This publication summarizes the results and methodological findings of a first round of test applications of the European Framework for Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting for Forests. Its objective is to provide an insight into the experience gained and progress made in linking forest-related data to the national accounts. The data set out in this report are the result of pilot applications and should not be considered as final. In particular, the integration of ecological and social functions of forests is an issue of on-going work within the Eurostat Task Force on Forest Accounting.
The report is organized into the following sections:
- A summary of the main findings from the pilot applications, including an illustration of the kind of indicators and accounting aggregates that can be directly derived from the tables of the forest accounting framework.
- A description of the methodological issues that have been addressed in the pilot applications, along with conclusions and recommendations for future refinements.
- Comparative tables that are based on the aggregation and analysis of the data provided by the pilot applications.
- Detailed forest accounts tables for each country in their original format.
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