Report - ICP Forests

Annex 135
Annex II-3
Percent of conifers by defoliation classes and class aggregates (2009).
Participating Coniferous No. of 0 1 2 3+4 2+3+4
countries forest sample none slight moderate severe
(1000 ha) trees and dead
Albania no survey in 2009
Andorra 15 73 60.3 32.9 5.5 1.3 6.8
Austria no survey in 2009
Belarus 4741 6975 26.0 65.7 7.1 1.2 8.3
Belgium 929 32.8 53.6 12.9 0.7 13.6
Bulgaria 1119 2360 19.7 47.3 30.4 2.6 33.0
Croatia 321 242 6.2 27.3 57.0 9.5 66.5
Cyprus 172 362 3.0 60.8 34.3 1.9 36.2
Czech Republic 2014 4189 10.3 26.6 60.7 2.4 63.1
Denmark 250 195 87.2 11.8 1.0 0.0 1.0
Estonia 1146 2085 43.4 49.1 6.8 0.7 7.5
Finland 17974 5991 56.4 33.6 9.1 0.8 9.9
France 4041 3393 44.6 28.6 24.2 2.6 26.8
Germany 6490 6209 39.9 39.8 19.2 1.1 20.3
Greece 954 1113 37.9 35.8 23.7 2.6 26.3
Hungary 226 254 45.3 27.6 16.1 11.0 27.1
Ireland 399 599 69.9 17.5 11.5 1.0 12.5
Italy 1735 2104 31.8 36.6 25.9 5.7 31.6
Latvia 1452 5809 11.4 73.8 13.1 1.7 14.8
Liechtenstein no survey in 2009
Lithuania 1153 3515 18.2 64.4 16.1 1.3 1153
Luxembourg no survey in 2009
Rep. of Macedonia no survey in 2009
Rep. of Moldova
only broadleaves assessed
The Netherlands no survey in 2009
Norway 6800 7111 48.6 33.5 14.9 3.0 17.9
Poland 6955 25505 22.6 60.2 16.5 0.7 17.2
Portugal no survey in 2009
Romania 1873 1115 44.1 34.2 19.9 1.8 21.7
Russian Fed. 405809 6854 78.3 14.3 5.5 1.9 7.4
Serbia 179 331 64.7 22.7 10.2 2.4 12.6
Slovak Republic 815 1683 2.1 55.2 40.7 2.0 42.7
Slovenia 410 407 21.9 39.3 34.6 4.2 38.8
Spain 5910 7488 21.5 63.5 11.9 3.0 14.9
Sweden 19600 7097 59.9 25.1 12.3 2.8 15.1
Switzerland 818 741 30.2 51.0 11.2 7.6 18.8
Turkey 13006 7793 26.2 57.7 14.6 1.4 16.0
Ukraine 2756 14615 70.0 23.7 5.9 0.4 6.3
United Kingdom no survey in 2009
Note that some differences in the level of damage across national borders may be at least partly due to differences in standards
used. This restriction. however. does not affect the reliability of the trends over time.