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Policy Brief: Potenzial und Grenzen des Beitrags der europäischen Wälder zum Klimaschutz

Latest data from National Forest Inventories raise doubts about whether European forests will provide the greenhouse gas sink strength that is targeted by the Regulations on Land use and land-use change.

The recommendations in the policy brief aim at facilitating evidence-based decision making (Policy brief as download). We propose measures to maintain the forest carbon sink strength and provide information for the time horizons for achieving the targets.

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  1. Forest carbon sinks are dynamic, and their net sink varies between years. Realistic and measurable goals should be set for the contribution of European forests to climate change mitigation. The goals should take into account natural variability and uncertainties of sinks, forest management, EU biodiversity commitments and expectations towards the bioeconomy.

  2. Implementation of forest management practices should be supported to increase the carbon sequestration capacity of forests and wood products, and to increase the resilience of forests against adverse effects of climate change.

  3. Die Rolle der Kohlenstoffspeicher im Waldboden sollte anerkannt werden, und Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung der Bodengesundheit und zur Verhinderung von Bodendegradation sollten gefördert werden. Waldbewirtschaftungsmaßnahmen, welche die Kohlenstoffspeicherwirkung des Bodens unterstützen und das Baumwachstum unter sich ändernden klimatischen Bedingungen verbessern, sollten gefördert werden

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