Content Forest monitoring Forests Forest Information System for Europe Forests How the EU ensures that timely and accurate information on the condition and management of EU forests is available. Ensuring that timely and accurate information on the condition and management of EU forests is available. Improving the quality and quantity of EU forests and strengthening their protection, restoration and resilience. Forest monitoring Therefore, the Commission proposed a new law on a monitoring framework for resilient European forests. This will provide open access to detailed, accurate and timely information on the status and trends of EU forests. It will strengthen the Forest Information System for Europe as common database on forest information in Europe. Yet, current forest management practices are not always in line with the need to ensure high biodiversity in woodland ecosystems. With an ever-increasing demand for timber, forests and their ecosystems continue to suffer from air and water pollution, habitat and biodiversity loss and encroaching urban areas. Forests They provide us with clean water, food, medicines and materials, reduce the risk of disasters and stabilise soils. Since 2007, when the Forest Focus Regulation expired, there have not been any harmonised EU forest reporting requirements. There is consequently no comparable and consistent information […]

