FGS Woodland Creation - Claims

Scotland’s woodlands and forests are a vital national resource and play an important role in rural development and sustainable land use.

As well as helping to reduce the impacts of climate change and providing timber for industry, our forests enhance and protect the environment and provide opportunities for public enjoyment.

The Forestry Grant Scheme (FGS) will support:
- the creation of new woodlands, contributing towards the Scottish Government target of over 10,000 hectares of new woodlands per year
- the sustainable management of existing woodlands

WOODLAND CREATION - CLAIMS
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The aim of this category is to support the creation of new woodland that will bring economic, environmental and social benefits.

These benefits include:

- meeting our target to increase woodland cover by an extra 100,000 hectares between 2012 and 2022
- helping mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions through carbon sequestration
- restoration of 'lost' habitats through developing forest habitat networks
- supporting a sustainable forest industry by providing a reliable timber supply
- protecting soil and water
- providing community benefits through public access
- enhancing urban areas and improving landscapes
- supporting rural development through local businesses and farm diversification

This dataset identifies areas where tree planting has taken place under the following FGS woodland creation options:
- Conifer
- Diverse Conifer
- Broadleaves
- Native Scots Pine
- Native Upland Birch
- Native Broadleaves
- Native Low-density Broadleaves
- Small or Farm Woodlands
- Native Broadleaves in Northern and Western Isles

The polygons in this dataset identify the spatial location of tree species grant aided under FGS and the planting year. All areas of grant aided open ground (OG) and non-grant aided other land (OL) are excluded from this dataset.

苏格兰的林地与森林是国家的重要资源，对于乡村发展和可持续土地利用发挥着至关重要的作用。除了有助于缓解气候变化的影响，并为工业提供木材外，我们的森林还提升了环境保护水平，并为公众提供了休闲娱乐的机会。

林业补助计划（FGS）将支持以下方面：
- 新林地的创建，助力苏格兰政府每年超过10,000公顷新林地的目标实现
- 现有林地的可持续管理

新林地创建 - 申报
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本类别旨在支持新林地的创建，以带来经济、环境和社交效益。

这些效益包括：
- 实现到2022年将林地覆盖率增加10万公顷的目标
- 通过碳封存减少温室气体排放，有助于缓解气候变化
- 通过发展森林生境网络恢复“失去”的生境
- 通过提供可靠的木材供应，支持可持续的森林工业
- 保护土壤和水源
- 通过公众通道提供社区福利
- 提升城市区域，改善景观
- 通过地方商业和农场多样化支持乡村发展

本数据集确定了在以下FGS新林地创建选项下进行树木种植的区域：
- 针叶树
- 多样化针叶树
- 阔叶树
- 本地苏格兰松
- 本地高山桦
- 本地阔叶树
- 本地低密度阔叶树
- 小型或农场林地
- 北部和西部岛屿的本地阔叶树

本数据集中的多边形标识了在FGS下获得资助的树种及其种植年份的空间位置。所有获得资助的开放地（OG）和非资助的其他土地（OL）区域均未包含在本数据集中。