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Establishing protected areas (PAs) is important for the conservation of species but more data is needed on their effectiveness.
Drawing on a large data set from previous observational studies worldwide...
New research has identified sites that may serve as climate refugia in Mediterranean Europe over the next 50 years. Most refugia are located outside...
The Amazon forest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, which houses about 10% of the Earth’s biodiversity and 16% of the world’s total river discharge into the oceans. However, the Amazon...
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...
It's been 30 years since the first tree was planted in a rewilding revolution in the heart of England, aiming to reclaim an industrial landscape scarred by centuries of mining.
Primary forests, defined here as forests where the signs of human impacts, if any, are strongly blurred due to decades without forest management, are...
The long way back: Development of Central European mountain forests towards old-growth conditions after the cessation of management
Primary forests fulfil important roles in preserving biodiversity, storing carbon and increasing ecological understanding. Yet, they have become very rare in Europe. An important...
The European Parliament Intergroup on ‘Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development’ will hold a high-level policy debate about EU forests and their management to discuss how...
The European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) supports the services in charge of the protection of forests against fires in the EU and neighbor countries and provides the European Commission services...