Forests support the stability and vitality of the EU. We need a robust Forest Monitoring Law to provide an integrated data set on how EU forests are faring from different perspectives (environmental, social and economic), in support of integrated forest planning. This will assist efforts to safeguard our forests and prevent their deterioration due to climate change. The cost-benefit ratio of a strong Forest Monitoring Law should be persuasive: the EC provides much data, and what remains is largely a matter of plugging necessary gaps and harmonising methodologies.
Given the life-supporting ecosystem services of our forests, literally everyone stands to benefit from the Forest Monitoring Law, and it is hard to see anyone who would experience disbenefits. Conversely, there is much to lose if we fail to gather data on the forests on which we depend.
Read more in this paper developed and signed by a number of NGOs: Benefits of a Forest Monitoring Law
