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Environmental information systems
Forests with high biodiversity, strong connectivity, and a high adaptive capacity of species are more resilient than those without. Resilient forests have the capability to resist, adapt and recover from various biological, ecological and environmental threats. Monitoring forest health using specific indicators helps to inform sustainable forest management practices, thereby promoting resilience.
Main messages
Forests are vulnerable to many threatsincluding fire, drought, pests and diseases - all of which are exacerbated by climate change.
Indicators of forest health are crucial to understanding how to best support forest resilience.
Biodiversity, adaptive capacity of species and connectivity are the main factors for forest resilience and can be improved through adaptive management strategies.
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Related policies
EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. A long-term plan to protect nature and reverse the degradation of ecosystems for the benefit of people, climate and the planet, which formulates targets for nature protection and habitat restoration.
EU Nature Restoration Law aims to restore ecosystems, habitats and species across the EU’s land and sea areas.
EU Forest Strategy for 2030sets a vision and concrete actions to improve the quantity and quality of EU forests and strengthen their protection, restoration and resilience.
EU Forest Fire Policies sets out guidelines for monitoring and preventing forest fires and restoring burned areas.
Wildfire Action Plan proposes ten actions to improve civil protection against wildfires through improved knowledge on wildfires, improved prevention capacity and increased financing for prevention actions.
Related resources
European Forest Fire Information system (EFFIS) supports the information services in charge of the protection of forests from fires, in the EU and neighbouring countries.
Invasive Alien Species (IAS ) portal contains information related to the reporting under the EU Regulation 1143/2014 on invasive alien species.
The EASIN - European Alien Species Information Networkfacilitates the exploration of existing Alien Species information from various information sources.
Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation related to forest fires.