Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

This dataset traces net changes in terms of volume in the growing stock of standing wood on forest land. Forest depletion and growth describe balances or imbalances in different types of forests. The intensity of use of forest resources reflects various forest management methods and their sustainability. These data should be read in connection with other indicators, in particular land use changes and forest quality (species diversity, forest degradation), and be complemented with data on forest management practices and protection measures. Please bear in mind that definitions and estimation methods vary for some countries.

This dataset provides country-level protected area coverage for terrestrial, marine and coastal domains calculated from the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA). It provides disaggregations of protected area total by IUCN management objectives. The dataset spans the period 1950-2022 and reports results for all OECD countries as well as South Africa, all countries in South America, Central America and the Caribbean and a subset of countries in South-East Asia. A number of country aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas and Latin American countries. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has developed an internationally agreed definition of protected areas, which classify them as strict nature reserves and wilderness areas (Ia and Ib), national parks (II), natural monuments or features (III), habitat or species management areas (IV), protected landscapes or seascapes (V), and protected areas with sustainable use of natural resources (VI).