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Article, 2024

Harmonised statistics and maps of forest biomass and increment in Europe

Scientific Data, ISSN 2052-4463, Volume 11, 1, Page 274, 10.1038/s41597-023-02868-8

Contributors

Avitabile, Valerio 0000-0003-3646-052X [1] Pilli, Roberto 0000-0003-4541-7056 [1] Migliavacca, Mirco 0000-0003-3546-8407 [1] Duveiller, Gregory 0000-0002-6471-8404 [2] Camia, Andrea [1] Blujdea, Viorel N B 0000-0002-7932-8484 [1] Adolt, Radim [3] Alberdi, Iciar 0000-0003-1338-8465 [4] Barreiro, Susana [5] Bender, Susann 0000-0002-3029-9475 [6] Borota, Dragan 0000-0001-6825-2085 [7] Bošeľa, Michal 0000-0001-6706-8614 [8] Bouriaud, O Bouriaud 0000-0002-8046-466X [9] [10] Breidenbach, Johannes 0000-0002-3137-7236 [11] Cañellas, Isabel 0000-0002-9716-7776 [4] Čavlović, Jura [12] Colin, Antoine [13] Di Cosmo, Lucio 0000-0002-0611-1292 [14] Donis, Jānis 0000-0002-3365-0566 [15] Fischer, Christoph 0000-0002-7202-148X [16] Freudenschuss, Alexandra [17] Fridman, Jonas K 0000-0002-8295-665X [18] Gasparini, Patrizia [14] Gschwantner, Thomas 0000-0001-9043-6884 [17] Hernández, Laura 0000-0002-1827-9623 [4] Korhonen, Kari T 0000-0002-6198-853X [19] Kulbokas, Gintaras [20] Kvist, Vivian [21] Latte, Nicolas 0000-0002-3822-315X [22] Lazdiņš, Andis 0000-0002-7169-2011 [15] Lejeune, Philippe [22] Makovskis, Kristaps 0000-0003-4943-1912 [15] Marin, Gheorghe [23] Maslo, Jan [3] Michorczyk, Artur [24] Mionskowski, Marcin Robert 0000-0002-9222-521X [24] Morneau, François [13] Myszkowski, Marcin [24] Nagy, Kinga [25] Nilsson, Mats [18] Nord-Larsen, Thomas 0000-0002-5341-6435 [21] Pantic, Damjan S [7] Perin, Jerôme [22] Redmond, John J [26] Rizzo, Maria [14] Šebeň, Vladimír 0000-0003-3692-446X [8] Skudnik, Mitja 0000-0002-4120-6748 [27] [28] Snorrason, Arnór [29] Sroga, Radosław [24] Stoyanov, Todor V [30] Svensson, Arvid [11] Talarczyk, Andrzej [31] Teeuwen, Sander [32] Thürig, Esther [16] Uva, José [33] Mubareka, Sarah (Corresponding author) [1]

Affiliations

  1. [1] Joint Research Centre
    2. [NORA names: Italy; Europe, EU; OECD];
  2. [2] Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
    3. [NORA names: Germany; Europe, EU; OECD];
  3. [3] Forest Management Institute, Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav, Czech Republic
    4. [NORA names: Czechia; Europe, EU; OECD];
  4. [4] Spanish National Research Council
    5. [NORA names: Spain; Europe, EU; OECD];
  5. [5] University of Lisbon
    6. [NORA names: Portugal; Europe, EU; OECD];

Abstract

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.

Keywords

County, Europe, European countries, National, References Definition, approach, area, assessment, biomass, biomass datasets, biomass stocks, countries, data, database, dataset, definition, distribution, estimation, estimation methodology, forest, forest area, forest biomass, forest inventory data, forest resources, forest variables, green transition, harmonisation, increment, inventory, inventory data, level of harmonisation, levels, management of forest resources, maps, maps of forest biomass, methodology, model, modeling approach, national forest inventory data, national scale, reference, reports, resolution, resources, satellite, satellite data, scale, spatial distribution, spatial resolution, state, statistically, stock, sub-national scale, supply, sustainable management, sustainable management of forest resources, transition, variables, volume increment, wood, wood supply, years

Funders

  • Directorate-General Joint Research Centre
  • Joint Research Centre

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