The Portuguese Presidency is promoting a debate on practical steps to increase forests’ resilience. Many instruments are under preparation at EU level, or have been released recently and the we are going to discuss how can EU instruments better support activities that are needed to adapt forests...
On 29 October 2018, a violent windstorm swept across eastern Italian Alps: thousands hectares of forests were affected and millions of trees uprooted. We warn not be in a hurry to restore artificially the forest: windstorms are natural disturbances and we should rely mostly on natural regeneration for forest recovery. It may take quite a long time in some cases, but natural regeneration will ensure diverse, productive and more resilient forests.