Climate Matching Tool to support forest planning
Selecting the plants to cope with the predicted future climate in order to maintain forest resilience is a challenge for forest planning. The climate matching tool opens the opportunity to …
Is forest harvesting increasing in Europe?
The answer to this question is yes, but not as much as reported last year in a controversial study published in the journal Nature. This study claimed an abrupt increase …
EFI study tackles key questions on forests in the EU
An interesting study carried out by the European Forest Institute (EFI) was just released. This report aims to deliver a solid and holistic understanding of the different European forest roles to support the …
Adaptive BREEDING for Better FORESTs
Adaptive BREEDING for Better FORESTs, in short B4EST, is a European Project focussing on forest breeding for productive, sustainable and resilient forests under climate change. Forests are more vulnerable to …