Forest Available for Wood Supply map of EU27 at 100 m resolution calibrated using the harmonized NFI statistics at sub-national level, updated to the year 2020. The map includes the following restrictions to FAWS: altitude, slope, distance to roads, protected areas, unproductive forests
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2026): Map of the Forest Available for Wood Supply (FAWS) of EU27 for 2020. [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/JRC.SF31H30 PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/768d2620-1619-4953-8c7d-42511a43ff8a
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The European Union (EU) uses biomass to meet its needs for food and feed, energy, and materials. The demand and supply of biomass have environmental, social, and economic impacts. Understanding biomass supply, demand, costs, and their associated impacts is particularly important for relevant EU policy areas, to facilitate solid and evidence-based policymaking.
As the European Commission's (EC) in-house science service, the role of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) is to provide EU policies with independent, evidence-based, scientific and technical support throughout the whole policy cycle, thereby contributing to coherent policies. To provide a sound scientific basis for well-prepared EC policy making, the JRC was requested by Commission services to periodically provide data, processed information, models, and analysis on EU and global biomass supply and demand and its sustainability. This report is the 3rd public-facing report under this mandate.
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