A regulatory term referring to land not classified as forest spanning more than 0,5 hectares.
Other wooded land is part of the formal vocabulary used in traceability, origin evidence, and deforestation-related due diligence. For this glossary, the key point is understanding how the source defines the term and where that definition sits within broader compliance or data requirements.
Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products
land not classified as ‘forest’ spanning more than 0,5 hectares, with trees higher than 5 metres and a canopy cover of 5 to 10 %, or trees able to reach those thresholds in situ, or with a combined cover of shrubs, bushes and trees above 10 %, excluding land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban land use;
Reference: Article 2, point 12
In practice, this term matters when companies collect, structure, verify, or communicate sustainability data within traceability, origin evidence, and deforestation-related due diligence.
For Minespider, other wooded land is not just descriptive language. It is a modeling term that affects how sustainability, emissions, lifecycle, or product information should be captured and compared.