Fig. 4
From: Setting the forest reference levels in the European Union: overview and challenges
Correlation between changes in harvest and changes in living biomass carbon sink. Black dots by country indicate the changes in the living biomass carbon sink and in the harvest amount, between the period 2000–2009 and the period 2021–2025, both scaled on area unit. EU25 + UK (excluding Cyprus and Malta) is highlighted in red. Solid blue line is the 1:1 line of harvest changes from the period 2000–2009 to the period 2021–2025. Quadrant I: increased harvest—increased sink; quadrant II: reduced harvest—increased sink; quadrant III: reduced harvest—reduced sink; quadrant IV: increased harvest—reduced sink