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| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| 9C forestry |
| Table 9C1 Forestry, 1993-19981 |
(thousand hectares) |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
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| Forestry Commission | ||||||
| Total land area | 709 |
695 |
688 |
682 |
677 |
670 |
| Total woodland area | 528 |
520 |
513 |
508 |
503 |
497 |
| Plantation area | 509 |
495 |
487 |
481 |
475 |
469 |
| Conifers | 503 |
489 |
481 |
475 |
469 |
463 |
| Broadleaves | 6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
| Other woodland2 | 19 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
28 |
| Awaiting planting | 5 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
- |
1 |
| Other land | 176 |
173 |
173 |
174 |
174 |
172 |
| Area planted3 | 6.2 |
4.5 |
4.3 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
3.7 |
| Private Woodlands | ||||||
| Plantation area | 553 |
571 |
587 |
604 |
621 |
640 |
| Conifers | 465 |
477 |
488 |
499 |
512 |
526 |
| Broadleaves | 88 |
94 |
100 |
104 |
109 |
115 |
| Other woodland | 65 |
65 |
65 |
65 |
65 |
65 |
| Area planted3 | 13.4 |
13.5 |
15.6 |
13.4 |
14.9 |
14.0 |
Source: Forestry Commission Statistics |
| 1 All figures are as at 31
March and are applicable to the 12 months ending 31 March. 2 Woodland areas managed for conservation and amenity purposes. 3 New planting and restocking; private is grant-aided only. |
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