{"id":6897,"date":"2026-05-19T14:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/?p=6897"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:28:33","slug":"forest-change-across-the-european-union-spatial-patterns-drivers-and-governance-insights-from-a-pan-european-expert-survey-research-open-access-published-11-april-2026-article-number-2026-cite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/2026\/05\/19\/forest-change-across-the-european-union-spatial-patterns-drivers-and-governance-insights-from-a-pan-european-expert-survey-research-open-access-published-11-april-2026-article-number-2026-cite\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest change across the European Union: spatial patterns, drivers, and governance insights from a pan-European expert survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/d1bxh8uas1mnw7.cloudfront.net\/assets\/embed.js'><\/script><p><span style=\"color: #0d5c06;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Research paper<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/26-05-19_Krumins-J.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6933 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/26-05-19_Krumins-J-202x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/26-05-19_Krumins-J-202x300.png 202w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/26-05-19_Krumins-J-640x948.png 640w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/26-05-19_Krumins-J.png 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a>Key message\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Forests in Europe are changing unevenly. Recovery dominates parts of Northern and Central Europe, while disturbance, degradation, and loss intensify in Southern and Eastern regions, and urbanization-driven fragmentation is spreading widely. A pan-European expert survey shows that climate and market pressures matter everywhere, but forest change outcomes depend most on governance capacity\u2014enforcement, coordination, and regionally adapted incentives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords<\/strong><br \/>\nForest change; European forests; Forest governance; Drivers of forest change; Forest ecosystem services; PESTEL framework<\/p>\n<div class='altmetric-embed' data-badge-type='donut' data-doi='10.1186\/s13595-026-01335-9'  style='float: right; ' ><\/div>\n<p><strong>Publication<\/strong><br \/>\nKrumins, J., Klavins, M., Sima, M.\u00a0<i>et al.<\/i>\u00a0Forest change across the European Union: spatial patterns, drivers, and governance insights from a pan-European expert survey.\u00a0<i>Annals of Forest Science<\/i>\u00a083, 17 (2026). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-026-01335-9\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-026-01335-9<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Data availability<\/strong><br \/>\nThe datasets generated during and\/or analysed during the current study are available in the Zenodo repository. Survey on Forest Change in Europe: Drivers, Patterns, and Policy Implications:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.15209956\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.15209956<\/a>, and Country-level aggregation of expert survey responses on forest change in the European Union:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.17978134\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.17978134<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Handling editor<\/strong><br \/>\nErwin Dreyer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research paper Key message\u00a0 Forests in Europe are changing unevenly. Recovery dominates parts of Northern and Central Europe, while disturbance, degradation, and loss intensify in Southern and Eastern regions, and urbanization-driven fragmentation is spreading widely. 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