, Finland and Sweden; a survey of public opinion of forestry across Great Britain reported that about two thirds of adults had visited woodland during the past few years; and the Forestry Commission's net expenditure on public forests totalled GBP66 million in 2003-04.
It spent a further GBP99 million on other activities, including research, administration, and grants to other woodland owners.
'Forestry Statistics 2005' has been produced for the first time as an interactive web publication instead of a priced paper publication and PDF.
The publication can be accessed from www.forestry.gov/statistics or from www.forestry.gov.uk/publications (select 'Forestry Statistics' from the drop-down menu).
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