Pilots of long-term climate impact forest monitoring sites: Linking stand-level information and remote sensing

Objectives: The Pilots of Long-term Climate Impact Forest Monitoring Sites grant supports projects aiming to link long-term forest monitoring sites with remote sensing technologies across Europe. This initiative is part of the FORWARDS Horizon Europe project, designed to enhance understanding of climate change impacts on forests and guide practical management. The projects should increase the potential of existing monitoring sites to deliver timely ecosystem-level data on forest structure and function. The expected outcomes include enriched datasets to inform a European-wide ForestWard Observatory, integrating ground-truthing data with hyperspectral remote sensing.