AREA AND SHARE OF STRICTLY PROTECTED FORESTS IN EUROPE
AREA AND SHARE OF STRICTLY PROTECTED FORESTS IN EUROPE Finland Sweden Ukraine Italy Estonia Belarus Greece Romania Slovakia Poland Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Lithuania France Slovenia Albania Latvia Switzerland United Kingdom
1.763.000 ha
7.8% 1.9% 4.2% 2.0% 3.7% 0.6% 1.5% 2.3% 1.0% 1.1% 0.1% 0.8% 1.1% 0.2% 0.3% 0.0%
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50
7.9%
1.1% 3.0% 2.9%
1,000 ha
100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850
• By definition, forest means land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and canopy cover of more than 10%. It corresponds to the area of productive and half of the area of low-productive forest in Finnish definition. • Strict protection means that the target of protection is safeduarding biodiversity and no active intervention is allowed as defined for the class 1.1 in MCPFE report. • The Russian Federation is not listed here because no information is provided concerning the European parts of her forests. • The figures depict the situation in year 2015, except those for Bulgaria (2010), France (2010), UK (2010), Romania (2005) and Albania (2005). • Source: State of Europe's Forests 2015. Updated 01.04.2016.
1.763.000 ha
7.8% 1.9% 4.2% 2.0% 3.7% 0.6% 1.5% 2.3% 1.0% 1.1% 0.1% 0.8% 1.1% 0.2% 0.3% 0.0%
0
50
7.9%
1.1% 3.0% 2.9%
1,000 ha
100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850
• By definition, forest means land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and canopy cover of more than 10%. It corresponds to the area of productive and half of the area of low-productive forest in Finnish definition. • Strict protection means that the target of protection is safeduarding biodiversity and no active intervention is allowed as defined for the class 1.1 in MCPFE report. • The Russian Federation is not listed here because no information is provided concerning the European parts of her forests. • The figures depict the situation in year 2015, except those for Bulgaria (2010), France (2010), UK (2010), Romania (2005) and Albania (2005). • Source: State of Europe's Forests 2015. Updated 01.04.2016.
