Abstract
Key messageFuture international forest monitoring should build upon the existing pan-European programs.There is a renewed interest in the monitoring of European forests. Future monitoring systems should build upon existing international programs, making use of their strengths and solving their weaknesses. This approach will result into win–win solutions for both the existing and future systems. The UNECE ICP Forests has a number of characteristics that makes it a very good and strong basis for developing an advanced international forest monitoring system.
Highlights
After being quite low in the consideration of many, forest monitoring is experiencing a renewed interest in Europe
Besides the Article 9 of the NEC Directive (Directive (EU) 2016/2284 2016) containing obligation for the EU Member States to ensure the monitoring of negative impacts of air pollution upon ecosystems, there are several other important signals, for example, the recent call from the European Forest Institute on future forest monitoring (EFI 2021a; see below), the dedicated seminar (EFI 2021b), and the Horizon Europe with at least two open calls where forest monitoring is explicitly mentioned
When considering the international perspective, Europe is in the fortunate position to have a solid ground in forest monitoring, at least in two important respects: the scientific and technical basis and the governance of international forest monitoring
Summary
After being quite low in the consideration of many, forest monitoring is experiencing a renewed interest in Europe. Keywords European forest · Future international monitoring · ICP Forests
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