Publication: the need for forest adaptation
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 causing permanent changes in forest growth with a speed and magnitude that our forests and trees cannot easily keep up with. Forest managers and forest owners need to ask themselves whether and how they can cope with this [...]
Symposium: for policymakers
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 for forest managers, of which we would like to present an adapted and tailor-made version to then work with [...]
First example: forest area 't Zand
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 managing it for several years on behalf of the municipality. It is a reclaimed forest on former drifting dunes, with mainly pine species (Pinus sp.) as the main tree species in the [...]
Publication on Nature Today
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.
The project in a nutshell
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.
LIFE Climate Forest application approved
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 work over the next seven years to increase the resilience of forests on poor sandy soils, so that the forests can maintain their [...]
Publication: the need for forest adaptation
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 causing permanent changes in forest growth with a speed and magnitude that our forests and trees cannot easily keep up with. Forest managers and forest owners need to ask themselves whether and how they can cope with this [...]
Symposium: for policymakers
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 for forest managers, of which we would like to present an adapted and tailor-made version to then work with [...]
First example: forest area 't Zand
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 managing it for several years on behalf of the municipality. It is a reclaimed forest on former drifting dunes, with mainly pine species (Pinus sp.) as the main tree species in the [...]
Publication on Nature Today
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.
The project in a nutshell
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.
LIFE Climate Forest application approved
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 work over the next seven years to increase the resilience of forests on poor sandy soils, so that the forests can maintain their [...]