Is a regenerative economy the cure for Europe’s wilting forests?

  • Date: 16-Oct-2020
  • Source: World Economic Forum
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Middle East
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Is a regenerative economy the cure for Europe’s wilting forests?

Europe's forest ecosystems are under threat, both from climate change and a growing demand for wood.

To meet this challenge, we must develop a regenerative and circular forest economy that both restores ecosystems and improves our wellbeing.

These projects can also be implemented in agricultural areas, through agroforestry, and in cities.



Especially in light of the European Green Deal, forests are at the centre of the EU's attention because of the important role they will have to play over the coming decades. But climate change and the growing need for wood are weakening European forests.

European forests under stress

The EU, through its ambitions in terms of the energy transition, maintaining biodiversity and carbon neutrality, places European forests at the centre of its development policy, even though