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The high precipitation in 2023 and 2024 benefited nature. Nevertheless, the forest condition did not improve. This shows the Forest Condition Report 2025, which the Federal Minister of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH), Alois Rainer, presented today. The Thünen Institute of Forest…

Zwei Personen stehen im Wald vor Mikrofonen.

Thünen Institutes of Forestry and of Forest Ecosystems in collaboration with CIFOR (Centre of International Forest Research) are conducting a research project on forest landscape and ecosystem service restoration in Africa (FLESRA) using a case of Ethiopia.


This week, members of the Global Soil Partnership gathered in Rome to highlight the role of healthy soils as a foundation for food security. Scientist Nicole Wellbrock was also there to share her expertise as a soil specialist.

Nicole Wellbrock presents the Soils4Nutrition project at the Global Soil Partnership.

The 14th issue of the Copernicus Network Office Forest Newsletter was published in February. The current issue provides information on how to access Copernicus data and presents three current projects.


There has not been this much rain in winter since measurements began in 1993. The best conditions for plants to emerge in spring - at least on the permeable sandy soils of Brandenburg.


The Programme Co-ordinating Centre (PCC) of ICP Forests under the UNECE Air Convention has published their ICP Forests 2023 Technical Report with latest results from the transnational forest monitoring in Europe.

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The Programme Co-ordinating Centre (PCC) of ICP Forests under the UNECE Air Convention has published their ICP Forests 2022 Technical Report with latest results from the transnational forest monitoring in Europe.


The guidelines for the third national forest soil inventory are the methodological basis for the BZE III.


Most dominant species are mapped with high accuracy, proving the approach suitable for its use in forest disturbance analysis or the assessment of forest resilience to climate change.


With the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies on 7 September, the United Nations issues for the second time a global call for action toward a single, unifying objective: clean air for all.


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