The European forest monitoring program of ICP Forests - an example for co-operation between European countries

摘要

Since the early 1980s when a severe deterioration of forest condition wasobserved in large areas of Europe, the condition of European forest is underclose observation by ICP Forests and EU. With the increasing length of themonitoring time series, the improved quality of its harmonised data and theincreased knowledge of the experts involved, ICP Forests and EU are in theposition to document the effects of the most important stress factors as well asthe forest ecosystem reactions. By this way the program provides reliable andup to date basic information for environmental policy decisions, it informs thepublic and the program offers a platform for continued research cooperation.Romania is one of the active members of the ICP Forests and contributes withits measurements to the overall European picture