Facts and figures
The forest in figures
Legal Status
There are 27,006,793 has in the Atlantic Arc, 65% of which belong to private property
There are approximately 1.9 million owners
The area under protection amounts to an 11% of the total area and is constantly growing
Forest Resources
There are 12,801,246 has of forest area
The wooded surface is distributed as follows:
3,640,307 has of conifers
4523693 has of hardwood
1227565 has of mixed stands
Shaping a total of 831,481 thousand m3 standing
Of which some 30 million m3 of timber per year are utilized
Health state
75% of the forest stands is in good condition
The annual number of fires amounts to 36,275 and the average area of each fire is 4ha
Economic aspects
The forestry sector has 21,692 businesses that create about 150,000 direct jobs
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