Organisation: European Commission, Joint Research Centre

Point of contact: jrc-fise-info@ec.europa.eu

Title: European map of forest above-ground carbon

Description

This is a pan-European map of living forest above-ground carbon. The map was implemented following IPCC Tier 1 method. Maps of forest biomass stock and carbon are relevant for quantifying terrestrial carbon storage and carbon sinks as well as for estimating potential emissions from land cover changes (afforestation, deforestation, reforestation), forest fragmentation and biotic (pests) and abiotic (e.g. forest fires, windstorms) disturbances.

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Publications

publication A European map of living forest biomass and carbon stock - Executive report
Barredo Cano J, San-Miguel-Ayanz J, Caudullo G, Busetto L. A European map of living forest biomass and carbon stock - Executive report . EUR 25730. Luxembourg (Luxembourg): Publications Office of the European Union; 2012. JRC77439

DOI:10.2788/780

Additional information

Last modified	2014-10-15
Issue date	2014-10-15
Landing page	http://forest.jrc.ec.europa.eu/activities/forest-ecosystem-services
Temporal coverage	From: 2006-01-01 – To: 2006-12-31
Language	English
Data theme(s)	Environment
EuroVoc domain(s)	52 ENVIRONMENT; 56 AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES; 64 PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
EuroVoc concept(s)	biodiversity; forest; scientific research; tree
Identifier	http://data.europa.eu/89h/71a38170-4a68-443c-9425-cd713c85291d

Geographic information

Lineage	The map relies of the IPCC Tier 1 method and represents spatially-explicit biomass and carbon stock on forested land disaggregated at 1 km grid size. IPCC Tier 1 method applied to forest biomass requires two types of input data. First, maps of forest types (CORINE land cover) ... The map relies of the IPCC Tier 1 method and represents spatially-explicit biomass and carbon stock on forested land disaggregated at 1 km grid size. IPCC Tier 1 method applied to forest biomass requires two types of input data. First, maps of forest types (CORINE land cover) and the map FAO’s map of Global Ecological Zones for the Global Forest. Secondly, several average amounts and factors sourced from the IPCC report on Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2006).
Geographic bounding box	67.658° N, 74.359° E, 28.922° S, -36.684° W
Coordinate Reference System	ETRS89 / LAEA Europe

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