Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES) Research Group, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Schlossplatz 1, 2361, Laxenburg, Austria.
Department of Landscape architecture, Biotechnical faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva ulica 101, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Sci Data. 2024 Oct 16;11(1):1136. doi: 10.1038/s41597-024-03983-w.
Improving the sustainability of the European livestock sector requires recent data at high spatial resolutions. Only then can we analyse potential negative impacts of livestock related to ecosystem degradation, and positive ones such as preserving cultural landscapes through grazing. Data on livestock numbers in Europe are provided by the European statistical office but at a coarse spatial resolution aggregated to statistical regions like NUTS2 or even coarser. While data on a more detailed level, such as local administrative areas, are available from individual national statistical offices, a collection of harmonized data has not been available until now, limiting the use of livestock data in environmental and agricultural studies. We collected data from all European Union Member States and neighbouring countries, resulting in the most up to date and spatially explicit dataset on livestock numbers publicly available to all researchers. We provide data on livestock numbers for more than 70,000 administrative units in 43 countries and territories. In addition, we provide data on the share of cattle that are grazing.
提高欧洲畜牧业的可持续性需要最新的高空间分辨率数据。只有这样，我们才能分析与生态系统退化相关的畜牧业的潜在负面影响，以及通过放牧保护文化景观等积极影响。欧洲统计局提供了欧洲牲畜数量的数据，但空间分辨率较粗，汇总到统计区域（如 NUTS2 甚至更粗）。虽然更详细层面的数据（如地方行政区）可从各个国家统计局获得，但直到现在还没有收集到协调一致的数据，这限制了牲畜数据在环境和农业研究中的使用。我们从所有欧盟成员国和邻国收集数据，从而形成了最最新的、空间明确的牲畜数量数据集，并向所有研究人员公开。我们提供了 43 个国家和地区的 70000 多个行政区的牲畜数量数据。此外，我们还提供了放牧牛的比例数据。
