Essential Forest Mitigation Indicators (EFMIs): a pathway to assess decarbonisation and climate change resilience in European forests – Policy Brief #3
Forests are at the heart of Europe’s climate goals, providing vital services like carbon sequestration, biodiversity protection, and regional climate regulation. However, making these services operational for forest managers and policy-makers requires clear, science-based tools. To meet this need, OptFor-EU releases a new Policy Brief dedicated to our set of Essential Forest Mitigation Indicators (EFMIs). […]
Novel set of Essential Forest Mitigation Indicators (EFMIs)
This report from OptFor-EU presents the carefully developed set of Essential Forest Mitigation Indicators (EFMIs), designed to guide forest managers, researchers and policymakers in assessing and enhancing the potential of carbon mitigation of forests through informed management practices. The EFMIs were created through a bottom-up collaborative process that brought together scientific experts, forestry professionals and […]