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Forestry measures
Forest resources in
the EU and the EU Forestry Strategy
| A great diversity of natural
forest types, forest covers, and forest ownership
structures exist in the EU. Forests are one of Europe's
most important renewable resources and provide multiple
benefits to society and the economy. They are also
important for the conservation of European nature.
Forests and other wooded land in the EU cover
approximately 177 million ha (over 40 % of the EU
territory), of which 130 million ha are available for
wood supply. As a result of afforestation programmes and
due to natural regeneration on marginal lands, forest
cover in the EU has increased over the past few decades. |
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