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Environmental information systems
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
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.
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.