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.
Definition describing what the indicator measures

Unit: Number of planted trees
Measurement unit of the indicator values

Spatial coverage: EU27
Geographic area covered by the indicator

Temporal coverage: 2020-2025
Time coverage of the indicator from first to most recent available year

Update frequency: More than once a year
Frequency at which indicator is updated

DPSIR: Response
DPSIR classification framework: Driver, Pressure, State, Impact, or Response

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://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52021SC0651&qid=1672917506492. More information on the workflow can be found here: https://reportnet.europa.eu/public/dataflow/335.
Description of the main methodological steps used to calculate the indicator

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 regions on: New EU Forest Strategy for 2030, 16 July 2021, SWD(2021) 651 final (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52021SC0651&qid=1672917506492), accessed 26 June 2025.
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Producer: European Environment Agency
Institution which produces the calculation of the indicator values

Provider: European Environment Agency
Institution supplying the indicator values, even if not the original producer of indicator values

Open source: False
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Spatial scope (Member States): True
Whether the indicator is available at Member States level

Spatial scope (EU27): True
Whether the indicator is available at EU27 aggregated level

Spatial scope (global): False
Whether the indicator is available at global level

Accuracy uncertainties: None
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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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Storage: None
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Copyright/Licence of use: See EEA Copyright/Licence Policy: https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/. The data are provided by EEA based on data reported by participating organisations.
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