1. Carbon sinks in Estonia

2. Facts about Estonia
The total area of Estonia is 45,227 km2, including 43,200 km2 of land area. More than a half of the land area is forest land, one-third is agricultural land, and one-fifth is covered by mires and bogs.
The population of Estonia was million as of 1 January 2002.

3. The climate ranges from maritime to continental: coastal areas and islands have maritime, and Southeast Estonia has continental climate. Sun shines 1600–1870 hours a year. The sum of effective temperatures (over 5°C) is up to 1350°C in north Estonia and up to 1500°C in south Estonia and the west Estonian islands.
The average vegetation period lasts for 183 days; 189 days on the coast and 174 days on the Pandivere highland. The average air humidity is 80%. The average precipitation is 650 mm; 500 mm in east Estonia and 700 mm in Southeast Estonia.

4. Agricultural land in agricultural holdings by size class of agricultural land, 2001
As of February 2003, 3,16 million ha, i.e. 73.1% of Estonian land area had been entered in the land cadastre.

5. Agricultural land use
According to the Statistical Office and the agricultural census of 2001, the end of 2001 ha of agricultural land of the total 1.33 mln ha of cultivated area had abandoned an area of 441,977.
The soil quality rating is below 35 points in 376,750 ha.
According to the SFI analysis, up to 150,000 ha of land is suitable for afforestation.

6. Changes in agricultural land use in 1993–2001
Numbers show % of agricultural land from total area of county
0,26
0,38
0,17
0,37
0,32
0,56
0,3
0,19
0,28
0,34
0,4
Land use
total from year19 93 to 2001 72 ,2
- 98,7 %
(3) 66 ,1
- 72,2 %
(2) 58
- 66,1 %
(4) 55
- 58,2 % 44 ,8
- 55,1 %
Change in land use 47
arable in 93
arable in 01
grassland 93
grassland 01

7. Forest biomass and carbon storage

8. Sources of CO2 emissions/removals, Gg

9. Total CO2 emissions by sector in 1990 and 1999
Source: Ministry of Environment and Institute of Ecology