Wildfires are currently raging in Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria amid a 44°C heatwave, ongoing droughts and strong winds. A map ...

In Germany, even weeks of rain haven’t quenched the forest’s thirst. That’s because summer precipitation is absorbed relatively quickly, or evaporates. Wet and snowy winters are important for ...

The first map of Europe's last wild forests. The map identifies more than 3.4 million acres in 34 European countries.

One of the saddest stories of loss of European biodiversity is the disappearance of floodplain forests across Europe. Europe-wide, 99.5 per cent of alluvial willow and tamarisk forests have been lost ...

For further information: Helma Brandlmaier Communications Officer, WWF European Forest Programme Tel: +43 1 48817 217, mobile +43 676 83 488 E-mail: [email protected] Notes to Editor: 1. WWF's ...

The European Space Agency is set to launch a revolutionary satellite that will create 3D maps of Earth's forests. The Biomass mission will monitor forest health, respond to climate change, and ...

Europe News: Nearly 100,000 hectares of forestry and farmland have burned in less than two weeks in Greece in the worst wave of wildfires since 2007, the European ...

Europe European countries brace for forest fires in 2024 EU introducing rescue fleet of firefighting aircraft, including 28 planes, 4 helicopters stationed in 10 countries ...

The Database of European Forest Insect and Disease Disturbances: DEFID2. Global Change Biology, 2023; 29 (21): 6040 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16912 ...

In Europe, forest management has controlled forest dynamics to sustain commodity production over multiple centuries. Yet over-regulation for growth and yield diminishes resilience to environmental ...