Geographical policy maps - forest birds conservation

National forest legislation has a long history in many European Member States (EU-MS) and has had a significant impact on the governance of forests across Europe over time. The EU Nature Restoration Regulation (NRR) stipulates directly applicable and legally binding forest restoration targets and indicators, making a transposition into national legislation redundant. Nevertheless, it can be assumed that a certain degree of compatibility with national forest legislation will be crucial to ensure a successful and coherent implementation of National Forest Restoration Plans (NRPs) and progress towards the selected forest ecosystem restoration indicators. Incoherencies between the NRR forest ecosystem restoration targets and indicators and national legal forest frameworks on the other hand are likely to pose a challenge to a successful implementation in the years to come.