EWCO - Nature Recovery - Priority Habitat Network

<p style='margin:0cm; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'><span>Spatial
data supporting the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) additional
contribution targeting for Nature Recovery, where the layer indicates ‘Premium’, ‘Higher’
and ‘Lower’ priority areas for woodland network expansion.</span></p>

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<p style='margin:0cm; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'><span>Data
input sources:</span><span> </span></p>

<p style='margin:0cm; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'><span>National
Forest Inventory (NFI) 2012 Map plus additional woodland habitat network
modelling provided by Forest Research.</span><span> </span>&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;</p>

<p style='margin:0cm; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'><span>Habitat
Networks (England) - Ancient Semi Natural Woodland 2019 map by Natural England</span><span> </span></p>

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<p style='margin:0cm; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'><span>Attributes:</span><span> </span></p>

<p style='margin:0cm; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'><span>‘cat’
– ‘Premium’, ‘Higher’ and ‘Lower’ priority area for woodland network expansion</span></p>

<p style='margin:0cm; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'><span>‘ewco_score’
– the number of points the additional contribution provides per hectare, if
awarded&gt;</span></p>

<p style='margin:0cm; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'><span>‘ewco_val’
– £ value the additional contribution provides per hectare, if awarded</span></p>

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<p style='margin:0cm; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'><span>Lineage:</span><span> </span></p>

<p style='margin:0cm; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'><span>First
published to support the woodland creation grant under Countryside Stewardship
(CS), launched in 2015.  The layers attributes were updated in 2021 to cater
for the new England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) scheme.</span><span>
The layer was edited in 2024 to add the ‘Premium’ priority area, based on data
from the Habitat Networks (England) - Ancient Semi Natural Woodland map and the
Countryside Stewardship elements removed. </span></p>