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Forests in Central and Eastern Europe are important natural resources.
Their importance will continue to grow in the near future, not only because of the growing demand for wood, but also because of the increasingly popular health and well-being services they provide.
However, the raw materials provided by forests and the livable and protective environment are increasingly threatened by climate change.
Based on a number of independent international climate models, the amount of summer precipitation in Hungary will decrease by at least 25 percent in the medium term, while the average annual temperature may rise by 2.5°C and the summer average by at least 3.5°C.More than 95% of Hungarys forests have been transformed in accordance with economic goals.
Homogeneous forests of one or two tree species, of the same age, poor in species, which are less and less able to withstand the effects of climate change.
They can fall victim to windfalls, storm damage and forest fires.
However, natural, diverse, species-rich forests, where trees and shrubs of different species and ages coexist, and where there are plenty of standing and lying dead trees, are more resistant to pests and different climatic effects due to their diversity.
In addition, they are rich habitats and provide a place for countless plant and animal species and fungi to live and feed.In addition to being more resilient, natural forests also provide so-called ecosystem services that contribute to mitigating the challenges caused by climate change.
The forest moderates the impact of stronger winds and storms, thereby protecting the surrounding farmland from drying out or from being blown away by the wind.
Living vegetation prevents soil erosion.
Trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants and other organisms that die locally contribute to soil formation by their decomposition.
The biomass produced in natural forests binds and stores a larger amount of CO2 than commercial forests, which is very important in the long term in mitigating climate change.In the WWF ÉnErdőm application, you can now try the forest management interventions that can be used to transform a homogeneous, species-poor economic forest that is highly exposed to climate change into a diverse, species-rich and resistant natural forest.
In the app, it only takes a few minutes, but in reality it takes decades for a forest to be diverse, rich in species and viable in the long term.
That is why it is very important that forest managers change the forest management practices used so far and apply climate-friendly forestry solutions as soon as possible.From the WWF ÉnErdőm app, you can also find out how the species associated with domestic forests react to climate change, which ones may be fatal if our forests are unable to withstand the negative effects, and which ones survive, but are poorer and more vulnerable in terms of species they will have to thrive in a habitat.The WWF ÉnErdőm app was created with the support of the LIFE Climate Policy program of the European Union within the framework of the CLIMAFORCEELIFE (LIFE19 CCA/SK/001276) project.Find out more about the CLIMAFORCEELIFE project: https://clima4ceelife.eu/hu/On weaker devices, it may be necessary to restart the application if the AR mode cannot start.
After restarting, the game will continue from where we left off.