FGS SMF Native Woodlands

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


NATIVE WOODLAND

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The aims of this option are to:


- maintain native woodland

- bring native woodlands and designated woodland features into good ecological condition

- restore Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites to native woodland through deer control and the natural regeneration


Native woodlands include a range of habitat types that are all UK priority habitats, while some are also European priority types. Good ecological condition of woodland depends partly on its character, age and management history.


In general, woodland in good ecological condition contains a variety of open ground, native trees and shrubs and wildlife species expected for the type of woodland.


The proposed management must be suitable for the ecosystem to be sustained, adapted or expanded.


You must control any threats from non-native species or inappropriate levels of grazing and browsing so that natural regeneration is encouraged.

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Alternate title

S_FGS1424_SMF_NATIVE_WOODS
Date ()
2015-11-20
Date ()
2024-11-14
Identifier

S_FGS1424_SMF_NATIVE_WOODS
Presentation form
mapDigital
 

Scottish Forestry

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GIS

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Head of Geo-Information Services

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Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive

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Edinburgh

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City of Edinburgh

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EH11 3XD

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United Kingdom
 

Scottish Forestry

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Operational Delivery

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Head of Operational Delivery

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Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive

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Edinburgh

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City of Edinburgh

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EH11 3XD

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United Kingdom
Maintenance and update frequency
monthly
Keywords

  • Forest Management

  • Grant Schemes

  • Planning

  • Environment

  • Felling

  • Landscape

  • Woodland

  • Licence

  • Ownership

  • FGS

  • Forestry
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()

  • Land use
Access constraints
otherRestrictions
Other constraints

No limitations on public access
Use constraints

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.
Use constraints
Open Government Licence
Spatial representation type
vector
Denominator
10000
Metadata language
eng (en)
Topic category
  • Farming
  • Biota
  • Economy
  • Environment
Geographic identifier

GB-SCT

Date ()
2007-12-13

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Reference system identifier

EPSG

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OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)

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7.9
Distribution format

  • ESRI Shapefile

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    1.0

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  • WMS

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    1.3.0

     )

OnLine resource
Scottish Forestry Open Data (

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

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Data download site

OnLine resource
FGS Option Guidance Document (

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

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OnLine resource
FGS_SMF_Native_Woodlands (

OGC:WMS

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Scope
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:


case_ref - FGS reference number

fgs_option - Option name

option_code - Option code

approval_year - Year application approved

conservancy_name - Conservancy office

area_ha - Area of captured feature in hectares

Metadata

File identifier
1e82fb10-98ca-42ca-b18d-0fe8459b353a
Metadata language
eng (en)
Resource Type
dataset
Date stamp
2024-11-14
Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.2
 

Scottish Forestry

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GIS

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Head of Geo-Information Services

 )

Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive

 ,

Edinburgh

 ,

City of Edinburgh

 ,

EH11 3XD

 ,

United Kingdom
 
 

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