Article: forests must be managed differently Climate change is also affecting Dutch forests. "We need to manage them differently, otherwise we will lose a large part of our forests in the next century," says forest ecologist Etiënne Thomassen in this article in De Gelderlander. At 30 [...]
Brochure climate-smart forest management On 30 May 2024, the first LIFE Climate Forest brochures were presented to private forest owners as well as governments and organisations owning forests. The publications are intended as a first introduction to climate-smart forest management. The brochure covers the following topics:The need for climate-smart forest management.LIFE [...]
Article: the need for forest adaptation It is high time for forest managers to think about how to deal with climate change. Climate change and other changes in our environment are creating permanently altered forest cover at a rate and magnitude that will make our forests and trees [...]
Symposium for policymakers On 5 March 2024, the partners behind LIFE Climate Forest organised a first symposium. This 'climate smart forest management' symposium was specifically aimed at policymakers and policy influencers. The reason for this symposium is the urgency of climate adaptation of our forests and the very positively received course series [...]
Forest area 't Zand In the winter of 2022-2023, the first measures will be taken in demo forest 't Zand within the LIFE Climate Forest project. 't Zand is owned by the municipality of Alphen-Chaam. Bosgroep Zuid Nederland has been carrying out management here on behalf of the municipality for several years. It is [...]
In the article on Nature Today, the project partners talk about the project, the goals we are pursuing and what we will do and show during the project. Click here to read the article on Nature Today.
As images often say more than words alone, we made a short movie. In it, we capture the ambition and vision of the project at a glance: watch the short movie.
Good news; we can get started on project LIFE Climate Forest! Autumn 2020 brought good news! The European Union approved the application for the LIFE Climate Forest project. This means that partners Staatsbosbeheer and the Forest Groups will get to work over the next seven years [...]
