Despite a slight positive trend since the year 2000, a JRC study shows that a third of our forests are in decline. The study supports the EU Biodiversity Strategy by assessing...
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Covering 35% of Europe’s land area, forest ecosystems play a crucial role in safeguarding biodiversity and mitigating climate change. Yet, forest degradation continues to undermine...
Design and implementation of the indicator Forest Connectivity in the Regional Yearbook 2022 report by EUROSTAT.
This document summarizes the design process, definitions, and algorithmic implementation conducted by the Joint Research Centre to support the development and implementation of a European-wide analysis of forest connectivity. The analysis scheme...
Growing stock monitoring by European National Forest Inventories: Historical origins, current methods and harmonisation
Wood resources have been essential for human welfare throughout history. Also nowadays, the volume of growing stock (GS) is considered one of the most important forest...
This report presents an assessment of the knowledge and documented spatial data on primary and old-growth forests in the EU, as well as in some neighbouring countries. The EU’s biodiversity strategy to 2030 recognises...
Forests are under pressure by inadequate management practices and climate changes. This research is based on the latest scientific evidence to show how biodiversity, the bioeconomy and climate change...
Arising from G. Ceccherini et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2438-y (2020)
Arising from G. Ceccherini et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2438-y (2020)