ICP Forests celebrates its 40th Anniversary in Dresden, Germany.

New proposal by the European Commission on a monitoring framework for resilient European forests

Appointment of Kai Schwärzel as new Head of the Programme Co-ordinating Centre (PCC)

Appointment of Marco Ferretti as new Chairman of ICP Forests.

The EU Directive on National Emission reduction Commitments (NEC Directive (2016/2284/EU) entered into force. It requires EU member states to monitor air pollutant effects on ecosystems caused by sulfur and nitrogen inputs as well as ground-level ozone.

Relocation of the Programme Co-ordinating Centre (PCC) from the Thünen Institute for World Forestry in Hamburg-Bergedorf to the Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems in Eberswalde

Publication of the book "Forest Monitoring. Methods for Terrestrial Investigations in Europe with an overview of North America and Asia (Elsevier, DENS, 12, 507 ps) authored and edited by the ICP Forests Community

Establishment of the Science Evaluation Committee (Scientific Committee from 2017 on) and launch of the ICP Forests Scientific Conferences

First complete revision and harmonization of the ICP Forests Manual as part of the FutMon project

FutMon (Further development and implementation of an EU-level Forest Monitoring System) with co-financing under the LIFE+ Regulation (EC) No. 614/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

BIOSOIL Demonstration Project under Regulation (EC) No 2152/2003 concerning the monitoring of forest and environmental interactions in the Community (Forest Focus). Field work takes place primarily in 2006 and 2007.

Regulation (EC) 804/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council: Extension of 3528/86 for one year.

Regulation (EC) 1484/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council: Extension of 3528/86 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3528/86 on the protection of the Community's forests against atmospheric pollution.

Transfer of responsibilities from the EC Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG Agri) to the EC DirectorateGeneral for the Environment (DG Env).

1st transmission of Level II data to the FIMCI

1st foliage survey on more than 1,395 Level I plots in 16 countries

1st soil survey on more than 5,000 Level I plots in 31 countries

1st report on the ICP Forests Needle/Leaf Interlaboratory Test 1993/94

Council Regulation 836/94: Optional implementation of needle/leaf analyses in all EU Member States.

Council Regulation 1091/94: Establishment of permanent intensive monitoring plots (Level II).

Council Regulation 926/93: Mandatory implementation of a soil condition survey in all EU Member States.

1st joint report by the EU and ICP Forests

Joint reporting continued until 2003

1st report on the Health of Forests in the European Community 1987–1988

1st Forest Damage Report of ICP Forests

2nd Task Force Meeting in Freiburg, Germany

Adoption of the ICP Forests Manual

1st crown condition surveys in accordance with the ICP Forests Manual in 20 participating countries

Adoption of the Scheme on the Protection of Forests Against Atmospheric Pollution by the EU; Regulation (EEC) No 3528/86 as legal basis for the co-financing of relevant assessments.

Mandatory execution of annual crown condition surveys in all EU Member States.

Launch of ICP Forests at the 1st Task Force Meeting in Freiburg, Germany

Two Programme Co-ordinating Centres (PCC East and PCC West) are established in Prague and Hamburg, respectively. Start of the development of an ICP Forests Manual

Entry into force of the LRTAP Convention with the Executive Body (EB) as the governing body of the Convention, comprising representatives of the Parties to the Convention. The EB supervises the EMEP (European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme) Steering Body, the Working Group on Strategies and Review (WGSR), and the Working Group on Effects (WGE) with its later six International Cooperative Programmes (ICP Forests, ICP Integrated Monitoring, ICP Materials, ICP Modelling & Mapping, ICP Vegetation, ICP Waters), a Task Force on Health, and a Joint Expert Group on Dynamic Modelling.

Adoption of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) at a high-level meeting within the framework of the  UNECE on the Protection of the Environment