Forestry Statistics 2020: Social

The latest National Statistics on forestry produced by the Forestry Commission were released on 24 September 2020 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. Detailed statistics are published in the web publication Forestry Statistics 2020, with an extract in Forestry Facts & Figures 2020. They include UK statistics on woodland area, planting, timber, trade, carbon, environment, social, employment and finance & prices as well as some statistics on international forestry. Where possible, figures are also provided for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This dataset covers statistics on recreation, including visits to woodlands. In editions before Forestry Statistics 2019, this chapter was titled 'Recreation'.