Public Forest Information North-Rhine

Public Forest Information North-Rhine

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Forestinfo.NRW
Interactive forest map for NRW with information on the type, condition, functions and use of the forest, and many aspects on climate change and adaptation.

The internet portal provides insights into many aspects of North Rhine-Westphalia's forests via interactive, user-friendly maps. Forest ecology and management, forest nature conservation, recreational use, damage events, hazard prevention and other topics can be selected to search for specific information. How does climate change affect individual forest sites and which climate adaptation measures are suitable to preserve the functions of the forest as far as possible? The service provides comprehensive information on forest types, functions, management, and use, as well as climate change impacts on forest management. Climate adaptation measures are recommended to make forests more adaptable and resilient, including recommendation of appropriate tree species and mixed stands for different soil and climate conditions. As a comprehensive forest information system for the timber and forestry sector, the portal is aimed in particular at private forest owners and forest-owning municipalities and supports a wide range of evaluations and forestry planning. It is part of the climate adaptation strategy for forests in NRW and integrates databases of the state enterprise Wald und Holz NRW, the State Agency for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection and the NRW Geological Survey. Relevant climate variables such as soil atmosphere (air temperature, precipitation); land surface (photosynthetic activity, land cover, biomass, forest fire, soil moisture) are integrated.

Impact on environment & biodiversity
High impact, the portal Forestinfo.NRW is part of a bundle of policy measures  (climate adaptation strategy forest, silviculture concept, reforestation concept)
Ease of implementation
public, free to use, intuitive and user-firendly
Domain
Forest management, ecosystem, resilience
Keywords
forest development types; forest map; climate forest; public knowledge portal
Type of solution
Data platforms, data hubs
Digital solution
Yes
Innovation
Yes
Start and end year
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Contact data
Owner or author
Ministry for the Environment, Agriculture, Nature Conservation and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Dr. Thorsten Mrosek
Reporter
References and Resources
Resources
Waldinfo NRW
Forest management
Forest management in climate change
Project under which this factsheet has been created
Rosewood 4.0