Welcome to FISE
The source of data and information on Europe's Forests

The Forest Information System for Europe (FISE), is a single entry point for data and information on forests in Europe. FISE brings together data, information and knowledge gathered or derived through key forest-related policy drivers.

In the spotlight

Forest in numbers

39%

of EU27 land covered by forest (159 million ha)

9,552 Mt

carbon stored in EU27 forest biomass

14%

of protected forest habitats in EU27 are in good status

3.6 million

workers in forestry and wood-based industries

Key FISE services

MapMyTree - Help us reach our goal of planting three billion trees in the EU by 2030
Anyone can plant a tree! And by 2030 we want 3 billion more trees in Europe. To achieve this ambitious target, we need motivated Europeans to plant trees and make sure that they grow over time.
Research corner
The research corner provides the latest findings from the scientific community, targeted at policy making in Europe.

Research highlight

Mapping and protecting primary and old-growth forests: Europe’s imperative conservation task

Majestic and complex, lush and biodiverse: the way we think about primary and old-growth forests reflects their awe-inspiring presence in people’s collective imagination. In the same measure that they are distinctive and unique, these relatively undisturbed forests are also rare and rapidly disappearing in Europe.