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How are forest soils monitored and what are the challenges?
Forest soil monitoring uses repeated sampling and indicators to assess carbon storage, soil health and ecosystem change.
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What is genetic monitoring and is it important for forest(ry)?
Genetic monitoring is the measurement of changes in genetic variation & structure within populations over time, based on selected genetic…
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What is the Genetic Conservation Unit (GCU) Network?
Europe’s forest genetic diversity is safeguarded by the Pan-European GCU network through designated Genetic Conservation Units.
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Frequently asked questions about forests and why they matter
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Going beyond a definition, explore our concise insights into key forest-related topics.
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What is forest resilience?
Forest resilience is the ability of forests and society to recover and adapt to environmental, climatic and societal changes.
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How is forest biodiversity funded, now and in the future?
Forest financing still linked to timber
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Forest monitoring: How do we know what is happening in Europe’s forests?
Forest monitoring has been constantly evolving through time, in tune with new scientific methods and with evolving societal expectations towards forests.
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How can we monitor carbon in forests?
Effective monitoring quantifies carbon sequestration, guides policy, and strengthens the credibility of climate mitigation.
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What is a biocity?
A biocity is a new term created to describe a city that is “hosted by nature”.
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What is carbon farming in forests?
Explore carbon farming activities, practices and co-benefits
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To manage or not to manage – how can we support forests to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts?
Forests play an important role in the global carbon cycle that can help to mitigate climate change.
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How can a forest-based bioeconomy support biodiversity and climate neutrality?
Forests and forestry play a key role in climate change mitigation.
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What is closer-to-nature forestry?
Closer-to-nature forestry promotes the diversity of forest components, structures and processes characteristic of natural forests and cultural woodlands at different scales
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What is agroforestry?
Agroforestry combines the cultivation of trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock on the same land management unit.
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