The top four reasons people in Yorkshire & The Humber gave for supporting forestry with public money were: to provide places for wildlife to live in; to provide places to visit and walk in; to help prevent the 'greenhouse effect' and global warming, and to improve the countryside landscape.

Among the key findings for the region were:

• 60 % of respondents thought the UK's woodland area was decreasing (when in fact through the work of the Forestry Commission it has increased in the region by over 6,600 hectares over the last 20 years. The region still has a long way to go with an average woodland cover of only 6 % as compared with an England average of 8 % and a UK average of 12 %. The Southfields Coalfield programme, however, in partnership with Renaissance South Yorkshire and the Forestry Commission has helped to restore 250 hectares of brownfield land to community woodland, with a further 1,000 hectares in the pipeline
• Even though the Forestry Commission offers major visitor facilities in the region and has plans to improve them further, such as the Dalby Forest project, respondents were bottom of the league
• (32 %) when it came to having seen or read news stories about woodland, or being aware of at least one promotional campaign (27 %)
• 87 % of the region's respondents recognised the important work undertaken by the Forestry Commission in improving woodland habitats for wildlife. (The Forestry Commission recognises that ancient woodland provides a rich and essential habitat for rare and endangered species, and ancient woodland is fundamentally important in achieving the Commission's objectives. The Forestry Commission is developing ambitious programmes for restoring ancient woodland on its own estate.)
• 88 % of the region's respondents highlighted the fact that the Forestry Commission promotes public access within its woodlands
• Around one third of the region's respondents were aware of the leading woodland certification logo which demonstrates that the timber has come from a sustainably managed resource
• 30 % of adults would like to be consulted about plans for creating, managing or using woodland
• Of the adults who had been shopping for wood products in the last few years, 34% recognised the FSC certification symbol, which indicates the wood came from a sustainably managed source
• 41 % of adults can get to a woodland easily without using a car or other transpor
• Peace and quiet, wildlife, and attractive scenery were the most important factors when choosing to visit woodland, each identified by around two thirds of respondents
• 32 % of adults have seen or read about forests, woodlands or trees on the television, radio or in the newspapers in the last 12 months