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EU launches new Forest Information System to improve knowledge on forests and woodlands

News Published 05 Feb 2020 Last modified 08 Jun 2020

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Photo: © Viktors Ozolins, NATURE@work /EEA

Amid a need for more accurate, up-to-date and harmonised data and monitoring on Europe’s valuable woodlands, the European Environment Agency and the European Commission today launched a new Forest Information System for Europe (FISE) which aims to become Europe’s knowledge hub to monitor the state, health and sustainability of Europe’s many forests.