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The new roadmap will result in a strengthened dialogue to address deforestation and forest degradation and work towards a sustainable forest economy. Find out more here.

The European Union (EU) has committed to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. This requires a rapid reduction of nearly all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and ensuring that any...

Reducing the intensity of forest management increases carbon sequestration in forests. However, even if forest management were removed altogether, the mitigation potential of this strategy is limited.

This new study models how changing climate conditions will impact forest services such as wood for construction and paper, eatable fruits, leaves, roots and other...

A new study models how changing climate conditions will impact forest services such as wood for construction and paper, eatable fruits, leaves, roots and other...

This roadmap sets out a framework to equip the EU to reach its commitment on tree planting on the basis of the guiding principle: plant and grow the right tree in the right place...

This staff working document presents a summary of the evidence as well as the consultation activities related to the new EU Forest Strategy for 2030, as set out in the consultation strategy for the initiative...

Farming ministers have approved conclusions on carbon farming, based on the parts of the Commission’s ‘sustainable carbon cycles’ communication that deal with agriculture and forestry, and aiming to encourage agricultural...

Background: The contribution of EU forests to climate change mitigation in 2021–2025 is assessed through the Forest Reference Levels (FRLs). The FRL is a projected country-level benchmark of net greenhouse...

In the tropics, variation in aboveground live tree biomass carbon (AGC) stocks is poorly understood in montane forests, and especially so for African nations where montane forests...