This year's Scientific Conference of ICP Forests is coming up: 6th June 2023, 13:00 - 16:30.

The programme includes 11 presentations devided in two sessions:

• Session 1 - Forest monitoring in the Anthropocene - the results
• Session 2 - Forest monitoring in the Anthropocene – new approaches and perspectives

For further details and participation link visit the conference…

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…

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…

Due to the current situation of the COVID-19 spreading over Europe, the Swiss organisers of this year's 9th Scientific Conference and 36th Task Force Meeting, scheduled for 8 - 13 June 2020, published the following statement (Link).

We thank the local organisers and the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL for the up-date and hope the situation across Europe…

Unfortunately, the Combined Expert Panel Meeting in Kutna Hora, Czechia, next week was cancelled due to the increased risk of infection with COVID-19.

This was decided by the EP chairs and co-chairs on Meteorology, Phenology and Leaf Area Index; Forest Growth; Ambient Air Quality; Biodiversity and Ground Vegetation, the local organizers and the PCC of ICP Forests after an intensive discussion in the last two days.

We want to express our sincere gratitude to our colleague Vít…

Under the title of “Too much nitrogen slows forest growth in Europe”, the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL published an appealing press release of the study "Nitrogen deposition is the most important environmental driver of growth of…

Dear members of the ICP Forests website community,

The Chairman of ICP Forests and the team at the Programme Co-ordinating Centre wish you happy holidays & a peaceful and happy new year 2020!

Marco Ferretti, Chairman of ICP Forests

Kai Schwärzel, Till Kirchner, Alexa Michel, Anne-Katrin Prescher, Ralph Ryl, Programme…

Alexa Michel from PCC and co-authors were awarded the Thünen Research Prize for Excellence in Target Group-Oriented Work by the Society of the Friends of the Thünen Institute for their concept and realisation of the ICP Forests Brief.…

On 21st November and 22nd November 2019, ICP Forests colleagues met delegates from the Acid…

Last week, the XXV IUFRO World Congress took place in Curitiba, Brazil.

One highlight was the very successful session on “Long-Term Forest Monitoring Networks for Evaluating Responses to Environmental Change” organised and chaired by the ICP Forests Scientific Committee chair Marcus Schaub, co-chair Lars Vesterdal, EANET…

Dear members of the ICP Forests community,

Next week, 29 Sep – 05 Oct 2019, the XXV IUFRO World Congress will take place in Curitiba, Brazil.

Again, the interesting congress program is featuring several oral and poster presentations of the ICP Forests community. A compilation of the presentations can be downloaded here:…

We are very happy and proud to announce that yesterday evening the study on "Environment and host as large-scale controls of ectomycorrhizal fungi“ by Sietse van der Linde and others  (2018) was published in Nature. Please, have a look at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0189-9. …

Dear colleagues,

the chair of ICP Forests, Marco Ferretti, and the PCC would like to express their gratitude to the Latvian State Forest Research Institute “Silava” and the Joint Stock Company “Latvia’s State Forests” for hosting the 7th ICP Forests Scientific Conference! Further, we thank the Scientific Committee, the…

Dear members of the ICP Forests community,

The chair of ICP Forests, Marco Ferretti, and the PCC would like to express their gratitude to all colleagues of the ICP Forests community that joined and contributed to the 125th Anniversary Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).

The congress took place last week in Freiburg, Germany, welcoming more than 2000 participants. In more than…

Dear members of the ICP Forests Community,

I updated the list of contributions at IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress (IUFRO_Presentations.pdf).

I am looking forward to see you next week,

Anne-Katrin

Dear members of the ICP Forests community,

accompanying the interesting and inspiring presentations at the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress, the PCC would like to invite you to an informal Get-Together in the pub/restaurant Martin's Bräu, Freiburg, where we booked a few tables. 

When? Wednesday, 20/09/2017, 8:00 pm

Where?…

Dear members of the ICP Forests community,

next week, 18 - 22 September 2017, the 125th Anniversary Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) will take place in Freiburg, Germany. The extensive and diverse congress program is featuring several oral and poster presentations of the ICP Forests community.

Marco Ferretti (chair of ICP Forests) and the PCC initiated a compilation of the presentations that can be downloaded below:…

On 28 - 31 August 2017, the meeting of the ICP Forests Expert Panel on Ambient Air Quality and the Intercalibration Course on ozone induced symptoms took place in Trento, Italy. The event was organized by the Research and Innovation Centre of Fondazione Edmund Mach FEM in collaboration with The Swiss Federal…