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How much forest is there in the Czech Republic?
Based on the NFI2 data, forests cover 2 904 600 hectares, which is 36.8 % of the total area of the country.
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What is the growing stock in the Czech Republic?
The total growing stock of 942 million m3 u.b. (under bark volume, based on the NFI2 data) is not exceptional comparing the rest of Europe, but the Czech Republic is among the top countries in terms of the average growing stock of 330 m3 u.b. per hectare of a productive forest area.
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What is the amount of felling in the Czech Republic?
In the period between the NFI1 (2001–2004) and NFI2 (2011–2014), the mean annual felling was 21.8 million m3 u.b., out of which 85.7 % were conifers and 14.3 % broadleaves.
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What is the annual wood volume increment in the Czech Republic?
In the period between the NFI1 (2001–2004) and NFI2 (2011–2014), the mean annual gross increment was 28 million m3 u.b., out of which 75.2 % corresponds to conifers and 24.8 % to broadleaves.
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What is the woody species composition of the Czech forests?
In the CZ, conifers predominate with 57.6 %, compared to broadleaves with 42.4 %.
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What is the regeneration structure of the Czech forests?
In terms of regeneration, broadleaves (61.0 %) prevail over conifers (39.0 %) in the CZ. The total number of regeneration stems amounts to 46.6 billion. The average number of regeneration stems per hectare of a regeneration forest area is 31.0 thousand pcs/ha, of which 9.4 thous. pcs/ha is for conifers and 21.6 thous. pcs/ha is for broadleaves.
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How many trees are in the Czech forests?
The total number of trees (stems) reaches 2 051.5 million pieces in the CZ, i.e. 732 pcs/ha of a productive forest area. The number of conifers (1 346.8 million pcs, i.e. 480 pcs/ha) prevails over broadleaves (704.7 million pcs, i.e. 251 pcs/ha).
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Updated results of the third National Forest Inventory in the Czech Republic (2016-2020)
2024-02-19
Since June 2023, several articles presenting updated and complemented results of the Czech NFI3 (2016-2020) were published in the national forestry journal 'Lesnická...
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