Above Ground Carbon Storage - 2023

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These spatial datasets consider the lands contribution to preventing and mitigating climate change, through storage of carbon in the Vegetation (above ground). This above Ground Carbon spatial datasets represent a strategic resource for England, that indicate the range of carbon storage values in tonnes of carbon per hectare (t C Ha-1 ). At a local scale (e.g. 1:50 000). They are presented as a series of raster datasets for use in GIS Systems at a resolution of 25m2. These maps will assist users to find out where the most important carbon stores in vegetation in their areas.They are not suitable for field scale carbon mitigation as this would require field scale carbon assessment.

Three data component layers were collated together to form a continuous habitat data layer for England using the best, freely available information on habitat types. these were: The National Forest Inventory (2016);The single layer priority habitat dataset (various dated); Living England habitat map from satellite imagery (2020). From the collation, each habitat type was scored in terms of the likely carbon they would store above ground (t carbon/ Ha). These data were taken form a very wide range of scientific studies but largely built on Carbon Storage and Sequestration by Habitat 2021 (NERR094). Where slopes are very steep (greater than 18o) then the habitat classes which are identified by their tree species were score slightly lower, this is because they tend to have thinner soils and support less growth of the tree above the ground. Where woodland is long established or manged for nature a slight enhancing of scoring was given, with locations taken from ancient woodland data (10% uplift) and the protected site data (10% uplift) including SSSI, SAV, LNR and NNR.
NE PHI - OGL NE Living England - OGL NE Peatmap [2008] - Non- comercial licence Soilscapes - Cranfield University- NE Bespoke Licence SRTM- NASA ShuttleRadar Topography- Open Topography Attribution statement: © Natural England [Year], reproduced with the permission of Natural England, www.gov.uk/natural-england. © Crown Copyright and database right [Year]. Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000851168. Contains, or is based on, information supplied by the Forestry Commission. © Crown copyright and database right [Year] Ordnance Survey 100021242 SRTM NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)(2013). Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Global. Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9445JDF. Accessed: 2024-05-17

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2025-01-31
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NE PHI - OGL NE Living England - OGL NE Peatmap [2008] - Non- comercial licence Soilscapes - Cranfield University- NE Bespoke Licence SRTM- NASA ShuttleRadar Topography- Open Topography
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7de63441-20c3-487c-9326-5ac2c8a9e0ef
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Latitude: 55.816° to °
Longitude: -6.236° to 2.072°
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http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
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2022-08-31 (creation)
2025-01-15 (publication)
2025-01-15 (revision)
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Open Government Licence, NE PHI - OGL\nNE Living England - OGL\nNE Peatmap 2008 - Non- comercial licence\nSoilscapes - Cranfield University- NE Bespoke Licence\nSRTM- NASA ShuttleRadar Topography- Open Topography