Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Woodland sub-compartment data

The NRW Woodland Sub-compartment Database (SCDB) is to be our authoritative data source, giving us information for recording, monitoring, analysis and reporting which supports decision-making on the whole of the NRW woodland estate. Information from the SCDB is used by NRW, wider government, industry and the public for economic, environmental and social forest-related decision-making. Furthermore, it supports forest related national policy development and government initiatives, and helps us meet our national and international forest-related reporting responsibilities. The Inventory SCDB, will help provide a definitive measure of trends in extent, structure, composition, health, status, use, and management of NRW land holdings. We require this to meet national and international commitments, to report on the sustainable management of forests as well as to help us through the process of business and Forest Design Planning. As well as helping with the above, the SCDB helps us address detailed requests from industry, government, non-government organisations and the public for information on our estate. NRW's growing national and international responsibilities and the requirements for monitoring and reporting on a range of forest statistics have highlighted the technical challenges we face in providing consistent, national level data.

Identifier: NRW_DS117501

Alternative Title

Data is-adrannau Coetiroedd Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru (CNC)

Metadata Language: English

Lineage: The Sub-Compartment Database (SCDB) contains a physical description of the land that the NRW manages on behalf of the public’. It was originally a database of individual site or sub-compartment records which contained both crop and site information. The SCDB is not just about trees, 70% of the land that we manage is of a forest nature, yet 30% by definition is not. This non-forest land covers, farmland, open mountaintops, heathland, estuarine and riparian habitats. A sub compartment are area that are similar in land use, species or habitat composition, yield class, age, condition, thinning history etc. to be treated as a single unit. They will generally be contiguous in nature and will not be split by roads, rivers, open space etc. Distinct boundaries are required, and these will often change as crops are felled, thinned, replanted and resurveyed. In some parts of the country foresters used historical and topographical features to delineate sub-compartment boundaries, such as hedges, walls and escarpments. In other areas no account of the history and topography of the site was taken, with field boundaries, hedges, walls, streams etc. being subsumed into the sub-compartment.

Dataset Reference Date (Publication): 2023-08-10

Temporal Extent

Begin date: 2016-04-24

End date: 2023-08-10

Topic category

Environment

Owner

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

Originator

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

Extent

Geographic Extent: Wales (WLS)

Distribution

Format Type and Description

Geographic Information System ()

Specification

Arc GIS

Resource Locator

Download Data and Web Services

World Wide Web page

Resource Locator

Web Mapping Service

World Wide Web page

Data quality

Quality Scope: Dataset

Conformity: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Explanation
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Lineage: The Sub-Compartment Database (SCDB) contains a physical description of the land that the NRW manages on behalf of the public’. It was originally a database of individual site or sub-compartment records which contained both crop and site information. The SCDB is not just about trees, 70% of the land that we manage is of a forest nature, yet 30% by definition is not. This non-forest land covers, farmland, open mountaintops, heathland, estuarine and riparian habitats. A sub compartment are area that are similar in land use, species or habitat composition, yield class, age, condition, thinning history etc. to be treated as a single unit. They will generally be contiguous in nature and will not be split by roads, rivers, open space etc. Distinct boundaries are required, and these will often change as crops are felled, thinned, replanted and resurveyed. In some parts of the country foresters used historical and topographical features to delineate sub-compartment boundaries, such as hedges, walls and escarpments. In other areas no account of the history and topography of the site was taken, with field boundaries, hedges, walls, streams etc. being subsumed into the sub-compartment.

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2008-06-01

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme

Keywords

NRW Thesaurus

boundaries (boundary)

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2023-12-31

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords

Keywords

NRW SMNR Vocabulary

Coastal Margins (SMNR)
Ecosystem (SMNR)
Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
Mountains, Moorland and Heaths (SMNR)
Enclosed Farmlands (SMNR)
Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR)
Woodlands (SMNR)
Management Areas (SMNR)

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Revision): 2023-12-27

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-smnr-keywords

Code: British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Content Information

NRW Profile

Custom Elements

Constraints

Limitations on Public Access and Use

Restriction type: Other restrictions

Access Constraints Directive

Limitations: no limitations

Access Constraints Text

Other constraints: There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.

Use Constraints

Use constraints type: Other restrictions

Other constraints: © CNC/NRW Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose. Attribution statement: Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved.

Attribution Statement

Other constraints: Open Government Licence (OGL)

Licence

Other constraints: Open Government Licence (OGL)

Metadata

File Identifier: 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313137353031 XML

Metadata Language: English

Resource type: Dataset

Metadata Date: 2024-05-31T09:18:08.966Z

Metadata Standard Name: NRW

Metadata Standard Version: 1.0

pointOfContact

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

Publishing Body

Access the portal

Full access to the portal and metadata.

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Woodland sub-compartment data

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