Forest damage

• Higher temperatures and more frequent droughts are increasing the risk of forest fires. The combined effects of such abiotic factors and of native and non-native harmful organisms are generating new types and dimensions of damaging events.<br />• Forest trees are weakened in many places, and single trees – or in some cases large areas of forest – have died as a result of climate change, forest fires, hail, complex tree diseases and the pressure of invasive species.<br />• Tree species and provenances that are more resistant<br />to climate change and harmful organisms are essential to ensure that forests can continue to provide their services.