• the building of capacities for the coordination of harmonised
   forest monitoring, using synergies by linking existing and new
   monitoring mechanisms at the national, regional and Community
   level;

• the collection of quantitative and qualitative forest data related
   to climate change, air pollution, biodiversity, and forest condition
   as a possible contribution to the European Forest Data Centre
   (EFDAC) of the European Commission (EC) as well as for
   dissemination to other authorised stakeholders;

• the contribution of information needed for sustainable forest
   management in the form of data related to the improved pan-
   European Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management as
   adopted by the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of
   Forests in Europe (MCPFE);

• the provision of the network to other projects also aiming at
   meeting information needs of EC;

• the scientific analysis of data and the provision of respective
   reports focusing on forest conditions and forest soil conditions in
   relation to air pollution, climate change, carbon sequestration,
   and biodiversity.