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HomeCommission guidelines for defining, mapping, monitoring and strictly protecting EU primary and old-growth forests
Commission guidelines for defining, mapping, monitoring and strictly protecting EU primary and old-growth forests
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Primary and old-growth forests are some of the EU’s richest ecosystems. They store significant carbon stocks, and are of paramount importance for biodiversity and the provision of multiple ecosystem services. They provide a habitat for many of the EU’s endangered and endemic species, and are also prime examples of our natural heritage. In the EU today, these forest areas are rare, often small, and fragmented. In May 2020, the European Commission published the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. This defined the objective of defining, mapping, monitoring and strictly protecting all the EU’s remaining primary and old-growth forests. The Commission thus began developing guidelines on these elements within the framework and with the support of its Working Group on Forests and Nature. The initial steps in this process included collecting information on the status and trends of primary and old-growth forests in EU Member States through a dedicated questionnaire. Work on primary and old-growth forests in Europe has accelerated since then, and the publication of the New EU Forest Strategy for 2030 in July 2021 has again confirmed the course previously set by the Commission, which was recalled by the Council in November 2021.
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- Corporate author(s): Directorate-General for Environment (European Commission)
- Themes: Forestry , Environment — Ecology
- Subject: biodiversity , environmental indicator , environmental monitoring , EU strategy , European forestry policy , European Union , evaluation of resources , financing , forest conservation , natural forest , user guide
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-68-00163-9 | DOI 10.2779/481811 | Catalogue number KH-07-23-102-EN-N |
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-68-00149-3 | DOI 10.2779/205712 | Catalogue number KH-07-23-102-EN-C |
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