The new age of forest monitoring: A common European forest monitoring system in a global perspective
Forests play a key role in the transition to a sustainable circular bioeconomy as they deliver important raw materials, store carbon, host biodiversity and provide many other ecosystem services. In addition to anthropogenic activities, forests are also affected by climate change, including disturbances. To protect such an important ecosystem, monitoring is important. For example, forest monitoring systems could support effective forest management, policy development, and target setting.
To discuss this topic, Hans Verkerk, EFI’s Chief Scientist and Climate-Smart Forestry team leader, will co-chair the session “The new age of forest monitoring: A common European forest monitoring system in a global perspective” on 28 June at the IUFRO Congress 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden.
This session is organised by the coordinators of Eco2Adapt, Forwards, ForestNavigator, ForestPaths, and PathFinder. Hans Verkerk (coordinator of ForestPaths) explains that “the session will provide a broad understanding of how a large-scale forest monitoring system could help achieve sustainability, climate and biodiversity targets.”
Hans is involved in two more sessions at the conference: the “Climate-Smart Forestry” session on 24 June and the “Modelling forest trajectories under climate stress and changing management” on 28 June.
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