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In 2022, the UK produced 3,145,000 cubic metres of sawn wood, 3,466,000 cubic metres of wood-based panels and 3,462,000 tonnes of paper and paperboard. The UK does not produce enough timber to satisfy domestic demand, and the country imports 80% of its timber and paper from abroad, as the world's second largest timber importer after China. [33]
(in UK) Imports from the EU Imports from the rest of the world Exports to the EU Exports to the rest of the world Total cereals: 3 029 20 083 3 942 1 143 1 030 420 Oilseed rape: 715 2 128 148 29 429 2 Linseed: 35 62 11 2 37 - Sugar beet: 117 1320 422 691 135 98 Peas for harvesting dry 13 48 -- -- -- -- Field beans: 118 378 -- -- -- -- Fresh ...
Forest of Mercia; National Forest; West Midlands County. Black Country Urban Forest; Shropshire. Morfe Forest; Mortimer Forest; Staffordshire. Cannock Chase; Kinver Forest
The Forestry Commission maintains several walking an cycling trails across the forest. [36] [37] Hamsterley Forest: County Durham: 2000 The Forestry Commission claims that Hamsterley Forest is one of the most popular attractions in County Durham. The Forest has a large number of cycling and walking trails. [38] [39] [40] Kesteven Forest ...
26% of the UK woodland (0.86 million hectares) is managed by Forestry England, Forestry and Land Scotland, Natural Resources Wales or the Northern Ireland Forest service. [64] When the Forestry Commission was founded in 1919 it inherited responsibility for several forests, some of which were former royal forests and contained ancient woodland. [65]
Forestry England is a division of the Forestry Commission, responsible for managing and promoting publicly owned forests in England. It was formed as Forest Enterprise in 1996, before devolving to Forest Enterprise England on 31 March 2003 and then being rebranded to Forestry England on 1 April 2019.
Center Parcs Sequoia: Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) 58 190 Longleat Forest, Wiltshire: This is the tallest Giant Sequoia in the UK, with a girth of 5.6 meters. Two other trees in the immediate vicinity, both giant sequoias, are 57 meters high. The trees were measured using a forestry laser. [31]
England's community forests are afforestation-based regeneration projects [1] which were established in the early 1990s. [2] Each of them is a partnership between the Forestry Commission and the Countryside Agency, which are agencies of the British government, and the relevant local councils.