The destructive effects of climate change have hit Luxembourg's forests hard and fast. The old methods used to measure the progress of forest dieback are now too slow to keep up. The "Pioneer" research project at the University of Luxembourg aims to change this.
A good third of Luxembourg's landscape are forested today. But the question is: how much longer? Green spaces that are not yet torn apart by a swathe of dead trees have become rare. Extreme weather, bark beetles and game that bites feeds on plants have triggered a destructive vicious circle. If the forest's microclimate becomes too unbalanced – for example, when tree crowns die and sunlight dries out the forest floor – it becomes impossible for the forest to regenerate itself. A few small problems have quickly become many big ones. Today, the forest as we know it is in danger of disappearing. And with it, among other things, its biodiversity, erosion control, ability to store CO2 and all the economic activities that are linked to it.
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