{"id":86237,"date":"2023-07-28T08:55:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T08:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/forest-growth-and-policy-trends-point-to-declining-european-wood-production\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T09:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:00:26","slug":"forest-growth-and-policy-trends-point-to-declining-european-wood-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/forest-growth-and-policy-trends-point-to-declining-european-wood-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest growth and policy trends point to declining European wood production"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Current harvest levels in most European countries are still well below increment.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, drawing on Eurostat data, the European European Organization of the\u00a0Sawmill Industry (EOS) show that the total stock of timber standing in EU27 forests increased by nearly 30% in the twenty year period between 2000 and 2020, with the stock rising in every Member State. In total, an estimated 65% of the net annual increment of wood in EU forests was removed by the logging industry in 2020.<\/p>\n

However, EOS also point out that other forest trends are negatively impacting on log availability in the region. Drawing on a recent study by the EC\u2019s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the EOS report highlights that:<\/p>\n

-total living aboveground biomass stock of EU forests in 2020 was 18.4 billion tonnes of dry matter. this volume was equally divided between broadleaves (50.7%) and conifers (49.3%). The dominant species are Picea sp. (21.5% of total biomass), Pinus sylvestris (19.8%), Fagus sylvatica (11%), Quercus robur (8%), Betula sp. (6%) and Quercus cerris (4%).<\/p>\n

-the total volume of forest biomass in the EU27 increased at a rate of between 1% and 2% each year between 1990 and 2015, but the annual rate of growth slowed to only 0.9% between 2016 and 2020.<\/p>\n

-the annual rate of growth of forest area in the EU27 declined from 0.4% before the year 2000 to only 0.1% between 2015 and 2020.<\/p>\n

-modelling of forest growth indicates the rate of annual increment may slow even more during the period 2020 to 2025.<\/p>\n

-the slowdown in the rate of forest growth in the EU is due to various factors, the most significant being the ageing of forest stands, particularly of broadleaves.<\/p>\n

-While the rate of forest growth has slowed, EU27 harvest levels showed a clear upward trend between 1990 and 2015.<\/p>\n

-This was driven by the rising proportion of forests reaching maturity, an increase in demand for wood fibre, and a substantial increase in natural disturbance leading to a rise in salvage logging, especially in central Europe.<\/p>\n

-A recent increase in climate variability and climate extremes is now contributing to the surge of tree mortality and a reduction of productivity.<\/p>\n

-Drought and heatwaves are interplaying with other natural disturbances such as fires and pest outbreaks, multiplying the negative impacts on the forest increment expected in the coming years.<\/p>\n

The combined effects of declining forest growth and natural disturbance is expected to be a reduction in share of increment available for wood supply in the future. EOS also suggest that policy measures may place further limits on roundwood extraction in the EU in the future. These measures include:<\/p>\n

-The new EU Biodiversity Strategy that requires protection of 30% of all EU land area and strict protection of 10% of these areas targeting those with very high biodiversity value and that are important for mitigation and adaptation to climate change, including all primary and old growth forest. Guidelines on closer-to-nature forestry practices are also expected to be developed.<\/p>\n

-The Nature Restoration Regulation which stipulates that for all forest ecosystems, progress must be made against a set of indicators including standing and lying deadwood, uneven age structure, forest connectivity, a standardised forest birds index, and soil organic carbon content.<\/p>\n

-The revised LULUCF Regulation which increases the EU\u2019s target for net carbon removals by natural sinks from 225 Mt of CO2 equivalent (a target already met according to some studies) to 310 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2030. Meeting the new target will require changes to forestry practices which, according to many scenarios, is projected to have a negative impact on area available for wood supply.<\/p>\n

-The EU Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) which prohibits forest products resulting from deforestation or forest degradation to be placed on or exported from the EU market and requires enhanced due diligence compared to EUTR. Although there is only a relatively low risk of deforestation and degradation according to EUDR definitions inside the EU, the new law implies a potentially significant increase in transaction costs and liabilities for commercial forest operators and their customers in the EU.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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