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Europe’s primary forests: What to protect? What to restore?Figure 1 – Primary forests are crucial for biodiversity conservation, and store high quantities of carbon in biomass, therefore helping to mitigate climate change. Credits: Tzvetan Zlatanov.

Europe’s primary forests: What to protect? What to restore?

Published September 16, 2020 by Marcus Lindner

First international assessment of the protection state of mostly ‘untouched’ forests in Europe

Halle/Berlin. An expansion of the protected areas by only about 1% would sufficiently protect most remaining primary forests in Europe. This is one of the main results of the study on Protection gaps and restoration opportunities for primary forests in Europe conducted by an international team led by researchers from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU). The study, published in the paper Diversity and Distribution, is the first assessment of the conservation status of Europe’s primary forests. It identifies protection gaps and areas with restoration needs to reach conservation targets. In addition, it provides valuable information how to implement the new EU Biodiversity Strategy.

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