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Proposed new classifying tools capture condition of Europe’s forests

News Published 10 Nov 2006 Last modified 28 Jun 2016

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European forest types, a new scheme for classifying Europe’s forests, is presented today in a report by the European Environment Agency. The scheme offers 14 new major forest type categories to replace the previous three categories - deciduous, coniferous and mixed – used in reporting of forest data.