Planting rates in Scotland have risen recently to 11,000 hectares a year but have barely risen in the rest of the UK

New planting per year, thousand hectares a year

30

11,000 of the 13,000 hectares of new forest planted in the UK in 2021 were in Scotland

25

20

Northern

Ireland

Wales

15

10

Scotland

5

England

0

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020

30

11,000 of the 13,000 hectares of new forest planted in UK in 2021 were in Scotland

25

20

15

Northern Ireland

Wales

Scotland

10

5

England

0

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020

Guardian graphic. Source: Defra/Forestry Commission. Forest Research: Forestry Statistics 2021