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FGS Target Area - Clyde Climate Forest - Native Woodlands for Connectivity
This dataset identifies the target areas within the Clyde Climate Forest where a higher payment rate is available to create and manage Native Woodlands for Connectivity.
Native Woodlands provide essential ecosystem services and wildlife habitats. Creating connected woodland networks will help to reverse habitat fragmentation, protect biodiversity, and offer migratory routes north for wildlife as the climate changes.
In the Forestry Grant Scheme (FGS), woodlands for connectivity are those that are planted and managed in a way that maximises their benefit to biodiversity conservation and habitat connectivity. Woodlands for connectivity may be on smaller parcels of land, integrating with the farm business or building upon existing remnants of native woodland. Having these well designed and managed woodlands on your land can generate income, complement agricultural activities and make a lasting contribution to local biodiversity conservation and climate change resilience.
The higher payment rate is available for the following FGS Woodland Creation options: Native scots pine, Native upland birch, Native broadleaves, Native low-density broadleaves. It is available for initial planting and annual maintenance payments in the specified target areas. If 50 per cent or more of the eligible option(s) area is within the target area, then the whole eligible option(s) will receive the higher payment rate. If less than 50 per cent of the eligible option(s) area is within the target area then the higher payment rate will not be applied. Capital items within the target areas such as fences and gates remain at the standard payment rates.
To benefit connectivity and secure multiple benefits, any woodland creation should be: Larger than 0.25 ha and with an average width greater than 15 m; Capable of establishing with little and infrequent input of fertilisers and pesticides; Capable of generating a good canopy and root system; Well-structured and diverse, using species that are likely to deliver multiple benefits; Using the least intensive cultivation methods possible to minimise soil disturbance.
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Identification info
- Alternative title
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FGS Target Clyde Climate Forest Woodland for Connectivity
- Metadata Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Dataset Reference Date (Creation)
- 2022-07-20
- Dataset Reference Date (Revision)
- 2022-07-20
- Identifier
- S_FGS_TARGET_AREA_CCF_WOODLAND_CONNECTIVITY
- Presentation form
- Digital map
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- Keywords
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Forest Management
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Grant Schemes
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Planning
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Environment
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Landscape
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Woodland
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FGS
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Forestry
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Afforestation
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Land use
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- Limitations on Public Access
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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No limitations on public access
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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Please ensure that the following acknowledgement is displayed on any hard copy: Data provided by Scottish Forestry [year].
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 10000
- Topic category
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- Farming
- Biota
- Economy
- Environment
- Extent
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GB-SCT
ISO3166-2 2007-12-13
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Temporal reference
Temporal extent
Temporal extent
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG / OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700) / 7.9
Distribution Information
Data format
- Data format
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Name Version ESRI Shapefile
1.0
Transfer options
- Resource Locator
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Protocol Resource Locator Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://open-data-scottishforestry.hub.arcgis.com/ Scottish Forestry Open Data
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://www.ruralpayments.org/topics/all-schemes/forestry-grant-scheme/woodland-creation/ FGS Option Guidance Document
OGC:WMS
https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/scottishforestry/ows?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities FGS_Target_CCF_Woodlands_For_Connectivity
Data quality info
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Statement
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These target areas were created by Scottish Forestry, based on sites identified by Forest Research as having the opportunity to improve connectivity between woodlands. Sites from two studies were used; 'Blueprint' sites from a study for the Central Scotland Green Network, and opportunity sites from a study for the Clyde Climate Forest.
The opportunity areas were produced by modelling habitat networks for the broadleaved, yew and mixed woodlands broad habitat type. The modelling uses a combination of least-cost network and corridors, alongside Condatis.
Least-cost modelling: Incorporates landscape permeability which is represented through a ‘cost’ for movement through the landscape. The least-cost corridor analysis results in a map that shows the best landscape linkages between the designated source areas
Condatis: Highlights pathways that allow both dispersal and multiplication of species as they cross a landscape
Pinpoints pinch-points (termed 'areas of interest' in this work) in the habitat network (where there are restricted opportunities for colonisation). Shows the areas of habitat where species most vulnerable to extinction are likeliest to survive
Sites were simplified and clustered together by applying a 750m buffer, dissolving all buffers together, then buffering by -750m to get areas similar to the original site extents but with small gaps between sites filled in. After this a 250m buffer was applied to create the final sites. The 250m buffer allows for flexibility in the siting of woodland while remaining close enough to identified sites to realise the connectivity benefits.
Dataset Attributes:
Name - Name of the feature
Metadata
- File identifier
- fb900f4d-4fe2-4df1-b3f1-e30461bf3873 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2023-06-22T10:42:41
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
Point of contact
- Individual name
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GIS
- Organisation name
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Scottish Forestry
- Position name
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Head of Geo-Information Services
- Delivery point
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Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive
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Edinburgh
- Administrative area
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City of Edinburgh
- Postal code
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EH11 3XD
- Country
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United Kingdom
- Electronic mail address
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geoinformationservices@forestry.gov geoinformationservices@forestry.gov.scot
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- Point of contact