FutMon (www.FutMon.org) is a 2 years LIFE+ project (2009-2010) establishing a long term monitoring system on the health of European Forests.
The aim of FutMon is the establishment of a pan-European forest monitoring system which can serve as a basis for the provision of policy relevant information on forests in the European Union as required under international obligations and key action 8 of the Forest Action Plan (COM 2006 final).
Moreover the Project aims to improve the monitoring through the integration and the harmonization of National Inventories and Monitoring grids (Lev. 1 and 2) of the involved European Countries.
FutMon, coordinated by the German research institute vTI (www.vti.bund.de), is carried out by 38 beneficiaries from nearly all EU-Member States.

Italian Associated beneficiaries:
1. Corpo Forestale dello Stato - CONECOFOR;
2. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR);
3. Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura (CRA).