Beech Forest management of the high Karst of Slovenia
During the BEECH POWER workshop on sustainable forest management that took place on 24th-25th of March, Špela Koblar from the Slovenia Forest Service, gave an interesting presentation about the…
Guidance document for buffer zone management
During the BEECH POWER workshop that took place on 24th-25th of March, Caroline Celis from the World Heritage Coordination Office, provided an introduction on the importance of the Guidance…
Successful workshop on sustainable forest management practices
In 2017, the UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe’ became the largest serial transnational WH Site in UNESCO’s…
Celebrate the International Day of Forests
The International Day of Forests on the 21th of March is an annual celebration of the world’s incredible forests. This celebration was created in 2012 by the United Nations…
Climate change threat to World Heritage sites
At the start of December 2020, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) outlined the declining quality of UNESCO World Heritage sites in their third World Heritage Outlook report. Currently,…
BEECH POWER responds to the new EU Forest Strategy
Last week, the open feedback period on the roadmap of the EU Forest Strategy ended. The BEECH POWER consortium welcomes the definition of an EU Forest Strategy, which builds…
Consultation open for the EU Forest Strategy – Your voice matters
Under the European Green Deal, the European Commission has announced a new EU Forest strategy that will build on its biodiversity strategy, cover the whole forest cycle and promote…
75th anniversary of UNESCO
The agreement on the establishment of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) was adopted on 16th November 1945 in the presence of representatives of 44 states. On this day – exactly 75 years…
Under Pressure: Germany’s oldest Beech Forest
In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Heilige Hallen, the oldest beech forest in Germany is under threat. Despite being part of a strict nature reserve, Totalreservat (an area free from human intervention and influence)…
Meeting the new World Heritage Beech Forest Coordination Office
Last week, the BEECH POWER partnership had the pleasure to have a first virtual meeting with the new Coordination Office of the World Heritage Beech Forests. In this meeting,…
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