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© Andreas Bolte
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Institute of

WO Forest Ecosystems

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This week, members of the Global Soil Partnership gathered in Rome to highlight the role of healthy soils as a foundation for food security. Scientist Nicole Wellbrock was also there to share her expertise as a soil specialist.

Nicole Wellbrock presents the Soils4Nutrition project at the Global Soil Partnership.

The Thuenen Institute has launched the registration for a training course on soil sampling for a harmonized European forest soil monitoring.

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The 14th issue of the Copernicus Network Office Forest Newsletter was published in February. The current issue provides information on how to access Copernicus data and presents three current projects.


There has not been this much rain in winter since measurements began in 1993. The best conditions for plants to emerge in spring - at least on the permeable sandy soils of Brandenburg.


You are cordially invited to the next online seminar "Introduction to satellite-based remote sensing: from the physical basics to practical application with Copernicus data".

Das Bild zeigt eine bearbeitete Satellitenaufnahme, auf der Waldfläche zu erkennen ist.

The Programme Co-ordinating Centre (PCC) of ICP Forests under the UNECE Air Convention has published their ICP Forests 2023 Technical Report with latest results from the transnational forest monitoring in Europe.

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The Programme Co-ordinating Centre (PCC) of ICP Forests under the UNECE Air Convention has published their ICP Forests 2022 Technical Report with latest results from the transnational forest monitoring in Europe.


The guidelines for the third national forest soil inventory are the methodological basis for the BZE III.


With the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies on 7 September, the United Nations issues for the second time a global call for action toward a single, unifying objective: clean air for all.


We are very happy to announce that Dr. Kai Schwärzel will soon act as the new Head of the Programme Co-ordinating Centre of the International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (ICP Forests). He will start his position mid March 2019.


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