FGS1420 Woodland Creation - Claims

Scotland’s woodlands and forests are a vital national resource and play an important role in rural development and sustainable land use.

As well as helping to reduce the impacts of climate change and providing timber for industry, our forests enhance and protect the environment and provide opportunities for public enjoyment.

The Forestry Grant Scheme (FGS) will support:

- the creation of new woodlands, contributing towards the Scottish Government target of over 10,000 hectares of new woodlands per year

- the sustainable management of existing woodlands

WOODLAND CREATION - CLAIMS

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The aim of this category is to support the creation of new woodland that will bring economic, environmental and social benefits.

These benefits include:

- meeting our target to increase woodland cover by an extra 100,000 hectares between 2012 and 2022

- helping mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions through carbon sequestration

- restoration of 'lost' habitats through developing forest habitat networks

- supporting a sustainable forest industry by providing a reliable timber supply

- protecting soil and water

- providing community benefits through public access

- enhancing urban areas and improving landscapes

- supporting rural development through local businesses and farm diversification

This dataset identifies areas where tree planting has taken place under the following FGS woodland creation options:

- Conifer

- Diverse Conifer

- Broadleaves

- Native Scots Pine

- Native Upland Birch

- Native Broadleaves

- Native Low-density Broadleaves

- Small or Farm Woodlands

- Native Broadleaves in Northern and Western Isles

The polygons in this dataset identify the spatial location of tree species grant aided under FGS and the planting year. All areas of grant aided open ground (OG) and non-grant aided other land (OL) are excluded from this dataset.

 
Citation proposal
. FGS1420 Woodland Creation - Claims. Scottish Forestry https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/cc85ed49-78c9-4a95-938e-9f009920a7f7

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Alternate title
FCPRODUCT.S_FGS1420_WOOD_CREATION_CLAIM
Date ( Creation )
2015-11-20
Date ( Revision )
2019-11-01
Identifier
FCPRODUCT.S_FGS1420_WOOD_CREATION_CLAIM
Presentation form
mapDigital Digital map

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  Owner

Maintenance and update frequency
monthly Monthly
Keywords
  • Forest Management , Grant Schemes , Planning , Environment , Felling , Landscape , Woodland , Licence , Ownership , FGS , Forestry
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Land use
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations on public access
Use limitation
Please ensure that the following acknowledgement is displayed on any hard copy: Reproduced by Permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of HMSO. © Crown copyright and database right [year]. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100043970.
Spatial representation type
vector Vector
Denominator
10000
Metadata language
eng English
Topic category
  • Farming
  • Biota
  • Economy
  • Environment
Geographic identifier
GB-SCT

 

Date ( Publication )
2007-12-13

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Reference system identifier
EPSG / OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700) / 7.9
Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile (1.0 )

  • WMS (1.3.0 )

OnLine resource
Scottish Forestry Open Data  

Data download site

OnLine resource
FGS Option Guidance Document  

FGS Option Guidance Document

OnLine resource
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FGS1420 Woodland Creation - Claims

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dataset Dataset
Statement

This dataset is maintained by Scottish Forestry Geo-Information Services. The data capture is based on OS maps supplied by applicants that have been uploaded into Scottish Government's Rural Payments and Services (RP&S) system. The maps are geo-referenced and digitised by Geo-Information Services.

Geo-Information Services interpret the scheme boundaries using RPID field boundaries, Ordnance Survey MasterMap, aerial photography and other relevant datasets where required (e.g. previous grant scheme data).

Dataset Attributes:

SPECIES - Tree species planted

SCHEMENAME - Name of the grant scheme (FGS)

FGS_REF_NO - FGS reference number

OPTIONNAME - Option name

OPTIONCODE - Option code

CONS_NAME - Conservancy office

CLAIM_YEAR - Claim year

Metadata

File identifier
cc85ed49-78c9-4a95-938e-9f009920a7f7   XML
Metadata language
eng English
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2020-01-29
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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