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Europe’s forests are under a silent, invisible attack and most people never see it coming.

This science-based explainer reveals how invasive forest pathogens are spreading across Europe, why their spread has accelerated in recent decades, and what global trade, environmental diversity, and human activity have to do with the growing forest disease crisis.

🦠 **What’s really happening in Europe’s forests?
Tiny, microscopic organisms, fungi and fungus-like pathogens are moving across continents through human trade networks. When they arrive in new regions, native trees often have no natural defenses, leading to widespread disease, dieback, and forest loss.

🌍 Why this matters
Europe’s forests are essential for biodiversity, climate regulation, carbon storage, and livelihoods. Invasive forest diseases already cost billions of euros annually, and the true cost is likely far higher.

🔬 *Scientific basis*
This video is based on large-scale ecological research published in *New Phytologist*, analyzing historical invasion data, trade pathways, pathogen biology, and environmental drivers of forest disease spread across Europe.

🌲 Forest diseases don’t arrive with sirens, they arrive quietly.
Understanding the science behind them is the first step toward protecting what remains.

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🎬 Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
0:53 What are invasive forest pathogens (IFPs)
1:35 Why invasive tree diseases have increased exponentially since the 1980s
2:05 How global plant trade acts as a major pathway for pathogen spread
3:18 Which European regions are most affected — and why
4:39 The difference between specialist and generalist forest pathogens
5:15 Why modern forest diseases are more lethal than those in the past
5:48 Why **prevention**, not eradication, is the only effective solution
6:25 Final question

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