Identification

Title

UK Biodiversity Indicator B1b, Area of forestry land certified as sustainably managed

Abstract

This spreadsheet is the underlying data for the biodiversity indicator B1b, Area of forestry land certified as sustainably managed. Woodland certification assesses management practices against agreed environmental standards. Certification requires that wood products are harvested legally and sustainably, and that important wildlife habitats are identified and are not negatively impacted by management. The indicator shows the percentage of the woodland area in the UK that is certified against agreed environmental standards, derived from the areas reported on certificates and more detailed assessment of selected certificate holders. The short-term assessment is based on a three-year average from the point five years back from the latest year. Certification in the UK began in 1996, and data collection started in 2001, with regular data collection taking place from 2004. This is one of a suite of 24 UK biodiversity indicators published by JNCC on behalf of Defra; the latest publication date was 19 January 2016 - for indicator B1b the latest data are for 2015.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4243

name: page-4243

Unique resource identifier

code

bfa0f573-e58f-4254-8c3e-2ee90a770ca5

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4243 Data set supported by a Word document (B1b - Area of forestry land certified as sustainably managed.docx) containing all of the website text, and a jpeg image (UKBI2015_B1bi_Final_V2.jpg).

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Terrestrial

UK Biodiversity

Evidence

Biodiversity

forest

indicator

sustainable management

woodland

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.65

East bounding longitude

2.0

North bounding latitude

61.0

South bounding latitude

49.77

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2001

End position

2015

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-01-19

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Source: Forestry Commission.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Microsoft Excel for Windows

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Attribution statement "Contains public sector information from the Forestry Commission, licenced under the Open Government Licence v3.0"

Limitations on public access

No limitations

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2018-05-17

Metadata language

eng