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Area of forest fund lands and forest-covered lands by year

at year-end; million hectares

· dynamics annual · rows: 27 · periods: 5 · section: Environmental protection (в России. 2024)

Forest areas cover a vast part of the country's territory; this table shows their exact size at the end of each year from 2019 to 2023. Rows are categorized by land type, showing the share of the forest fund relative to other land categories. The indicator is measured in millions of hectares; data are annual and cover the entire country, including all federal districts

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Area of forest fund lands and…Area of forest fund lands and lands of other categories on which forests are located Area of forest fund lands and…Area of forest fund lands and lands of other categories where forests are located — forest Area of forest fund lands and…Area of forest fund lands and lands of other categories on which forests are located — of which covered with forest vegetation Area of forest fund lands and…Area of forest fund lands and lands of other categories on which forests are located — Area of forest fund lands on which forests are located Area of forest fund lands on …Area of forest fund lands on which forests are located — operational Area of forest fund lands on …Area of forest fund lands on which forests are located — reserve forests Area of forest fund lands whe…Area of forest fund lands where forests are located — protective protective — forests located …protective — forests located on specially protected natural areas Protective — forests located …Protective — forests located in water protection zones protective — forests performi…protective — forests performing functions of protection of natural and other objects – total Forests performing the functi…Forests performing the functions of protecting natural and other objects — forests located in the first and second belts of sanitary protection zones of sources of drinking and household water supply Forests performing the functi…Forests performing the functions of protecting natural and other objects — protective forest strips located along public railways, federal public roads, public roads owned by constituent entities of the Russian Federation 2019 2023

Who grew, who fell: 2019 → 2023

unchanged Area of forest fund lands where forests are located — protective · 2023: 286.8 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 284.6 · +2.20 Area of forest… located — protectiveArea of forest fund lands where forests are located — protective +2.20 protective — forests located on specially protected natural areas · 2023: 4.40 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 2.60 · +1.80 protective… natural areasprotective — forests located on specially protected natural areas +1.80 Protective — forests located in water protection zones · 2023: 20.1 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 18.4 · +1.70 Protective… water protection zonesProtective — forests located in water protection zones +1.70 Area of forest fund lands and lands of other categories on which forests are located · 2023: 1,188 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 1,188 · +0.70 Area of forest… forests are locatedArea of forest fund lands and lands of other categories on which forests are located +0.70 Valuable forests — Forests for which forest inventory has not been carried out · 2023: 1.20 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 0.90 · +0.30 Valuable forests… not been carried outValuable forests — Forests for which forest inventory has not been carried out +0.30 valuable forests — nut-harvesting zones · 2023: 10.1 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 9.80 · +0.30 valuable forests — nut-harvesting zones +0.30 Area of forest fund lands and lands of other categories on which forests are located — of which covered with forest vegetation · 2023: 795.0 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 794.9 · +0.10 Area of forest… with forest vegetationArea of forest fund lands and lands of other categories on which forests are located — of which covered with forest vegetation +0.10 Forests performing the functions of protecting natural and other objects — forests located in the first and second belts of sanitary protection zones of sources of drinking and household water supply · 2023: 1.60 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 1.60 · +0 Forests performing… household water supplyForests performing the functions of protecting natural and other objects — forests located in the first and second belts of sanitary protection zones of sources of drinking and household water supply +0 forests performing the functions of protecting natural and other objects — green zones, forest parks · 2023: 14.0 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 14.0 · +0 forests performing… zones, forest parksforests performing the functions of protecting natural and other objects — green zones, forest parks +0 Forests performing the functions of protecting natural and other objects — forests located in the first, second and third zones of sanitary (mountain-sanitary) protection districts of health-resort areas and resorts · 2023: 1.00 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 1.00 · +0 Forests performing… areas and resortsForests performing the functions of protecting natural and other objects — forests located in the first, second and third zones of sanitary (mountain-sanitary) protection districts of health-resort areas and resorts +0 Valuable forests — state protective forest strips · 2023: 0.10 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 0.10 · +0 Valuable forests… forest stripsValuable forests — state protective forest strips +0 Valuable forests — anti-erosion forests · 2023: 14.7 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 14.7 · +0 Valuable forests — anti-erosion forests +0 valuable forests — forests located in desert, semi-desert, forest-steppe, forest-tundra zones, steppes, mountains · 2023: 132.5 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 132.5 · +0 valuable forests… steppes, mountainsvaluable forests — forests located in desert, semi-desert, forest-steppe, forest-tundra zones, steppes, mountains +0 valuable forests — ribbon pine forests · 2023: 1.10 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 1.10 · +0 valuable forests — ribbon pine forests +0 Valuable forests — forests of scientific or historical value · 2023: 1.60 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 1.70 · −0.10 Valuable forests… or historical valueValuable forests — forests of scientific or historical value −0.10 Area of forest fund lands and lands of other categories where forests are located — forest · 2023: 894.0 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 894.1 · −0.10 Area of forest… are located — forestArea of forest fund lands and lands of other categories where forests are located — forest −0.10 Area of forest fund lands and lands of other categories on which forests are located — Area of forest fund lands on which forests are located · 2023: 1,146 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 1,146 · −0.20 Area of forest… forests are locatedArea of forest fund lands and lands of other categories on which forests are located — Area of forest fund lands on which forests are located −0.20 protective — forests performing functions of protection of natural and other objects – total · 2023: 21.8 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 22.1 · −0.30 protective… other objects – totalprotective — forests performing functions of protection of natural and other objects – total −0.30 valuable forests — Total growing stock — total, bln m3 · 2023: 82.2 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 82.6 · −0.40 valuable forests… stock — total, bln m3valuable forests — Total growing stock — total, bln m3 −0.40 Forests performing the functions of protecting natural and other objects — protective forest strips located along public railways, federal public roads, public roads owned by constituent entities of the Russian Federation · 2023: 5.10 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 5.50 · −0.40 Forests performing… the Russian FederationForests performing the functions of protecting natural and other objects — protective forest strips located along public railways, federal public roads, public roads owned by constituent entities of the Russian Federation −0.40 valuable forests — prohibited forest strips located along water bodies · 2023: 26.3 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 27.0 · −0.70 valuable forests… along water bodiesvaluable forests — prohibited forest strips located along water bodies −0.70 valuable forests — spawning-protective forest strips · 2023: 54.0 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 54.7 · −0.70 valuable forests… forest stripsvaluable forests — spawning-protective forest strips −0.70 Area of forest fund lands on which forests are located — operational · 2023: 593.6 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 594.5 · −0.90 Area of forest… located — operationalArea of forest fund lands on which forests are located — operational −0.90 Forests performing the functions of protecting natural and other objects — valuable forests — total · 2023: 240.5 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 241.6 · −1.10 Forests performing… forests — totalForests performing the functions of protecting natural and other objects — valuable forests — total −1.10 Area of forest fund lands on which forests are located — reserve forests · 2023: 264.4 at year-end; million hectares · 2019: 266.2 · −1.80 Area of forest… — reserve forestsArea of forest fund lands on which forests are located — reserve forests −1.80

Set in numbers

Rosstat data for 2019–2023. Rows: 27, periods: 5. Measurement unit — at year-end; million hectares. Shown by items: Area of forest fund lands and lands of other categories, on wh…; Area of forest fund lands and lands of other categories, on wh…; Area of forest fund lands and lands of other categories, on wh…; Area of forest fund lands and lands of other categories, on wh…; Area of forest fund lands on which forests are located —… and others

Area of forest fund lands and lands of other categories on which for…: the indicator increased from 1 188 to 1 188 over 2019–2023 — by 0.06%. Highest value — 1 188 (2023), lowest — 1 188 (2019). This is an average annual growth of 0.01%. Of 18 major rows, 7 increased, 11 decreased

All table numbers are series: 27
Series 20192020202120222023
Площадь земель лесного фонда и земель иных категорий, на которых расположены леса 1 187,60 1 187,60 1 187,80 1 188,20 1 188,30
Площадь земель лесного фонда и земель иных категорий, на которых расположены леса — лесная 894,10 894,00 894,10 894,00 894,00
Площадь земель лесного фонда и земель иных категорий, на которых расположены леса — из нее покрытая лесной растительностью 794,90 794,70 794,80 795,00 795,00
Площадь земель лесного фонда и земель иных категорий, на которых расположены леса — Площадь земель лесного фонда, на которых расположены леса 1 146,20 1 146,30 1 145,80 1 145,90 1 146,00
Площадь земель лесного фонда, на которых расположены леса — эксплуатационные 594,50 593,80 593,50 594,30 593,60
Площадь земель лесного фонда, на которых расположены леса — резервные 266,20 266,60 266,60 264,70 264,40
Площадь земель лесного фонда, на которых расположены леса — защитные 284,60 284,90 284,60 285,70 286,80
защитные — леса, расположенные на особо охраняемых природных территориях 2,60 2,80 2,90 3,70 4,40
защитные — леса, расположенные в водоохранных зонах 18,40 18,50 18,80 19,10 20,10
защитные — леса, выполняющие функции защиты природных и иных объектов – всего 22,10 22,10 22,00 22,00 21,80
леса, выполняющие функции защиты природных и иных объектов — леса, расположенные в первом и втором поясах зон санитарной охраны источников питьевого и хозяйственно-бытового водоснабжения 1,60 1,60 1,60 1,60 1,60
леса, выполняющие функции защиты природных и иных объектов — защитные полосы лесов, расположенные вдоль железнодорожных путей общего пользования, федеральных автомобильных дорог общего пользования, автомобильных дорог общего пользования, находящихся в собственности субъектов Российской Федерации 5,50 5,50 5,40 5,40 5,10
леса, выполняющие функции защиты природных и иных объектов — зеленые зоны, лесопарки 14,00 14,00 14,00 14,00 14,00
леса, выполняющие функции защиты природных и иных объектов — леса, расположенные в первой, второй и третьей зонах округов санитарной (горно-санитарной) охраны лечебно-оздоровительных местностей и курортов 1,00 1,00 1,00 1,00 1,00
леса, выполняющие функции защиты природных и иных объектов — ценные леса – всего 241,60 241,50 241,00 240,90 240,50
ценные леса — государственные защитные лесные полосы 0,10 0,10 0,10 0,10 0,10
ценные леса — противоэрозионные леса 14,70 14,70 14,70 14,70 14,70
ценные леса — леса, расположенные в пустынных, полупустынных, лесостепных, лесо- тундровых зонах, степях, горах 132,50 132,40 132,40 132,40 132,50
ценные леса — леса, имеющие научное или историческое значение 1,70 1,60 1,60 1,60 1,60
ценные леса — орехово-промысловые зоны 9,80 9,80 9,80 9,90 10,10
ценные леса — ленточные боры 1,10 1,10 1,10 1,10 1,10
ценные леса — запретные полосы лесов, расположенные вдоль водных объектов 27,00 27,00 26,60 26,20 26,30
ценные леса — нерестоохранные полосы лесов 54,70 54,60 54,40 54,30 54,00
ценные леса — Леса, в отношении которых лесоустройство не проводилось 0,90 0,90 1,10 1,20 1,20
ценные леса — Общий запас древесины – всего, млрд м3 82,60 82,50 82,40 82,50 82,20
ценные леса — в том числе общий запас древесины на землях лесного фонда 79,40 79,30 79,10 79,20 78,90
ценные леса — Лесистость территории, процентов 46,40 46,40 46,40 46,40 46,40

How to read this table

The list contains twenty-seven rows, allowing for a comparison between the area of forest fund lands and other land categories containing forests. Comparing these values enables tracking changes in the distribution of forest resources across different land-use types. Data are provided as of the end of each reporting year, facilitating the assessment of annual changes

What is visible in these numbers

Five highest values: Area of forest fund lands and lands of other ca… (1 188), Area of forest fund lands and lands of other ca… (1 146), Area of forest fund lands and lands of other ca… (894.1), Area of forest fund lands and lands of other ca… (795), Area of forest fund lands on which for… (594.5). The gap between the highest and lowest is 11 883 times. The top five account for 79.5% of the total across all items — the distribution is heavily skewed toward the top

Annual observations, 5 periods in the dataset. Of 125 possible values, 125 (100%) are filled — missing data is virtually nonexistent

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Period and application

The statistics cover the period from 2019 to 2023 and are regularly updated by Rosstat. This information is useful for ecologists, forestry professionals, and those involved in monitoring natural resource status and land use in Russia

How it is calculated

Table notes: According to Rosleskhoz data. Including forests for which no forest inventory has been conducted

1) По данным Рослесхоза.

2) Включая леса, в отношении которых лесоустройство не проводилось.

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