Abstract:
The Land Use Database for Europe is the total area excluding area under inland water bodies (major rivers and lakes). Agricultural Area is the sum of Arable land, Permanent crops and Permanent pastures. Arable Land is the land under temporary crops, temporary meadows for mowing or pasture, land under market and kitchen gardens and land temporarily fallow (less than five years).
... Permanent Crops is the land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest. Permanent Pasture is the land used permanently (five years or more) for herbaceous forage crops, either cultivated or growing wild. Forests and Woodland include land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not.
[Summary provided by the European Environment Agency.] 
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