Official Statistics
Forestry Commission Key Performance Indicators: Headline Performance Update 30 June 2021
Quarterly report on the Forestry Commission's six headline key performance indicators (KPIs)
Applies to England
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This statistical report presents the Forestry Commission’s six headline key performance indicators (KPIs). Of these, three headline indicators are updated quarterly and three annually. They are all reported together so that the latest update of each indicator is available in a single report. Each indicator is for England as a whole at national level. This is an Official Statistics publication.
The main findings are:
- the area of woodland in England at 31 March 2021 is 1,320 thousand hectares (provisional statistic) - this represents 10.1% of the total area of England
- 469 hectares of new planting of woodland in England was reported for the first quarter of 2021 to 2022
- 58% of woodland is sustainably managed in England at 30 June 2021 - the figure is 50% for woodland other than that in the nation’s forests managed by Forestry England
- 41.7% of the total hardwood and softwood annual growth of trees in English woodland was harvested in 2020 - the figures are 19.9% for hardwood and 75.2% for softwood
- 4 additional tree pests and diseases became established in England in the 2011-20 ten-year period
- 99.77% of known tree felling in England was carried out with Forestry Commission approval in the year to 30 June 2021