Data on wood volume by country and indicator (i.e. growing stock of forests, growing stock of other wooded land, growing stock in forests available for wood supply, increment in forests available for wood supply, fellings in forests available for wood supply and fellings in percent of net increment) expressed thousand cubic metres and percentage.
Data not collected by Eurostat, but by the FAO, UNECE, Forest Euope, the European Commission's departments for Environment and the Joint Research Centre. They include forest area, wood volume, defoliation on sample plots, fires and areas with protective functions.
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| Update / Data frequency | every five years |
| Geographic coverage | Europe |
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| Originally published | 21 Jul 2016 |
| Related organisation(s) | Eurostat - Statistical office of the EU |
| Knowledge service | Metadata | Bioeconomy Knowledge Centre |
| Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET) | EnvironmentforestForest management |
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