Research: The EU will not achieve its climate goals without reducing logging

Reducing logging is one of the few measures that will have an immediate impact on the carbon sink in the next couple of decades, the study states. The Lulucf goals set by the EU for the years 2030 and 2050 will probably not be achieved unless rapid and significant changes are made to forest management practices, a recent study states. The background of the development is the weakening of the carbon sink of EU forests. According to the study, there are three main reasons for this: the weakening of forest growth and the increase in felling and tree ...