Vaia storm facing the unbearable lightness of forest reporting
Pettenella D,
Marchetti M,
Motta R,
Vacchiano G
Affiliations
Pettenella D
Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali (TESAF), Università degli Studi di Padova, v. Università 16, I-35020 Legnaro, PD (Italy)
Marchetti M
Dipartimento di Bioscienze e Territorio, Università degli Studi del Molise, c.da Fonte Lappone snc, I-86090 Pesche, IS (Italy)
Motta R
Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari (DISAFA), Università degli Studi di Torino, l.go Paolo Braccini 2, I-10095 Grugliasco, TO (Italy)
Vacchiano G
Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali (DISAA), Università degli Studi di Milano, v. Celoria 2, I-20133 Milano (Italy)
Recently published data on Italian forest removals from FAO and EUROSTAT are still ridden with inaccuracies and underestimation. In this work we show how and why the Italian forestry data collection system is in itself unreliable. This represents a major obstacle for designing sector policies, ensuring the flow of forest ecosystem services from the forest to the society, and defining a role for forests, forestry and wood consistent with the European Green Deal and in the NextGenerationEU Recovery and Resilience Facility. A more reliable strategy for data collection is urgently required.
