Accounting for forest condition in Europe based on an international statistical standard

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 3723 - 15
• Main Authors: Maes, Joachim, Bruzón, Adrián G., Barredo, José I., Vallecillo, Sara, Vogt, Peter, Rivero, Inés Marí, Santos-Martín, Fernando
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 22.06.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158/2458; 631/158/672; 704/158/2454; Biodiversity; Carbon; Climate change; Climate change mitigation; Ecological monitoring; Ecosystem; Ecosystem degradation; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; Europe; Forest degradation; Forest ecosystems; Forest productivity; Forest protection; Forests; Humanities and Social Sciences; Land conservation; Land management; multidisciplinary; Organic carbon; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Soil; Species richness; Statistics; Strategic management; Terrestrial ecosystems; Threatened species; Trees; Europe

Covering 35% of Europe’s land area, forest ecosystems play a crucial role in safeguarding biodiversity and mitigating climate change. Yet, forest degradation continues to undermine key ecosystem services that forests deliver to society. Here we provide a spatially explicit assessment of the conditio...