A scenario analysis: Forest Sector Outlook Study 2020 – 2040
Global changes and their impacts are hard to predict, even more so for complex ecosystems, as are forests. Forest ecosystems exist of […]
Auteur: Ruth Vanhaecht
The role of Europe’s old forests in carbon sequestration
Young forests the better option to combat climate change? The vast amount of carbon that has already been stored in older forests […]
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe in top 5 net carbon sinks per unit area!
With 11 tonnes CO2 equivalent per hectare per year, the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forest of the Carpathians and Other Regions of […]
World Heritage forests’ crucial role in carbon absorption impeded?
A study estimating the carbon-absorbing and -sequestrating behaviour of World Heritage forests from 2001 up to 2020 yields the following results: the […]
Fresh Research on Old-Growth Forests in Europe: Conservation, Mapping and Assessment
On the 21st of September, the Commission Working Group on Forests and Nature presented two recent papers on old-growth forest protection, mapping, […]