Forest data for 236 countries and territories in the period 1990-2020
Mhm… The findings are probably just as good as the data… I got a little suspicious when it claimed that 93% of forests in Europe are natural forests, because as far as I know, e.g. Germany has (almost) no natural forest. See also the history of Forests in Central Europe [0].<p>In any case, looking at the report [1] they include Russia in Europe. Fair enough, Europe without Russia: Only 70% natural forests. Which still seems high to me, given that Europeans exploited our forests so much.<p>The main report distinguishes between: natural forests (no definition), plantations (think rows and columns) and &#x27;other planted&#x27; which can look like a natural forest when matured.<p>I quickly checked the country data for Germany [2]. They report 50% natural forests and 50% other planted. Which is just bollocks. Large parts of forests in Germany are planted and mono culture. Only 6% of forests in Germany are protected (which doesn&#x27;t mean much, because you can still do forestry!?) and only 0.6% of Forests are off-limits. I might write an enquiry as to why 50&#x2F;50 was reported.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;History_of_the_forest_in_Central_Europe" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;History_of_the_forest_in_Centr...</a><p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fao.org&#x2F;3&#x2F;ca9825en&#x2F;ca9825en.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fao.org&#x2F;3&#x2F;ca9825en&#x2F;ca9825en.pdf</a><p>[2]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fao.org&#x2F;forest-resources-assessment&#x2F;fra-2020&#x2F;country-reports&#x2F;en&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fao.org&#x2F;forest-resources-assessment&#x2F;fra-2020&#x2F;cou...</a>