How many hectares of new woodland planting took place in 2009, broken down by woodland model supported under the Scotland Rural Development…

The total woodland creation grant aided under the Scottish Rural Development Plan in calendar year 2009 was 1,864 hectares. This consists of 1,088 hectares under the woodland creation models and 776 hectares under legacy schemes.
A breakdown by woodland creation model is:
Productive conifer
- low cost
| 142

Productive conifer
- high cost
| 17

Productive broadleaf woodland
| 22

Native woodland planting
| 779

Native woodland
- natural regeneration
| 10

Mixed conifer/broadleaved woodland
| 118

Total
| 1,088

Legacy schemes
| 776

Grand Total
| 1,864

Note: The answer to question S3W“32462 on 26 March 2010 said that the total area of new woodland created in 2009 was 2,154 hectares. This figure was made up of 1,417 hectares of grant-aided woodland creation and 737 hectares of new woodland on the national forest estate. Forestry Commission Scotland has now updated the grant-aided element to 1,864 (as indicated above) so the total area of woodland created in 2009 now stands at 2,601 hectares.
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