Number of trees planted in the EU as part of the 3 Billion Trees Pledge

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Indicator: Number of trees planted in the EU as part of the 3 Billion Trees Pledge

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Definition: Number of planted trees, by Member State and at EU27 level, as part of the EU 3 Billion Trees Pledge.

Unit: Number of planted trees

Spatial coverage: EU27

Time coverage: 2020-2023

Update frequency: Continuous

DPSIR: Response

Other policies:

• EU Forest Strategy for 2030

Method: Calculation of the number of planted trees based on data reported by the 3 Billion Trees Pledge reporting organisations. More information on the data collected can be found here: https://ec.europa.eu/environment/pdf/forests/swd_3bn_trees.pdf. More information on the workflow can be found here: https://reportnet.europa.eu/public/dataflow/335.

Reference: European Commission, Commission Staff Working Document: Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European economic and social committee and the committee of the regionson: New EU Forest Strategy for 2030, 16 July 2021, SWD(2021) 651 final (https://ec.europa.eu/environment/pdf/forests/swd_3bn_trees.pdf), accessed 9 March 2023.

Producer: European Environment Agency

Provider: European Environment Agency

Validated: False

Peer reviewed: False

Documented: False

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Accessible: True

Spatial scope (Member States): True

Spatial scope (EU27): True

Spatial scope (global): False

Accuracy uncertainties: None

Comments: The original indicator of European Environment Agency provides the number and area of additional planted trees (ha), per administrative region (NUTS3) in the EU27, per forest type, per land use, per ownership, per type of action. Additionality means to plant 3 billion trees between 2020 and 2030 in addition to those that would be planted or grow anyway under a business-as-usual scenario.

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