Brussels, 20/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - According to statistics published on Monday 20 October by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in 2005, forests and other wooded land covered 177 million hectares in the EU27, or 42% of its land area. This data was published during European Forest Week, which takes place between 20-24 October 2008 (www.europeanforestweek.org/home/fr).
Eurostat data demonstrates that the largest area covered with forests and other wooded land...