Forest resources
Area of forest and other wooded land and percentage of territory covered by forest, area of stands, reserve of stands and reserve of stands per hectare, increment of stands’ volume by tree species, destroyed forest stands and reasons for destruction, biomass and carbon storage in wooden biomass | |
Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements (EHAK) Categories of forest preserve of International Union for Conservation of Nature Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005 (final version; terms and definitions). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |
Estonia – total | |
Average increment of the stock of stands per year — difference between the original and residual value of stands in a period, which shows the increment of the stock of stands in a year. Average stock of stands per hectare — volume of timber expressed in cubic metres per hectare. Cleaning – a type of maintenance felling in forests where the average diameter at breast height is below 6 cm (i.e. young growth) in order to improve light and nutrition conditions of the dominant tree species and design the forest composition. Commercial woodland (stands) — forest land that is not included in the category of strictly protected forests. It includes forests with partial commercial restrictions (for example water protection forests, protection zone of capercaillie, Natura 2000 areas). Dominant tree species — the tree species with the greatest stem volume in the stand. Forest land — habitat of woody vegetation with an area of at least 0.1 hectares where the height of woody plants is at least 1.3 metres and the canopy closure is at least 30%. It includes areas temporally forestless such as clear cut, windfall or burnt areas. Maintenance felling — a silviculture technique to improve forest quality and/or forest sanitary conditions. Regeneration felling — a type of felling in order to create conditions necessary for a new forest generation. As a general rule, regeneration felling is used in mature stands. Stock of stands — volume of timber expressed in cubic metres from stump to tree top including bark and excluding the volume of branches. Territory covered by forest (%) — the share of stands in the area of the territory. Thinning — type of maintenance felling to alter the composition of the stand and to improve the growth and development conditions of the trees remaining after felling as well as the value of the stand and stem characteristics. | |
Forest land | |
Forest resources in Estonia FRAME Not applicable | |
Estonia as a whole Counties – data of destroyed and damaged forest stands | |
1973–… | |
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Data are published in the statistical database at https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat under the subject area “Environment / Natural resources and their use / Forest resources” in the following tables: KK509: Biomass and carbon storage in wooden biomass on forest land by dominant tree species KK51: Forest resources based on national forest inventory (NFI) KK513: Destroyed forest stands by county KK514: Damaged forest stands by county, 31 December | |
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Data serve as input for statistical activities 10001 “Environmental trends”, 10601 “Material flow accounts”, 50101 “Regional development” and 50201 “Sustainable development indicators”. | |
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“Eesti Metsad. Metsavarude hinnang statistilisel valikmeetodil” (in Estonian), Estonian Environment Agency http://www.keskkonnaagentuur.ee/et/metsandusevaljaanded |
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The data of National Forest Inventory (NFI) and damaged stands are complete. |
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There are no planned revisions. The data may be revised if the methodology is modified, errors are discovered, new or better data become available. |
SURVEY DATA Not used ADMINISTRATIVE DATA The following data are received from the Estonian Environment Agency: area of forest and other wooded land and area of stands; average reserve of stands per hectare and increment of stands' volume per year by dominant tree species; biomass on forest land (above ground and below ground) and carbon storage in wooden biomass on forest land by dominant tree species; area of destroyed and damaged forest stands. DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES Not used | |
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The data are obtained by e-mail. | |
Data validation is the responsibility of the Estonian Environment Agency. | |
The data received from the Estonian Environment Agency are converted into statistical output. It includes calculating additional indicators. | |
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