The new report on "Review and revision of empirical critical loads of nitrogen for Europe" by the Coordination Centre for Effects of ICP Modelling and Mapping was published in late autumn. Several scientists and experts of the different ICPs were involved, including colleagues from ICP Forests. It features a 86 pages long chapter on "Effects of nitrogen deposition on forests and other wooded land" and provides updated numbers for empirical…

Deadline for submitting manuscripts for the Plants Special Issue on "Advances in Forest Ecophysiology: Stress Response and Ecophysiological Indicators of Tree Vitality" is 31 October 2022.

Guest editor: Nenad Potočić, Chair of the ICP Forests Expert Panel on Crown Condition and Damage Causes

More information: …

Biodiversa+ is a wide co-funded biodiversity partnership for research on biodiversity, policy and society.

The 2022-2023 Call has a clear acronym: "BiodivMon" open to research proposals on "Improved transnational monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystem change for science and society" covering terrestrial, freshwater and marine…

Leaf browning on deciduous broadleaved forest vegetation became visible already in August over several slopes in Ticino (Switzerland) and northern Italy (left), and even on the Mediterranean vegetation along the coast of Tuscany (central Italy) (right). It will be interesting to see the results of the 2022 Level I survey.…

The PCC is happy to announce that the ICP Forests 2022 Technical Report and the Online Supplement are now available online and can be downloaded from the ICP Forests website.

Printed copies will be available…

All laboratories that perform deposition and soil solution analyses in ICP Forests are kindly invited to participate in the 12th Working Ring Test in order to assess the quality of the deposition and soil solution data collected in the ICP Forests programme on the Intensive Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems (EC-UN/ECE ICP Forests). The registration is open until 30th September 2022.

All necessary information are available in the document:…

A one-page editorial published on 18th August on Nature put emphasis on the need and the importance of long-term forest monitoring: "the edifice of forest science relies on the long-term data that scientists wring from forests over decades. Our chances of overcoming climate change are small, but they will diminish further if we forget the basics of monitoring our home planet."

Among others, in the editorial it is also pointed out that long term observations "depends on…

The Swiss Federal Office for the Environment FOEN has published a new video on the effects of nitrogen deposition on Swiss forests. It is a beautifully designed educational video aimed at the general public.

The video is available on YouTube in three languages so far:…

There is a new self-paced online course that aims to raise awareness about air pollution and its effects, ways to prevent and reduce harmful emissions and the Convention and its protocols as an international framework for co-operation on cleaner air.

The course features four distinct modules that aim to equip learners with the knowledge and resource…

The new Ad Hoc Working Group on Tree Physiology within the EP Crown Condition and Damage Causes is still looking for experts in forest ecophysiology.

For more information, please have a  look at their call or contact Filippo Bussotti (filippo.bussotti@unifi.it) and Martina Pollastrini (martina.pollastrini@unifi.it) directly.

The 38th Task Force Meeting was held online with 93 participants from 28 countries, including presenters from other bodies under the Convention and external guests.

Thank you again to all participants for making this meeting a success and we hope to see you again in person at the 39th TFM in Helsinki next year!

With best…

The ICP Forests Heads of the Labs Meeting took place at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL on 12-13 May 2022 with 58 participants (15 online) from 20 countries.

Topics that were discussed included the results of the last ring tests (water, foliage and soil) as well as methodical aspects (ICP-MS, Mercury in wood and deposition samples, bark sampling for determination of the nutrient status,…), and the stability of soil solution samples.

Due to the…

We thank Vít Šrámek and his colleagues from the Czech Forestry and Game Management Research Institute for organizing this year's Joint Expert Panel Meeting in Prague, 5-7 April 2022.

Participants were very grateful for meeting in person again after two years of online meetings under the COVID19-pandemic and appreciated peaceful…

Due to the political situation in Europe determined by the Russian attack to Ukraine, we are no longer able to host the anticipated meetings with LUKE in Finland. We are aware that this may cause several inconveniences on your side, for which we apologize.

The 38th Task Force Meeting of ICP Forests will be held as an online meeting under the organization of the Programme Co-ordinating Centre of ICP Forests.

The FORECOMON 2022, however, will be postponed to…

This webinar in cooperation between Forest Europe and ICP Forests will focus on

(1) the policy-making perspective of forest health monitoring, current criteria and indicators, and future needs for decision-making,

(2) the state-of-the-art developments in the field from terrestrial and remote…

The Chairman of ICP Forests and the team at the Programme Co-ordinating Centre of ICP Forests wish all members and friends of ICP Forests

a happy holiday season and a peaceful and healthy new year 2022.

We would like to specifically express again our sincere gratitude to everyone involved in the ICP Forests and especially to the…

We are pleased to announce the online publication of

ICP Forests Brief No 5 - Tree health is deteriorating in the European forests

You can download this brochure from the ICP Forests website. Printed copies will be available soon.

With best wishes for the holiday season

Alexa Michel

on…

We are happy to inform you that the ICP Forests 2021 Technical Report is now available online and can be downloaded from the ICP Forests website.

Printed copies will be available soon.

With best wishes

Alexa Michel

on behalf…

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

This year, the focus is on the need for healthy air…