Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest ecosystems are home to much of the Earth’s biodiversity. They play a key role in maintaining healthy freshwater ecosystems by improving water quality, regulating the…
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Nursery Accreditation System
At least 3 billion additional trees will be planted across Europe in the coming years. At this scale, restoration activities need to be particularly cautious about invasive soilborne pathogens…
Mainstreaming resilience in forest policy
Diversifying forests, aligning governance and finance, and improving data systems are key to making Europe’s forests more resilient to climate change…
Adaptation of trees and forests to climate change: the importance of genetic variability
This brief is derived from the LinkTree project, which examined the genetic variation within forest tree populations in five European countries, and assessed how this variability and its management could help forests adapt to environmental changes.
Natura 2000 and Europe’s forests: understanding and tackling implementation challenges
This brief presents the key results from the BeFoFu project that investigated both ecological challenges related to the management of protected forests and governance challenges related to the implementation of Natura 2000.
Measures to increase ecosystem resilience and avoid tipping points
This brief presents how the results from the TipTree, TIPPINGPOND and EC21C projects allow characterization of tipping points for two types of European ecosystems, forests and ponds.
How natural forest expansion in Europe can offer cost-effective benefits to people
This brief is based on the SPONFOREST BiodivERsA 2015-2016 research project presents information on how natural forest expansion can offer a cost-effective nature-based solution and climate mitigation measure.