Conifer plantations surround Loch Trool in the Galloway Forest Park.
Scotland is ideal for tree growth, thanks to its mild winters, plentiful rainfall, fertile soil and hill-sheltered topography.[1][2] As of 2019 about 18.5% of the country was wooded. Although this figure is well below the European Union (EU) average of 43%, it represents a significant increase compared to the figure of 100 years previously: in 1919 (at the end of the Great War) it was estimated that only 5% of the country's total land area was covered in forest.[3] The Scottish Government's Draft Climate Change Plan has set an aim of increasing coverage to 21% of Scotland by 2032, with the rate of afforestation rising to 15,000 hectares per year by 2024.[4]
Approximately 4,700 km2 of Scotland's forests and woodlands are publicly owned by the Scottish Government via Forestry and Land Scotland, and these are termed the National Forest Estate.[5] As of 2015, forestry contributed almost £1 billion to the Scottish economy, and the industry employed over 25,000 people.[6]
^Hart 1994, p. 68.
^Fitter 2002, p. 10.
^Scotland’s Forestry Strategy 2019–2029. p. 7.
^"Woodland expansion across Scotland". NatureScot. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
^Scotland’s Forestry Strategy 2019–2029. p. 13.
^Scotland’s Forestry Strategy 2019–2029. p. 9.
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