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Home<\/a><\/span> > Forestry information<\/a><\/span> > Belgium's forest<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n

Belgium's forests in figures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Belgian forests currently cover 23% of the national territory, i.e. just over 700,000 ha. The Belgian forest area is divided between the country's three regions: 79.8% in Wallonia, 19.9% in the Flemish Region and 0.3% in the Brussels-Capital Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 150 years, forest cover has increased by 25%.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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50.6% of Belgium's forest area belongs to private owners. With an average surface area of 2.5 ha per owner and more than 100,000 owners, private forest is characterised by relatively high fragmentation and a wide diversity of owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remaining 49.4% are part of the public domain. These are state-owned forests belonging to the Regions, municipalities and provinces, public social welfare centres and church fabriques.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Breakdown of forest area<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Most of the forest area is located in Wallonia, and breaks down as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n