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Overton ID
europa-a763283afad29bab09ec6efee0cbf443
catalogue_number
TH-AL-16-005-EN-N
doi
10.2800/964893
isbn
9789292137281
issn
1977-8449

European forest ecosystems : state and trends.

Flag for EU Publications Office of the European Union on June 3rd 2016
European Environment Agency (EU body or agency)
The importance of forests with regard to supporting human needs is considerable. Forests are rich in biodiversity and valuable for recreation, water regulation and soil protection. As well as for providing timber and other non-wood forest products, forests are important for mitigating climate change and for the renewable energy sector. Forest ecosystems are exposed to a range of environmental, economic and social pressures that challenge their sustainability. The forest sector is influenced by the unprecedented pressures arising from climate change and the growing demands of society on natural resources. These changes place enormous pressure on the health and resilience of forest ecosystems and affect biodiversity and human well-being. Human activities and management have modified more than 96 % of Europe's forests.

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Related SDGs

SDG 15: Life on Land ...
SDG 15: Life on Land

Target 15.2

Promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation globally

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Cites research funded by

5 NERC 16 FP7_REST_SecondPillar (Special project, May 2022) 18 FP7_REST_ALL (Special project, May 2022) 1 European Environment Agency 1 European Commission LIFE III Programme 1 Working Group on Effects 1 EU 5 FP7_ERC (Special project, May 2022) 1 ERA-Net BiodivERsA 1 Spanish Ministry of Science and Education 1 EU FP7 project NEWFOREX 1 CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) 1 Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung 1 Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1 Magyar Tudományos Akadémia 1 ESRC 1 ESRC January 2022 1 Austrian Science Funds 1 Austrian Ministry of Science and Research and an EU-FP7 1 Economic and Social Research Council 3 Austrian Science Fund FWF 2 European Commission FP7 1 Swedish Research Council Formas 1 Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas 1 International Development Research Centre 1 EU 7th framework program 1 NTNU 3 European Commission 2 FP7_REST_FirstPillar (Special project, May 2022) 1 the University of Eastern Finland, School of Forest Sciences 1 the Finnish Society of Forest Sciences 1 the Czech Science Foundation 1 Grantová Agentura České Republiky 1 BBSRC 1 BBSRC (February 2022) 1 BBSRC (September 2021) 1 UKRI (Special project, May 2022) 1 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council 1 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council 1 McIntire-Stennis program 3 European Research Council 1 NSF (Special project, May 2022) 1 NSF 1 Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development 1 National Science Foundation 1 European Union 1 Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

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