Dear all,

in order to satisfy still pending information needs we put the latest letter of our Chairman Prof. Michael Köhl, which was sent to all NFCs, Ministries and EP Chairs this week.

Best regards

Walter

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As already posted above, our PCC has moved from the former Thünen Institute of World Forestry (Hamburg-Bergedorf, Germany) to the Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems (Eberswalde, Germany). For the sake of high transparency we would like to put an official translation of the German press release: 131001_Neues%20Institut_en-1.doc

The Special Issue of Forest Ecology and Management based on the papers arising from the ICP Scientific Conference 2012 held in Warsaw is now in press. The SI include five papers plus one editorial. They are listed below and can be accessed on line:

Editorial

Ferretti M., Schaub M. Monitoring European Forests – Detecting and Understanding Changes. Forest Ecology and Management, Forest Ecol. Manage. (2013),   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.08.027

Papers

Cools, N., et al. Tree species is the major factor explaining C:N ratios in European forest soils. Forest Ecol. Manage. (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.06.047   

Etzold, S., et al. Tree growth in Swiss forests between 1995 and 2010 in relation to climate and stand conditions: Recent disturbances matter. Forest Ecol. Manage.…

The International Cross Calibration Course on Crown Condition for Mediterranean Countries was held in Italy, hosted by the structures of the School of National forest Service “Marsiliana” (Follonica) from 30th September to 2nd October. The Course has been organized by Italian forest Service in cooperation with the University of Florence and the Soc. Linnaea - Florence.

Four Countries accepted the invite to participate (Italy, Croatia, Spain, Turkey) with a prevision of 19  participants. Turkish delegation didn’t participate at last minute due their internal decision.

First day was spent in a work meeting where participants gave an overview of Forests Health  condition in their Countries (Mr. Enrico Pompei for Italy, Mrs. Maria Belen Torres Martinez for Spain, Mr. Nenad Potocic for Croatia).  After, Mr. Nenad Potocic reported news from Expert Panel on “Crown condition”. At the end there was a preliminary discussion for a Project proposal on “Invasive Alien species” in…