Development of forest stands condition and its monitoring in the Czech Republic

In 1986, the UN ECE established the International Cooperative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (hereinafter ICP Forests) to respond on the growing concern about forest damage caused since the beginning of eighties by air pollution load. Pan-European grid of the (ICP Forests) monitoring plots represents one of the most important systems of forest ecosystems assessing and checking. The Czech Republic is unfortunately well known due to this problem and so the country joined ICP Forest Programme since the very beginning. The paper presents general information on Czech forest stand condition that gained through various methods in the past as well as in the frame of ICP Forests. The participation in the International Cooperative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (ICP Forests) represents a contribution of the EU candidate country to the fulfillment of the Reg. (EEC) No. 3528/86. However it seems that effects and importance of air pollution are decreasing, a lot of new stress situations exists and there is a need for continuing the programme.

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Monitoring of defoliation in forest stands of the Czech Republic and its comparison with results of defoliation monitoring in other European countries

Journal of Forest Science ◽

10.17221/84/2011-jfs ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 58 (No. 5) ◽

pp. 193-202 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

P. Fabiánek ◽

K. Hellebrandová ◽

M. Čapek

Keyword(s):

Air Pollution ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Forest Ecosystems ◽

Deciduous Forest ◽

European Countries ◽

Forest Stands ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Icp Forests ◽

Assessment And Monitoring

 As a part of International Cooperative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effect on Forests (ICP Forests), defoliation of forest stands has been assessed in the Czech Republic since 1986. Defoliation is one of the principal parameters reflecting the health of forest stands that is assessed on monitoring plots within this programme. Monitoring plots are distributed evenly according to woodiness of the area in a regular schematic network all over the Czech Republic. Even though there has been a long-term reduction of air pollution in most European countries, forest ecosystems reflect these changes with some delay. In the Czech Republic the trend of total defoliation of coniferous and deciduous forest stands has been increasing very moderately in the last 10 years. This trend appears to be partially analogous with some neighbouring countries. Compared to the whole of Europe the trend of defoliation of broadleaves is very similar, but differences have occurred in conifers in the last 10 years. There are significant differences in defoliation levels among the particular countries; in this comparison the Czech Republic is classified as one of the worst. Differences in these levels are very evident especially among the neighbouring countries. To partly eliminate these differences, regular international calibration courses are organized.  

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ICP-Forests (International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests): Quality Assurance procedure in plant diversity monitoring

Journal of Environmental Monitoring ◽

10.1039/b818170p ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 782 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Maria-Cristina Allegrini ◽

Roberto Canullo ◽

Giandiego Campetella

Keyword(s):

Air Pollution ◽

Quality Assurance ◽

Plant Diversity ◽

Quality Assurance Procedure ◽

Pollution Effects ◽

Icp Forests ◽

Air Pollution Effects ◽

Assessment And Monitoring

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International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests-ICP Forests-

Water Air & Soil Pollution ◽

10.1007/bf00477148 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 85 (3) ◽

pp. 1221-1226 ◽

Cited By ~ 62

Author(s):

M. Lorenz

Keyword(s):

Air Pollution ◽

Pollution Effects ◽

Icp Forests ◽

Air Pollution Effects ◽

Assessment And Monitoring

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Concepts and Design Principles Adopted in the International Cooperative Program on the Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (ICP Forests)

Developments in Environmental Science - Forest Monitoring - Methods for terrestrial investigations in Europe with an overview of North America and Asia ◽

10.1016/b978-0-08-098222-9.00006-6 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 91-104 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Marco Ferretti

Keyword(s):

Air Pollution ◽

Design Principles ◽

Pollution Effects ◽

Cooperative Program ◽

Icp Forests ◽

Air Pollution Effects ◽

Assessment And Monitoring

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Forest Health Status in Europe

The Scientific World JOURNAL ◽

10.1100/tsw.2007.17 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. 22-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Martin Lorenz ◽

Volker Mues

Keyword(s):

Air Pollution ◽

Health Status ◽

Forest Health ◽

Sample Survey ◽

Weather Extremes ◽

United Nations Economic Commission ◽

Pollution Effects ◽

Icp Forests ◽

Forest Condition ◽

Air Pollution Effects

Forest health status in Europe is assessed by the International Cooperative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (ICP Forests). Established by the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the ICP Forests has been monitoring forest condition in close cooperation with the European Commission (EC) for 20 years. The present paper describes the latest results of the deposition measurements on permanent monitoring plots and of the extensive defoliation sample survey. The findings reveal marked spatial patterns in bulk and throughfall depositions of nitrate (N-NO3-), ammonium (N-NH4+), and sulfate (S-SO42-), as well as an obvious decrease in bulk and throughfall deposition of sulfate. Latest analyses of defoliation data confirm previous results, indicating a high correlation with weather extremes.

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