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Area of forested land and wetlands

In several Member States, including Finland, the Baltic countries, Poland, Hungary, Ireland and Portugal, there has been a significant conversion to forested land and woodland, resulting in the overall increase of forests in EU27+UK (EEA, 2017d). Furthermore, the area of water bodies and wetlands shows a small increasing trend between 2006-2012, which could reflect the implementation of policies related to nature protection, water retention, re-naturalisation and environmental restoration (EEA, 2017d).