What does other wooded land mean?
Other wooded land is the EUDR category for certain tree, shrub, or bush-covered land that does not meet the definition of forest and is not predominantly agricultural or urban land.
other wooded land
A regulatory term referring to land not classified as forest spanning more than 0,5 hectares.
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Official definitions by source
EUDR
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
Practical application
This term matters when land-cover analysis needs to separate forest from lower-canopy wooded areas for degradation and conversion assessments.
Minespider commentary
For Minespider, other wooded land is a land-cover classification term that helps make geospatial evidence more precise.
Common confusions
- Assuming the everyday meaning of other wooded land is enough without checking the official source definition.
- Using other wooded land as a loose generic label rather than the narrower meaning used in the source text.
- Assuming other wooded land can be interpreted without understanding methodology, scope, or lifecycle context.