Identification

Title
Woodland Opportunity Map - Carbon Sequestration
Abstract

This layer shows, from modelling at a spatial resolution of 250m2, the maximum possible tonnes of carbon sequestered per hectare per year from planting trees. Forest Research (FR) modelled a range of species (broadleaved and conifer) using their Ecological Site Classification (ESC) tool, taking into account accumulated temperature, moisture deficit, windiness, continentality, soil moisture and soil nutrient regimes. The highest yielding species of each woodland type were then taken as the most suitable species choices for a given location and modelled in CARBINE (FR’s carbon modelling tool). The CARBINE model estimates the change in carbon stocks for forests (including the biomass in standing trees and deadwood, and in the soil) and any associated harvested wood products, as well as the greenhouse gas emissions avoided through the use of wood products that displace fossil fuels and fossil-fuel intensive materials. The UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) took these modelled outcomes and selected the woodland type that sequestered the most carbon on that area of land, whether coniferous (around 90% of area) or broadleaved (around 10% of area). Broadleaf management assumed to be LISS – low impact silvicultural systems. Conifer management assumed to be thinning and felling. Scoring is based on tonnes of carbon sequestered per hectare per year, classified based on 0 being worst (net emissions), and 5 being best (most carbon sequestration).

Licence
Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information (OGL)

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Publication date
Type
Spatial data
Regions
Global
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
Group
Land Nature Food

Information

Spatial extent
Projection system
EPSG:27700
Extension x0
165000.0
Extension x1
355250.0
Extension y0
160500.0
Extension y1
396000.0

Features

Spatial Representation Type
Grid data is used to represent geographic data

Contact

Email
data@gov.wales
Organisation
Welsh Government
Department
land nature food

References

Link online
/layers/geonode:wom_carbon_dissolve_score
Metadata page
/layers/geonode:wom_carbon_dissolve_score/metadata_detail

Zipped Shapefile
Woodland Opportunity Map - Carbon Sequestration.zip
GeoJSON
Woodland Opportunity Map - Carbon Sequestration.json
Excel
Woodland Opportunity Map - Carbon Sequestration.excel
CSV
Woodland Opportunity Map - Carbon Sequestration.csv
GML 3.1.1
Woodland Opportunity Map - Carbon Sequestration.gml
GML 2.0
Woodland Opportunity Map - Carbon Sequestration.gml
DXF
Woodland Opportunity Map - Carbon Sequestration.dxf
OGC Geopackage
Woodland Opportunity Map - Carbon Sequestration.gpkg

OWS endpoints

WMS
WFS