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.
Contact
Contributors
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre
How to cite
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2014): European map of forest above and below-ground carbon. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/8dcd61eb-c97f-4c92-886f-5027bad233ed
Publications
Spatial coverage
Type | Value |
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GML | <gml:Polygon xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2"> <gml:exterior> <gml:LinearRing> <gml:posList>-36.684 67.658 74.359 67.658 74.359 28.922 -36.684 28.922 -36.684 67.658</gml:posList> </gml:LinearRing> </gml:exterior></gml:Polygon> |
WKT | POLYGON ((-36.684 67.658, 74.359 67.658, 74.359 28.922, -36.684 28.922, -36.684 67.658)) |
Temporal coverage
From date | To date |
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2006-01-01 | 2006-12-31 |
Lineage information
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).
Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2021-01-21
- Modified date
- 2021-01-21
- Issued date
- 2014-10-15
- Landing page
- http://forest.jrc.ec.europa.eu/activities/forest-ecosystem-services
- Language(s)
- English
- Data theme(s)
- Environment
- Update frequency
- unknown
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/8dcd61eb-c97f-4c92-886f-5027bad233ed
- Popularity
- 26 Feb 2024: 2 visits