4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313137353031 English Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en 2026-04-13T14:02:43.073Z NRW 1.0 wel British National Grid (EPSG::27700) Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Woodland sub-compartment data Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Woodland sub-compartment data Data Is-adran Coetiroedd CNC Data is-adrannau Coetiroedd Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru (CNC) 2026-04-09 NRW_DS117501 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. 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. Mae'r Gronfa Ddata Is-adran yn ddisgrifiad ffisegol o'r tir mae CNC yn ei reoli. Y Gronfa Ddata Is-adran yw ein ffynhonnell ddata awdurdodedig, sy'n rhoi gwybodaeth i ni ar gyfer cofnodi, monitro, dadansoddi a hysbysu. Trwy hyn, mae'n cefnogi'r gwaith o wneud penderfyniadau cyffredinol am ystad goetir CNC. Defnyddir gwybodaeth o'r rhestr gan CNC, y llywodraeth ehangach, diwydiant a'r cyhoedd er mwyn gwneud penderfyniadau economaidd, amgylcheddol a chymdeithasol sy'n ymwneud â choedwigoedd. At hynny, mae'n cefnogi datblygiad polisi cenedlaethol a mentrau llywodraeth perthnasol sy'n ymwneud â choedwigoedd, ac yn ein helpu i gyflawni ein dyletswyddau cenedlaethol a rhyngwladol o ran adrodd am faterion sy'n ymwneud â choedwigoedd. Datganiad priodoli Yn cynnwys gwybodaeth Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru © Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru a Hawl Cronfa Ddata. Cedwir pob hawl. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Land use GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme boundaries (boundary) NRW Thesaurus 2026-03-04 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords Enclosed Farmlands (SMNR) Woodlands (SMNR) Ecosystem (SMNR) Mountains, Moorland and Heaths (SMNR) Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR) Management Areas (SMNR) Coastal Margins (SMNR) Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR) NRW SMNR Keywords 2024-06-26 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-smnr-keywords There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely. no limitations © 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. Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Open Government Licence English environment SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 Wales (WLS) -5.777741 -2.608865 51.240829 53.513067 2016-04-24 Geographic Information System Unknown Arc GIS https://datamap.gov.wales/layers/inspire-nrw:NRW_PRODUCTISED_SCDB_LLE WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Download Data & Web Services https://datamap.gov.wales/capabilities/layer/504/?ows_service=wms OGC:WMS Web Mapping Service 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 2010-12-08 This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation. false 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. Sub compartments are areas 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. 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. Sub compartments are areas 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.