Temperate rainforest could be restored across a fifth of Great Britain

Current rainforest fragments

Atlantic temperate rainforest

National parks

Loch Lomond and

the Trossachs

Lake District

Atlantic temperate rainforest covers less than 1% of land today

Brecon Beacons

Dartmoor

Potential rainforest areas

Hygrothermic index

100

300

(100 and above means climate

is suitable for rainforest)

20% of Britain has the right climate for temperate rainforest

Current rainforest fragments

Potential rainforest areas

Hygrothermic index

Atlantic temperate rainforest

100

300

National parks

(100 and above means climate

is suitable for rainforest)

20% of Britain has the right climate for temperate rainforest

Loch Lomond and

the Trossachs

Lake District

Atlantic temperate rainforest covers less than 1% of land today

Brecon Beacons

Dartmoor