Harmonised statistics and maps of forest biomass and increment in Europe
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Forest biomass is an essential resource in relation to the green transition and its assessment is key for the sustainable management of forest resources. Here, we present a forest biomass dataset for Europe based on the best available inventory and satellite data, with a higher level of harmonisation and spatial resolution than other existing data. This database provides statistics and maps of the forest area, biomass stock and their share available for wood supply in the year 2020, and statistics on gross and net volume increment in 2010–2020, for 38 European countries. The statistics of most countries are available at a sub-national scale and are derived from National Forest Inventory data, harmonised using common reference definitions and estimation methodology, and updated to a common year using a modelling approach. For those counties without harmonised statistics, data were derived from the State of Europe’s Forest 2020 Report at the national scale. The maps are coherent with the statistics and depict the spatial distribution of the forest variables at 100 m resolution.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Artikelnummer | 274 |
Tidsskrift | Scientific Data |
Vol/bind | 11 |
Antal sider | 17 |
ISSN | 2052-4463 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2024 |
Bibliografisk note
Funding Information:
We thank the ENFIN and the NFI organisations and national correspondents of 26 European countries who participated in the data harmonisation study supported by the JRC Specific Contracts n. 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 for the production of data harmonised for definition and estimation method regarding forest biomass, forest area and biomass not available for wood supply, and forest increment. The study was partly funded by the Framework contract for the provision of forest data and services in support to the European Forest Data Centre, Contract numbers 388432 (2012–2017) & 934340 (2017–2021). The views expressed are purely those of the writers and may in no circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission.
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© European Union and The Author(s) 2024.
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