Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy

The JRC-managed observatory on deforestation and forest degradation will help protect and restore world’s forests and ensure that Europeans consume deforestation-free products. The observatory is structured around three...

Establishing and maintaining protected areas (PAs) is a key action in delivering post-2020 biodiversity targets. PAs often need to meet multiple objectives, ranging from biodiversity protection...

Tree diversity is fundamental for forest ecosystem stability and services. However, because of limited available data, estimates of tree diversity at large geographic domains still rely...

Biological invasions are one of the main threats to biodiversity within protected areas (PAs) worldwide. Meanwhile, the resilience of PAs to invasions remains largely unknown. Consequently...

Mountain forests are currently undergoing dramatic changes in many regions due to their sensitivity to climate change and anthropogenic pressures, which will become a major...

This report provides an overview of sustainability in the forestry sector. It sets out the benefits for society, describes the regulatory environment and examines the challenges encountered by companies and investors operating...

Forests harbour a large proportion of the Earth’s terrestrial biodiversity, which continues to be lost at an alarming rate. Deforestation is the single most important driver of forest biodiversity...

The impact of human activities on biodiversity is increasingly putting at risk the capacity of Nature to support human well-being (IPBES 2019). The recent Global Assessment of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity...

As humankind warms the planet and alters ecosystems, biodiversity is plummeting. These two global megatrends are well-quantified, and it becomes increasingly clear that both crises are...