This first ‘State of’ report from the Woodland Trust presents important facts and trends focusing predominantly on our native woods and trees. It reports on their extent, condition and wildlife value, the benefits people gain from them, the threats and pressures they face, what is being done to help them and what more we need to do.
Specific trends and benefits associated with more commercial forestry activities (often non-native plantations) are outside the scope of this report, because they are reported elsewhere. Here they focus on redressing the balance in reporting on the state of native woods and trees. Naturally, these two strands of the UK’s treescape are intertwined – there are many links and similarities including drivers of loss and damage, and benefits such as access and pollution reduction. So, this report is relevant across all UK woods and trees.
