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Forest soils store carbon, filter water, and provide habitats for countless organisms. Monitoring them is crucial for detecting changes at an early stage and enabling predictions about the future. Thünen researchers report on the challenges.

Im Moor kniende Person, die vor sich einen Stechbohrer mit Bodenprofil liegen hat.

eDNA analyses are particularly well suited to recording biodiversity in different habitats more accurately. The Thünen Institute has now launched the "EDNA Lab" for this purpose. It will be based in the EiLT landscape laboratory.

A black collar can be seen on a tree trunk with a yellow hose leading to a metal box.

A functional measurement network for Germany's moorland areas is now in place. A total of 155 measuring points have been set up in open land and forests. Today, Thünen researchers are submitting their report on the development phase to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity.

The weather in July, which is not particularly suitable for outdoor swimming, is good news for the forest. After the long dry spell in spring, there has now been plenty of rainfall on the Thünen experimental site in Britz. This has compensated for the deficit. The moors are also well filled.

Eine Wasserblase hat sich auf einer Pfütze gebildet.

New Forest Living Labs in the Harz Mountains and in Lower Bavaria: German forest and wood research is reorganising itself for the forests of the future. The SURVEY joint research project, coordinated by the Thünen Institute and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), brings together…

A river in the center of the picture, surrounded by low plants in the background, partly destroyed forest areas, branches of a deciduous tree protrude into the picture in the foreground.

The Programme Co-ordinating Centre of ICP Forests under the UNECE Air Convention has published a 40th Anniversary Brochure and the ICP Forests Technical Report 2025.

The high precipitation in 2023 and 2024 benefited nature. Nevertheless, the forest condition did not improve. This shows the Forest Condition Report 2025, which the Federal Minister of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH), Alois Rainer, presented today. The Thünen Institute of Forest…

Two people stand in front of microphones in the forest

Thünen Institutes of Forestry and of Forest Ecosystems in collaboration with CIFOR (Centre of International Forest Research) are conducting a research project on forest landscape and ecosystem service restoration in Africa (FLESRA) using a case of Ethiopia.

This week, members of the Global Soil Partnership gathered in Rome to highlight the role of healthy soils as a foundation for food security. Scientist Nicole Wellbrock was also there to share her expertise as a soil specialist.

Nicole Wellbrock presents the Soils4Nutrition project at the Global Soil Partnership.

The 14th issue of the Copernicus Network Office Forest Newsletter was published in February. The current issue provides information on how to access Copernicus data and presents three current projects.