Forest Condition in Europe: The 2022 Assessment ICP Forests Technical Report under the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (Air Convention)

Eberswalde

2022

103 S.

Bandaufführung

978-3-86576-240-5

40003348

The International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (ICP Forests) is one of the most comprehensive programs within the Working Group on Effects (WGE) under the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (Air Convention). To provide a regular overview of the program’s activities, the ICP Forests Programme Co-ordinating Centre (PCC) yearly publishes an ICP Forests Technical Report which summarizes research highlights and provides an opportunity for all participating countries to report on their national ICP Forests activities. The PCC also invites all ICP Forests Expert Panels (EP), Working Groups, and Committees to publish a comprehensive chapter on their most recent results from regular data evaluations.
This 2022 Technical Report presents results from 32 of the 42 countries participating in ICP Forests. Part A presents research highlights from the January–December 2021 reporting period, including: a concise overview by the EP Chairs of the most relevant key findings in the scientific literature in the forest-relevant, priority themes for the WGE strategic planning: N deposition, ozone, heavy metals, air pollution/climate change interactions; a list of 70 scientific publications for which ICP Forests data and/or the ICP Forests infrastructure were used; a list of all 21 official requests for ICP Forests data between January and December 2021; a review of the 9th ICP Forests Scientific Conference FORECOMON 2021. Part B focuses on regular evaluations from within the programme. This year the Technical Report includes the following chapters: Atmospheric throughfall deposition in European forests in 2020;
Tree crown condition in 2021; History and progress of the ICP Forests ringtest programme and the Working Group QA/QC in Laboratories. Part C includes national reports on ICP Forests activities from the participating countries.