Annual Timber Felling Volumes in European Forests

Average annual standing volume of trees felled across Europe, including all trees measured overbark to a minimum diameter of 0 cm. The database covers total fellings, annual fellings from forests available for wood supply, and fellings from natural losses in those forests. Data is provided by the European Environment Agency and sourced from the SCIOPS organization.

Use Cases

• Model annual timber harvest trends using the 'total fellings' metric.
• Analyze sustainable wood supply by comparing 'annual fellings of forest available for wood supply' over time.
• Assess natural forest disturbance recovery rates from the 'fellings of natural loss' data field.

Strengths

• Covers the continent of Europe for spatial analysis.
• Includes volume from all felled trees, including non-removed parts and natural losses.

Limitations

• Specific row count, time range, and geographic resolution are unknown.
• Data definitions (e.g., 'forest available for wood supply') require domain knowledge to interpret correctly.

Provenance

Source

European Environment Agency summary, organization SCIOPS.

Collection Method

Aggregated measurements of standing tree volume felled, including silvicultural thinnings and recovered natural losses.

Geography

Europe