What does other wooded land mean?
Other wooded land matters because it is near the forest boundary but not the same as forest. It helps prevent tree-covered landscapes from being over- or under-classified in EUDR land-risk workflows.
other wooded land
Tree, shrub, or bush-covered land above EUDR thresholds that is not classified as forest and is not predominantly agricultural or urban land.
Officially defined term1 formal definition
Source context
EUDR Article 2 sets thresholds of more than 0.5 hectares, trees higher than 5 metres and canopy cover of 5 to 10 %, or trees able to reach those thresholds in situ, or combined shrub, bush, and tree cover above 10 %, excluding predominantly agricultural or urban land use.
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
Definition status
Public draft page. Preserve EUDR land-use, forest-type, actor-location, and market-trigger boundaries.
Practical application
Implementation records should capture area, canopy cover, tree height, shrub/bush/tree cover, predominant land use, plot boundary, observation date, and evidence source. The record should explain why the land is not classified as forest.
Minespider commentary
Other wooded land is a boundary-classification field. It keeps land-cover evidence precise where tree cover exists but the EUDR forest definition is not met.
Common confusions
- Treating other wooded land as forest because it has trees. The EUDR definition says it is not classified as forest.
- Ignoring the 5 to 10 % canopy-cover and 10 % combined-cover thresholds.
- Failing to exclude predominantly agricultural or urban land use.