On behalf of the ICP Forests lead country and all members of ICP Forests, Mr Clemens Neumann, Head of the Directorate 5 at the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, expresses his sincerest thanks to former Chairman of ICP Forests, Mr Michael Köhl, for more than ten years of work for ICP Forests. For the complete thank-you letter please follow this link.

Dear Michael

On behalf of the Programme Co-ordinating Centre (PCC) of ICP Forests at the Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems I would like to thank you for successfully administrating ICP Forests since 2005.…

The Programme Co-ordinating Centre of ICP Forests is very happy to announce that Dr Marco Ferretti from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL has been appointed as new Chairman of ICP Forests by the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Marco has been very active in this programme for many years and we are very happy about this decision.

Nomination…

Dear members of the ICP Forests community,

On behalf of the local organizers, Ms Tamara Jakovljević and Mr Nenad Potočić, please find…

Dear colleagues, dear friends.

The second call for the 6th Scientific Conference is available under the item 'Events'. Besides general Information, guidelines for abstract prepartation are given. Please, consider a contribution from your field of activity.

Best regards and see you in Bucharest in May.

Walter

Dear colleagues,

the results of the 19th Needle/Leaf Interlaboratory Comparison Test are available on the FFCC homepage. Your qualification reports can be downloaded from the ringtest web-interface. You had to login here with your lab code and your password. The following ICP-Forests laboratories (=laboratories analysing…

It is with pleasure that we invite you to the

6th ICP Forests Scientific Conference 2017

"Air pollution, climate change and forest ecosystems: Evidence for effects, adaptation, and mitigation…

Dear colleagues,

I am pleased to invite all laboratories to participate in the 8^th Deposition and soil solutions Working Ring Test. 

Please, find detailed information in Invitation_WRT2016.pdf 

If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me:

Anna Kowalska

Forest Research Institute

Braci Leśnej 3,…

The ICP Forests community has adopted the new Strategy of ICP Forests 2016-2023 at its last Task Force Meeting in Luxembourg in May 2016. This document defines the mission, aims, and current features of the programme, provides a vision for the future of ICP Forests, and proposes actions to be taken. It is available here and under Publications/ICP Forests Others.

With best…

We are happy to inform you about the online publication of the

2016 Technical Report of ICP Forests

You can download the report from the ICP Forests website…

Dear colleagues,

registration for this test ended in July 2016 - till now 45 laboratories participate (see timetable). For this test three spruce and one pine needle sample were prepared. The results for the elements S, N. P, K, Ca, Mg, C, Zn, Mn, Fe, Cu, Pb, Cd and B will be evaluated. Other elements can be analyzed – especially results of heavy metals like As, Co, Cr, Hg, Mo, Ni, Tl and V are most welcome.…

With the 5th ICP Forests Scientific Conference in Luxembourg on May 11-12, 2016 approaching soon, I am happy to announce that the Book of Abstracts is now available online.

With best wishes…

Dear members and friends of the ICP Forests website community,

We are happy to inform you about the online publication of the

30 Years Anniversary Report of ICP Forests

You can download the report from the ICP Forests website

http://icp-forests.net/page/icp-forests-executive-report

With best wishes

Alexa Michel, Programme Co-ordinating Centre of ICP…

We cordially invite you to register now for the 5th Scientific Conference and 32nd Task Force Meeting of ICP Forests at http://icp-forests.org/forms/tfm_2016/ and benefit from early-bird registration rates until April 15, 2016.

Please keep in mind that the deadline for…

Dear members and friends of the ICP Forests community,

We are happy to inform you about the online publication of the

2014 Executive Report of ICP Forests -

The Impact of Nitrogen Deposition and Ozone on the Sustainability of European Forests.

You can download the report from the ICP Forests website:…

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has recently launched a call for a number of new national experts, which includes a post for an expert to work in the air pollutant emissions area. You can find details of the position under the links below, as well as the formal rules concerning the secondment of national experts to EEA, which is normally for a period of up to 4 years.

You are welcome to forward this information to any colleague you feel may be interested in applying. Please note…

Dear all,

we want to draw your attention to the 1st OPEN SCIENCE MEETING of ILTER in Kruger National Park/South Africa from 9-13 October 2016. On the proposed agenda are themes like:

- Nitrogen impacts on ecosystem structures and functioning

- Carbon and water cycles

- Drivers of biodiversity across scales

- Data Integration and interoperability enabling global scale ecosystem Research and linking with environmental Monitoring.

ICP Forests should be…

Dear members and friends of ICP Forests,

we yould like to bring this congress to your attention. Ideas and initiatives from the ICP Forests community are highly welcommed.

Best regards

Walter

Dear members and friends of the ICP Forests community,

We are happy to inform you about the online publication of the 2015 Technical Report of ICP Forests - Forest Condition in Europe.

You can download the report (25 MB) under this link…

Dear All,

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While a lot of you received the call below by email I would like to draw your intention to our request for photos. I hope that we can collect pictures from meetings or field trips to show the history of ICP Forests. Please send them to:

tanja.sanders(a)ti.bund.de

Thank you in advance and best…