FORESTS OF UKRAINE
Although Ukraine is only 15% forested and ranks as one of least forested countries in Europe, it is also the second largest country in Europe, after Russia. Consequently, Ukraine has approximately 10 million hectares of productive forest area, which is significant in the European context and, in terms of forest area, is eighth out of forty countries in Europe.
Considerable data and maps on the forests of Central and Eastern Europe and specifically Ukraine are available on the web:
• European Forestry Institute
• The United Nations Food and Agriculture (FAO) Forestry
• Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry and Forest Melioration
• Oregon State University
• World Bank
Country Area 603,700 sq.km 233,090 sq.mi
Population 49.1 million (mid-2001)
Population Density 81.3 per sq.km
Forest Area 93,995 sq.km 36,291 sq.mi (15.6% of country area)
Climate Temperate in western Ukraine, continental in central and eastern Ukraine and Mediterranean at the southern coast of the Crimea
Temperature min -36-(-42) degrees Celsius (-32.9-(-43.6) degrees Fahrenheit)
max 38-41 degrees Celsius ((100.4-105.8) degrees Fahrenheit)
Humidity 75%
Annual Precipitation 500 mm (20″)