Description

We plan to investigate the forest mortality crisis affecting Catalonia’s forests over the past 20 years, quantifying for the first time the exact extent of tree death and degradation caused by climate change across the entire region. This project wants to groundbreaking new information through the first comprehensive quantification of forest mortality at regional scale using dual satellite model validation. We will identify the most vulnerable tree species and geographic areas, distinguishing between climate-induced mortality and human interventions through cross-referencing with administrative data.

“Forests are complex ecosystems; there are no easy solutions to the current crisis, and this message must reach citizens to open the debate.” –  Arnau Urgell, Science reporter, NACIO

Project Team

Media outlet

Edicions Digitals de Premsa Local, S.L.

Sabadell, Spain
https://naciodigital.cat

Arnau Urgell Vidal

Science reporter
Spain

NACIO – Edicions Digitals de Premsa Local

Arnau Urgell

Research organisation

Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain
https://www.ub.edu

Joel Segarra Torruella

Postdoctoral Researcher in Forest Remote Sensing / Research Associate
Spain

Universitat de Barcelona

Joel Segarra Torruella