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Forest growth

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This indicator measures forest area and volume of forest biomass.

Data host: 

European Environment Agency

Unit of Measurement: 

Square Kilometer (km2) and Cubic Meter (m3)

Link to Data: 

http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/external/state-of-europes-forests [2]

Type of Indicator source: 

  • Intergovernmental Organisation [3]

Geographical Coverage: 

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland

Geographical Level: 

  • National [4]

Same/similar indicators appears in the following sets: 

  • EEA's environmental indicators/Environmental Pressure indicators [5]

Methodological transparency: 

  • Partial methodology available [6]
Indicator relation: 
Indicator: 
Forest Area [7]
Type of relation: 
Component indicator of the aggregate

Temporal Coverage: 

2012 to 2098

Frequency of Updates: 

  • irregular [8]

Indicator developer: 

European Environment Agency

Link to Methodology: 

Forest growth [9]

Aggregation level of indicator: 

  • Index or Composite [10]

Data quality assesment: 

  • other organisational assessment [11]

Publishing delay: 

  • 1-3 years [12]

Link to data quality assessment: 

Forest growth (CLIM 034) - Assessment published Nov 2012 [13]

Contribution to the green economy: 

This indicator assesses the growth, growth rate and outlook (including effects on climate change) of European forests. Increasing growth rate contributing to the transition to a Green Economy, because amongst others Ecosystem Services are supported.

Cost of accessing data: 

  • free of charge [14]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Is the forest area growing, due to declining agricultural areas
Related Indicator: 
Agriculture, value added (% of GDP) [15]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Is the forest area increasing due to declining agricultural areas which leads to increasing food imports?
Related Indicator: 
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) [16]

Use of indicator in mandates, international agreements or legislation: 

Name of agreement or policy: 

The European Climate Adaptation Platform (Climate-ADAPT)

Name of body or organisation: 

European Commission

Link to body or organisation: 

Climate-ADAPT [17]
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Source URL: https://measuring-progress.eu/forest-growth

Links
[1] https://measuring-progress.eu/coll-del/nojs/670
[2] http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/external/state-of-europes-forests
[3] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/52
[4] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/33
[5] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/65
[6] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/36
[7] https://measuring-progress.eu/forest-area
[8] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/21
[9] http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/forest-growth-1#tab-relevant-policy-documents
[10] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/30
[11] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/40
[12] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/25
[13] http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/forest-growth-1/assessment
[14] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/9
[15] https://measuring-progress.eu/agriculture-value-added-gdp
[16] https://measuring-progress.eu/food-imports-merchandise-imports
[17] http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/home