CLEANFOREST

COST ACTION CA21138

Joint effects of CLimate Extremes and Atmospheric depositioN on European FORESTs

About the CLEANFOREST Action

Forests are at the forefront of our efforts to mitigate climate change and achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, to ensure a sustainable life on Earth. However, forest ecosystems are particularly threatened by global change components, such as increasing frequency and severity of climate extreme events, increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and pollutants concentrations.

All these factors strongly influence the capacity of forests to continue providing important ecosystem services we rely on, including climate regulation and mitigation, biodiversity conservation, clean water and air supply, food and energy production, and improvement of human health and well-being, particularly in urban systems.

Mission

To develop a comprehensive understanding on the interactive effects of key global change drivers (*)CLEANFOREST will focus on climate extremes (drought and heatwaves) and atmospheric nitrogen and sulphur deposition on forest ecosystems functioning and health, and on their climate and air pollution mitigation potential.

Vision

To reduce data fragmentation (at spatial and temporal scales), to define common protocols and methods for measurements and data analyses in global change studies, and to promote data exchange as key actions to advance scientific knowledge and to fulfil the need of data (and evidence)-based solutions to policy and societal challenges.

Approach

To build an inclusive and international platform promoting synergies among scientists from different disciplines actively involved in existing research infrastructures (long-term monitoring networks and manipulation experiments), and fostering exchange between researchers and stakeholders (policymakers, forest managers, citizen science associations).

CLEANFOREST in Numbers

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Latest News

Twelfth webinar: Science as a key component of the policymaking process

We are honored to announce that for the Twelfth event in the series we will be joined by Chloe Hill, the EGU Policy Manager.

Fourth interview: Grab a beer with Douglas Godbold

For the FOURTH event in the series, we will be joined by Douglas L. Godbold – the WG3 Advisor in the CLEANFOREST COST Action.

Second CLEANFOREST Annual Meeting Program

The second CLEANFOREST Annual meeting is coming up! Check out below all details. 07-10 May 2024, Lisbon (Portugal) and virtual On-site: Faculty of Science of...

Eleventh webinar: Are there any discrepancies between root and stem intra annual growth?

For the Eleventh event in the series we will be joined by Negar Rezaie, reporting on her STSM carried out in 2023.

Tenth webinar: ‘Ammonia deposition to tropical and temperate forest canopy layers

For the Tenth event in the series we will be joined by Ajinkya Deshpande, from the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.

Third Interview: Glass of Ouzo with Mariangela Fotelli

For the THIRD event in the series, we will be joined by Mariangela Fotelli – the STSM coordinator in the CLEANFOREST COST Action.

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