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Land use

<p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both:</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>&nbsp;</span></p> <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>a physical &quot;milieu&quot; necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation;</span></li> <li><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>a resource for human activities.</span></li> </ul> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>The data presented here give information concerning land use state and changes (e.g. agricultural land, forest land).</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>Data source(s)</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>: Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., (<a href="https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RL">FAOSTAT</a>)</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>Contact</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>:&nbsp;</span><a href="mailto:ENV.Stat@oecd.org"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>ENV.Stat@oecd.org</span></a></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>Dataset release date</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>: August 5, 2026</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><a href="https://webfs-env.oecd.org/files/Database%20documentation%20LAND_USE.pdf"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>Database documentation</span></a></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><br></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'><a href="https://webfs-env.oecd.org/files/RL_EN_Country_Notes.pdf">Countries metadata</a></span></p>