1. ICP Forests Progress Report ICP Forests Progress since 28th session of WGE Revision of the monitoring system Data quality assurance Database management Data analyses Cooperation with FutMon Further Development and Implementation of an EU-level Forest Monitoring System (FutMon) Co-financed by LIFE+ of EC (2009-2010) Consortium vTI (Institute for World Forestry as Coordinator) 35 Partner institutions in 22 EU-Member States

2. ICP Forests Progress Report Cooperation with FutMon ICP Forests provides monitoring networks (Levels I and II) monitoring methods (ICP Forests Manual) expertise (advice of Expert Panels) FutMon develops further large-scale monitoring (Level I) intensive monitoring (Level II) data quality assurance database system provides EU co-financing of forest monitoring in participating EU-Member States

3. ICP Forests Progress Report Aim of the cooperation Common monitoring system of the participating countries of ICP Forests of the EU-Member States meeting the information needs of CLRTAP (air pollution effects on forests) EC (forests, climate change, air pollution)

4. ICP Forests Progress Report Level I About 6800 plots Coincident with NFI plots Information on Tree health Biotic/abiotic damage Forest growth Ground vegetation  Biodiversity  Carbon pools System still growing Turkey Russia

5. ICP Forests Progress Report Level II Reduction of the number of plots from 860 to 300 permits higher monitoring intensity per plot possibility to assess on the same plots meteorology, tree phenology, tree health, growth ( climate change) stand volume and growth, forest soil chemistry (carbon budgets) ground vegetation (biodiversity) Further measures Inclusion of additional parameters Increased efforts in data quality assurance Completion of ICP Forests Manual

6. ICP Forests Progress Report Joint database management FutMon database Online data submission Automated data validation validation reports Online data access for authorised users

7. ICP Forests Progress Report Data analyses Draft 2010 Workplan of WGE Comparison of deposition of SO 4, NH 4, NO 3 measured by ICP Forests modelled by EMEP Relationships sulphur and nitrogen deposition soil acidification and eutrophication vegetation effects Development soil acidification and eutrophication vegetation effects under deposition and climate scenarios

8. ICP Forests Progress Report Implementation of Level II and CL approach Vist to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (USFS) 3-4 December 2010 in Washington D.C., USA Meetings with NFC Deputy Chief Research & Development Director of International Program Seminar on critical loads (presentation by PCC) NFC of USA US Forest Service (USFS) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Forest Inventory and Analysis Program (FIA) National Park Service (NPS)

9. ICP Forests Progress Report Implementation of Level II and CL approach Vist to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (USFS) 3-4 December 2010 in Washington D.C., USA Success USA will continue installation of Level II apply ICP Forests methods NFC considers uploads of data with database USA considers funding Further CL assessments Joint CL Workshop of USFS and ICP Forests (Riverside CA in April 2011)

10. ICP Forests Progress Report Implementation of further developed system Proposal under LIFE+ Elaborated by vTI and 35 partners from 20 countries Includes Large-scale and intensive monitoring Scientific analyses of data (forest health, ecosystem disturbances and resilience, ozone impact, deposition, element fluxes, acidification, eutrophication, biodiversity, climate change vTI submitted proposal on 30 September 2009 Proposal rejected  No EU co-financing of forest monitoring after 2011  System (€ 34 Mio ) will be used to only limited extent