Protected Forests in Europe
Parks for Life : action for protected areas in Europe - IUCN.org
This plan sets out the policies and actions needed to ensure an adequate, effective and well-managed network of protected areas in Europe.
Europe's primary forests: What to protect? What to restore?
“Restoring forests to resemble and function like primary forests will take a long time, but it is attractive because such forests will not only ...
Beyond protection: towards wilder European parks | Rewilding Europe
“Because of their status and scale – some 6.2 million hectares in the EU alone – wilder parks would make a great foundation on which to scale up ...
What's Driving Europe's Forest Loss? - World Resources Institute
Against this backdrop, the EU's new Nature Restoration Law will introduce critical safeguards to protect remaining old-growth forests, set aside ...
Europe Is Sacrificing Its Ancient Forests for Energy
Although logging is not forbidden in Europe's protected forests, governments are required to conduct environmental assessments to ensure the ...
A new commentary in Science argues that comprehensive mapping of old-growth forests – and an immediate moratorium on logging where these are most likely to ...
Clear, transparent rules to protect the world's forests
Romania is home to the largest proportion of virgin forests that are left in the EU and it has a huge issue regarding illegal logging. The ...
Forests in Europe - learning the lessons for the UK
Protection forest, or forest with a protective function, the other form of protected forest, can be dated back to the 14th century in Europe. Forestry in ...
The EU forest monitoring law: How can we save European forests?
Forests in Europe are vital for wildlife preservation and fighting climate change. A forest monitoring law will help restore and protect ...
JRC's report on primary and old-growth forests in Europe
The majority of mapped areas are already protected to some extent. About 93% of the EU's primary and old-growth forests are part of the Natura 2000 network of ...
Strict forest reserves in Europe: efforts to enhance biodiversity and ...
The total strictly protected forest area, for the 26 countries involved in COST-E4, is calculated to be nearly 3 million hectares or about 1.7 per cent of the ...
“An Evaluation of Protected Area Policies in the European Union”
We use the staggered introduction of protected areas between. 1985 and 2020 to study the selection of land for protection and the causal effect ...
Let's save EU primary forests. They are a buried treasure
Primary forests are a rarity in Europe. Their protection is essential. However, available information is still fragmented.
Bavarian Forest National Park was the first in Germany and it works with a neighboring park to create the largest protected forest in Europe. Europe / Germany.
Saving Bialowieza - ClientEarth
It's home to some of Europe's most fragile species and habitats, like the three-toed woodpecker and the European bison. For this reason, it's protected by EU ...
Accounting for forest condition in Europe based on an international ...
We show that the condition across 44 forest types averaged 0.566 in 2000 and increased to 0.585 in 2018. Forest productivity and connectivity ...
Primary forests in Europe, seriously? - Resilience Blog
In my perception, the only regions where virgin forests could still be found in Europe were in the Carpathian Mountains and at the border ...
FOREST EUROPE | Global Forest Resources Assessments
FOREST EUROPE is the brand name for the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe. It is a high level and voluntary political process for ...
Bioenergy Harms European Forests and Undermines EU ... - NRDC
The European Union has ambitious plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change. It also wants to protect and restore ...
Europe's Law Will Protect Forests. Can It Help You Do the Same?
A new EU law helps protect forests; it requires companies to prove their products aren't linked to deforestation before they can be ...