Timbersource took a look at the forestland of European nations to see who would finish at the ‘top of the tree’ and unfortunately for England, they crashed out to Germany in the round of 16. Source: Timberbiz
To work out who would win the tournament, Timbersource gathered data from Worldometre and the individual statistics hubs of each nation and created a table showing the different groups and their respective forest sizes.
From this Timbersource analysed the potential draws mapping out the winners, runners-up, and ‘best third-place teams’ to map out the bracket.
This year’s ‘group of death’ was group D with big hitters including France, Austria, and Poland. France, while being the second biggest team in terms of forest size, only managed to get third place given the nature of the draw.
The bracket and routes to the final were drawn from the official Uefa Euros bracket, then cross-referenced with the forestland data to find the eventual winner Spain.
Spain topped the table with more than 18 million hectares of forestland, and this strength helped them to win the tournament but there was one big country missing.
While Russia tops the list with more than 800 million hectares due to the current situation in the Ukraine they were banned from participation.
Forests are often taken for granted, but these leafy giants silently provide a wealth of benefits to our planet and our lives. From the air we breathe to the wood in our homes, forestry offers a powerful combination of economic, environmental, and social advantages.
Some forestry benefits include:
- Helping to mitigate climate change. Forests remove a significant amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and help to release oxygen into the air.
- Forests give us resources to make timber that can be used in construction and furniture, musical instruments, and more. Timber can also be used for sporting equipment, which may be used in the Olympics.
First place: Spain
Second place: France
Third place: Turkey
The full dataset used within the research can be found here.
