Research · 27 July 2023 · European Commission
Guidelines on Closer-to-Nature Forest Management
Selected by José Miguel Medeiros
The EU's voluntary framework for managing production forests closer to nature: natural regeneration, harvesting, deadwood, soil and water, and fire, with guidance for the Mediterranean and Atlantic regions. Also published in Portuguese.
Key figure
14%: the share of assessed EU forest habitats in good conservation status.
About the publisher
The European Commission, the EU's executive body. The guidelines were issued under the EU Forest Strategy for 2030.
Useful for
Landholders and forest managers writing management plans, preparing for certification or for future payments for ecosystem services.
Credit and license European Commission (2023), Guidelines on Closer-to-Nature Forest Management, SWD(2023) 284 final, Publications Office of the European Union, doi: 10.2779/731018. European Union, 2023, CC BY 4.0. We host this copy unchanged, under the publisher's open license.
Summary and figure by General Value from the published source. The report belongs to its publisher.