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Closer-to-Nature Forest Management is a concept proposed in the EU Forest Strategy for 2030, which aims to improve the conservation values and climate resilience of multifunctional, managed forests in

Download the policy brief (pdf) Forest biodiversity is the basis for forest functioning, the provision of a multitude of forest ecosystem services and for maintaining forest adaptation and resilience

The study reviews scientific literature on the topic of old-growth forests and held a workshop with around 20 external scientific experts in February 2021 to discuss preliminary findings. The experts

This brief is based on the INTEGRATE project carried out in 2011–2013: Integration of nature protection in forest management and its relation to other forest functions and services. It presents policy

More information Recommended citation: Ibrahim Favada, Richard Vlosky, Martti Aarne, Alex McCusker, Ed Pepke, Paul Rougieux, Aljoscha Requardt, Andreas Schuck and Mika Mustonen. 2014. Background Study

More information Recommended citation: Seyed Mahdi Heshmatol Vaezin, Damien Marage, Serge Garcia, Daniel Kraus, Paul Rougieux, Andreas Schuck and Patrice Harou. 2014. Provision cost function of forest

The book brings together the latest scientific understanding of the many facets of storm damage to forests. The report helps the readers to better understand the many-sided impacts of windstorms to

The European Forest Institute jointly with University of Molise has implemented a scoping study on the spatial distribution of forest ownership in Europe. Knowledge on this topic is of high relevance

Forest growth in Europe has been increasing during the last decades. The possible causes suggested to explain this have been increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, improved temperature

More information This study shows that while some international forest sector information is good, accessible and meets user demand, in some cases the analysis and accessibility do not satisfy user

Over the past two decades various European forest information projects have had the vision to build a distributed Europe forest information network, in which existing data can be identified and made

More information Recommended citation: Mart-Jan Schelhaas, Jeannette Eggers, Marcus Lindner, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Ari Pussinen, Risto Päivinen, Andreas Schuck, P.J. Verkerk, D.C. van der Werf and Sergey

More information Recommended citation: Jo Van Brusselen and Andreas Schuck. 2005. Policy Foundations Review for Geographically Explicit Information Needs on Forests. EFI Technical Report 18. European

More information Published in 2003, this book was the only in its kind to review the commodity coding, defnitions and methodology applying to the collection of forest products production and trade

More information Recommended citation: Mart-Jan Schelhaas, Andreas Schuck and Simo Varis. 2003. Database on Forest Disturbances in Europe (DFDE) – Technical Description. Internal Report 14. European