1. Agrostatistics Directorate Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
BANCIK application of the area frame sampling methodology to the forest sector
Agrostatistics Directorate
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
BULGARIA

2. Land Cover and Land Use in Bulgaria
Reliable and objective data
Annual Evolution according to 2 detailed nomenclatures
Sampling base for other agricultural surveys
AgrostatisticsDirectorate MAF BULGARIA
November LUXEMBOURG

3. Area Frame Sampling 111 000 km², 262 municipalities
AgrostatisticsDirectorate MAF BULGARIA
November LUXEMBOURG

4. Area Frame Sampling Two-level sampling
3 123 segments distanced at 6 km
36 points in each segment spaced 234 m apart
points, always the same
AgrostatisticsDirectorate MAF BULGARIA
November LUXEMBOURG

5. Area Frame Sampling and human eye
GIS for the Sample Management
Localisation of segments and points
Map 1: for the localisation of segments
Documents for precise localisation of points
AgrostatisticsDirectorate MAF BULGARIA
November LUXEMBOURG

6. Area Frame Sampling and human eye
3 123 satelite images (LANDSAT)
AgrostatisticsDirectorate MAF BULGARIA
November LUXEMBOURG

7. Area Frame Sampling and human eye
3 123 scans of maps 1: (MTS)
AgrostatisticsDirectorate MAF BULGARIA
November LUXEMBOURG

8. Forest sector According to the BANCIK nomenclature we receive data on:
type of trees
fired areas
annual removals
afforested areas
natural disasters
AgrostatisticsDirectorate MAF BULGARIA
November LUXEMBOURG

9. Forest sector broadleaved forest areas coniferous forest areas
Reliable on NUTS 2 level are data on:
broadleaved forest areas
coniferous forest areas
mixed woodland
wildwood
cluster of trees
isolated trees
AgrostatisticsDirectorate MAF BULGARIA
November LUXEMBOURG

10. Forest sector forest area wooded area
Reliable on NUTS 2 level and some regions from NUTS 3 are data on:
forest area
wooded area
AgrostatisticsDirectorate MAF BULGARIA
November LUXEMBOURG

11. Forest sector In the publication are included only the common codes
broadleaved forest areas
coniferous forest areas
mixed – broadleaved and coniferous
wildwood
cluster of trees
isolated trees
AgrostatisticsDirectorate MAF BULGARIA
November LUXEMBOURG

12. Results – forest and wooded area
DESCRIPTION
2003
1000 ha
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
broadleaved
2 347
2 339
2 348
2 344
coniferous
856
865
869
871
878
877
mixed
394
397
391
392
399
389
FOREST AREA
3 597
3 602
3 609
3 610
3 611
wildwood 98
101 90 88 86
cluster of trees 22 21
isolated trees
7 607
6 843
7 038
7 317
7 132
WOODED AREA
3 725
3 731
3 727
3 726
AgrostatisticsDirectorate MAF BULGARIA
November LUXEMBOURG

13. Results
The wooded areas cover 33,56 % of the territory of Bulgaria
The forest areas – 32,41 % of which:
63,2 % are broadleaved forest areas
23,8 % are coniferous forest areas
13,0 % are mixed – broadleaved and coniferous
AgrostatisticsDirectorate MAF BULGARIA
November LUXEMBOURG

14. Results
The mathematical errors of the results at national level concerning forest sector:
broadleaved – 1,75%
coniferous – 2,57%
wildwood – 7,52%
mixed – 4,46%
cluster of trees – 13,39%
isolated trees – 34,80%
AgrostatisticsDirectorate MAF BULGARIA
November LUXEMBOURG

15. Wooded area - 2003 AgrostatisticsDirectorate MAF BULGARIA
November LUXEMBOURG

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BANCIK application of the area frame sampling methodology to the forest sector
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