Virgin forest inventory of the Carpathians (KEO), version 1, Dec. 2019

The virgin forest inventory data set includes the location (point) of the last virgin forests identified by each Carpathians Convention Member, namely Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine. The data set does not include plots from Poland, since no official inputs have been submitted yet. An additional layer presents the quasi virgin forest plots provided by Romania. The virgin forest inventory inputs were collected and validated in 2019.

The attribute table indicates, when available and along the virgin forest location, additional information as the official name, size, the county to which it belongs, altitude, level of protection, the forest type according to the national classification and its correspondence with the European Nature Information System classes (EUNIS). The Carpathians area of study is delimited by the Carpathian Environment Outlook (KEO) boundary.

Simple

Identification info

Date (Creation)
2019-12-19
Edition

01.00

Citation identifier
scc_v_3035_10_k_virgin-forest-inventory-keo_i_2019_v01_r00

Point of contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

http://www.eea.europa.eu

Point of contact

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Custodian
Spatial representation type
Vector

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
10000
Topic category
  • Environment

Extent

N
S
E
W




Temporal extent

Time period
2019-01-01 2019-12-15

Extent

Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
GEMET

  • inventory

  • forest conservation

  • land use

  • forest ecosystem

  • land cover

  • forest biodiversity

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

  • Hungary

  • Ukraine

  • Serbia

  • Czechia

  • Romania

  • Slovakia

Spatial scope

  • Regional

EEA topics

  • Biodiversity

  • Forests and forestry

  • Nature protection and restoration

Resource constraints

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
public access limited according to Article 13(1)(b) of the INSPIRE Directive

Resource constraints

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

This data set is created in the agreement framework between the Carpathian Convention Secretariat, the Environmental European Agency (EEA) and the European Topic Centre on Urban, Land, and Soil Systems (ETC/ULS) to support the Carpathian Convention Working Group on Forest. The source data are owned by the Member Parties of the Carpathian Convention. The data set cannot be made freely available but can be granted access on demand.

Associated resource

Association Type
Cross reference
Metadata Reference
Language
English

Distribution Information

Distribution format

  • GDB

  • Spatialite

OnLine resource

Direct download (Eionet authentication)

OnLine resource

https://land.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/Carpathians/VirginForestInventory/MapServer

OnLine resource

https://land.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/services/Carpathians/VirginForestInventory/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

Virgin Forest Inventory of the Carpathians Dec. 2019

Data quality info

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Report

Result

Title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Resource lineage

Statement

The dataset is based on the forest plot location provided in tabular format by the Convention Member Parties. The data creation includes a harmonization process to have a consistent database, on the coordinate projection, naming and attributes used. The main efforts were focused on the translation of national forest species into a common EU standard, namely the European Nature Information System (EUNIS) within the support of local experts from the Members of the Convention, which have as well validated this resulting dataset at the end of the process.

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference System Information

Code
EPSG:3035

Metadata

Metadata identifier
571259cc-97da-45a5-acbb-d4f95a164a2b

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Point of contact

Type of resource

Resource type
Dataset
Metadata linkage

https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/571259cc-97da-45a5-acbb-d4f95a164a2b

Date info (Creation)
2020-03-03T07:34:14Z
Date info (Revision)
2025-10-09T10:51:35.883576Z

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115/19139

Edition

1.0

 
 
Access to the catalogue

Overviews

Spatial extent

Keywords

EEA topics

Biodiversity Forests and forestry Nature protection and restoration
GEMET

forest biodiversity forest conservation forest ecosystem inventory land cover land use
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Habitats and biotopes Land cover Protected sites
Spatial scope

Regional


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