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Wood and fireword production. By ownership. Provinces

Wood and firewood production. By ownership. Provinces 2016
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Wood production (cubic metres with bark) 292,962 276,306 189,949 17,587 776,804
Generalitat de Catalunya 5,227 4,540 11,624 0 21,391
Conifers 5,081 4,400 11,544 0 21,025
Broad leaved 146 140 80 0 366
Local entities 16,908 14,770 78,635 1,650 111,963
Conifers 16,473 12,850 78,635 550 108,509
Broad leaved 435 1,919 0 1,100 3,454
Private property 270,827 256,997 99,689 15,937 643,450
Conifers 245,184 202,806 77,849 15,937 541,775
Broad leaved 25,644 54,191 21,840 0 101,675
Firewood production (Tons) 105,819 90,487 29,110 6,643 232,059
Generalitat de Catalunya 0 0 0 0 0
Conifers 0 0 0 0 0
Broad leaved 0 0 0 0 0
Local entities 0 1,344 955 0 2,299
Conifers 0 1,344 0 0 1,344
Broad leaved 0 0 955 0 955
Private property 105,819 89,143 28,155 6,643 229,760
Conifers 37,341 8,958 5,065 3,137 54,501
Broad leaved 68,478 80,185 23,090 3,505 175,259
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Natural Environment.
Note: Private property: data refers to authorised exploitations.

Last update: August 3, 2017. Revised series on November 25, 2022.

Methodological note

Methodological aspects

According to what Law 6/1988, on forestry in Catalonia, forest harvesting must be used according to the persistence, conservation and wooded areas improvement principles. To do so, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food performs the annual programme for the forest uses and improvements, that includes all the uses (timber, fuel wood, game, pasture, truffles, etc.) to be performed in the current year in the public wooden areas in Catalonia. This programme is intended to achieve the sustainability, conservation and improvement of the wooded areas and to make compatible the forest economic performance with the conservation of habitats and species living in them.

In addition, each year the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food, and the Natural Environment draws up a list of the public sector supply of timber and fuelwood in Catalonia, taking into account the forecasts of the annual harvesting and improvements programmes, with the aim of publishing the forecast harvests.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". 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 "..".