Woodlands In & Around Towns (WIAT)

Published by:
Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Last updated:
11 October 2023
Topic:
Not added
Licence:
Other Licence
View licence information

Summary

Woodlands In and Around Towns (WIAT)

The Woods In and Around Towns (WIAT) Programme provides the focus for Scottish Forestry’s work on improving quality of life in towns and cities.

The purpose of WIAT is to:

  • Bring neglected woodland into active management.
  • Work with people to help them use their local woodland.

There are four key characteristics of woodland that determine whether it improves quality of life:

  1. Where it is The woodland must be close to where people live and/or work. We will undertake WIAT related activities within 1km of settlements of over 2000 people (Fig 1). Within the WIAT area, deprived areas are a priority.

  2. How it is managed Management for people will be the top priority in most WIAT woodlands. Woods should be safe and welcoming to all. WIAT woodland is also important for other aspects of forestry such as biodiversity. Woodland involved in WIAT should be managed in accordance with the UK Forestry Standard.

  3. How it is connected to other woodland and greenspace WIAT will promote the creation and management of woodland that is close to other woodland and greenspace so that it contributes to green networks. Paths should link the networks.

  4. How it is connected to people Most of the activity in this programme is directed at the physical elements of WIAT: where it is, how it is managed, and how it is connected into green networks. However, reaching out to people should be part of every WIAT project to help people use woodland.

More from this publisher

All datasets from Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot

Related datasets

Search

Data links

Link to the data Format File added Data preview
FGS_Eligibility_WIAT_Area N/A 11 October 2023 Not available
Scottish Forestry Open Data N/A 11 October 2023 Not available

Additional information

View additional metadata
Added to data.gov.uk
2023-06-22
Access contraints
No limitations on public access
Harvest GUID
10F62548-6198-46D4-9B47-DF3D237E33A8
Extent
Latitude: 60.87° to 54.63°
Longitude: -8.80° to -0.71°
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)
Dataset reference date
2005-02-01 (creation)
2016-06-24 (revision)
Frequency of update
asNeeded
Responsible party
Scottish Forestry (publisher, owner)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng
Source Metadata
XML
HTML

Contact

Enquiries

Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot

Licence information

Please ensure that the following acknowledgement is displayed on any hard copy: Reproduced by Permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of HMSO. © Crown copyright and database right [year]. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100043970.