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Forest clearing. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Forest clearing. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2022
Value Variation (%)
Alt Camp 19.1 -4.4
Alt Empordà 24.1 3.4
Alt Penedès 8.2 -54.6
Alt Urgell 3.9 -3.0
Alta Ribagorça 0.1 42.9
Anoia 41.5 -39.9
Aran 0.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Bages 125.6 5.6
Baix Camp 7.3 -80.4
Baix Ebre 10.0 -54.5
Baix Empordà 7.6 826.8
Baix Llobregat 7.7 746.2
Baix Penedès 9.6 -42.2
Barcelonès 0.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Berguedà 55.9 -37.3
Cerdanya 0.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Conca de Barberà 8.8 -49.4
Garraf 1.6 185.7
Garrigues 33.9 -15.4
Garrotxa 6.7 -16.1
Gironès 3.7 -78.7
Maresme 8.5 197.2
Moianès 2.6 -95.7
Montsià 6.4 -11.7
Noguera 24.4 10.9
Osona 39.1 -21.8
Pallars Jussà 15.4 32.9
Pallars Sobirà 0.1 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Pla d'Urgell 0.8 2.6
Pla de l'Estany 18.9 73.4
Priorat 65.5 5.4
Ribera d'Ebre 11.9 -29.4
Ripollès 0.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Segarra 20.3 -23.5
Segrià 24.4 -30.2
Selva 79.1 91.5
Solsonès 107.3 -24.6
Tarragonès 8.0 -79.3
Terra Alta 55.9 -40.9
Urgell 8.0 61.3
Vallès Occidental 0.0 -100.0
Vallès Oriental 3.7 0.0
Catalonia 875.6 -23.1
Metropolità 19.9 101.4
Comarques Gironines 140.1 37.8
Camp de Tarragona 108.7 -38.0
Terres de l'Ebre 84.2 -40.2
Ponent 111.8 -13.5
Comarques Centrals 330.5 -37.7
Alt Pirineu i Aran 19.5 24.4
Penedès 60.9 72.9
Barcelona 294.4 -29.4
Girona 140.1 37.8
Lleida 238.6 -16.9
Tarragona 202.5 -39.2
Units: Hectares.
Source: Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda.
Notes:
The data for the county of Cerdanya is accounted with that of the province the Lleida.
L'Acord GOV/21/2014 modifica territorialment els àmbits del Penedès i les Comarques Centrals. Provisionalment, els resultats d'aquesta taula no incorporen aquest canvi territorial.
The new county of El Moianès was created on 1 May 2015 (Law 4/2015, of 23 April, on the creation of the county of El Moianès) from the aggregation of five municipalities of the county of El Bages, one from the county of Osona and four from the county of El Vallès Oriental.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: September 19, 2023.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Forest clearing
Actuation on forested land that consists of the total elimination of the forest cover in order to become a cropland.

Methodological aspects

The use of forestland must ensure the future availability of renewable natural resources and the dynamic conservation of the forest environment.

The forest clearing of non-catalogued forestland is permitted in order to establish agricultural activities, provided that the terrain is technically and economically suitable for undertakings of this nature.

In order to plough the forestland, prior authorisation from the forestry administration is required, which must expedite the application along with a prior report from the local organisations responsible for development regarding the area of intervention.

When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".