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November 2024 saw the INTERCEDE project’s first stakeholder forum in the city of Brussels and featured a presentation by ForestPaths WP1 lead Professor Diana Feliciano from Teesside University. The initial instalment of the Transdisciplinary Forum (TDF) format brings researchers and end-users together in an attempt to enable a knowledge exchange benefitting the future of forests. Professor Feliciano’s presentation covered the importance of a transdisciplinary...

Thomas Pugh, senior lecturer at Lund University and ForestPaths partner, presented some crucial outputs from the project at a recent workshop organised by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). Founded in 1980, this international organisation has been at the forefront when it comes to the advancement of climate science. A testament to this is the WCRP’s provision of vital research data in the context of crucial global pacts like the Paris Agreement,...

As part of its efforts to guarantee the quality and relevance of its outputs, the ForestPaths project is committed to consistent and comprehensive communication with forest stakeholders via the Policy Enagement Forum format. The Prospex Institute, a partner in the consortium behind the project, is organising the next dedicated event in this series on 21 November 2024.  The online Forum, which will take place via the Zoom platform, will focus...

This press release has originally been published by EurekAlert! and AlphaGalileo.  The Horizon Europe project ForestPaths hosted its second Policy Lab, gathering stakeholders to share their key visions for the future of forests and the forest-based sector by 2050 while also identifying the policy actions necessary to achieve them. ForestPaths held its second Policy Lab in Varese, Italy, from 23-25 September 2024, bringing together a diverse...

Bw_timex, an open-source Python tool for advanced Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)  co-created in the ForestPaths project, was presented at the annual Brightcon event that took place in Hamburg, Germany between the 23rd and 27th of September. The conference is a forum for experts involved with the open-source framework for Brightway. One of the conference’s unique features is that all presentations are interactive and open-source, allowing for an...

ForestPaths’ Annual General Meeting took place on 25-27 September in Varese, Italy, bringing together experts from the project’s 16 partner organisations and providing a platform for sharing major project achievements and planning of the next steps in the project. The meeting was opened by project coordinator Dr Hans Verkerk who highlighted numerous achievements since the previous annual meeting in Finland. Some of these achievements include:  Climate...

September 2024 saw ForestPaths’ participation at the annual ForestSAT conference on the use of remote sensing for forest ecosystem monitoring and management. At this year’s edition in Rotorua, New Zealand, ForestPath partner Dr. Alba Viana-Soto of the Technical University of Munich made a presentation titled: “The European Forest Disturbance Atlas: towards an operational monitoring of forest dynamics using the Landsat archive”. Dr....

To commemorate ForestPaths’ time at the 2024 International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) in Stockholm, Sweden, we have interviewed some of the project partners who presented their latest results and findings during the conference.  From Climate and Biodiversity-Smart options to different models and tools, find out more about ForestPaths’ progress towards climate change mitigation and forest-based policy pathways by staying...

On 23 May 2024, ForestPaths showcased its latest development, the European Forest Disturbance Atlas (EFDA), at the Joint Research Centre LULUCF workshop. This significant contribution was part of a special session focused on forest monitoring within EU-funded projects. The EFDA, created in collaboration with the Technical University of Munich, now spans from 1985 to 2023 and covers 38 European countries. This extended time frame and the introduction...

The 26th International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) conference took place between 23-29 June 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden, with the theme “Forests & Society towards 2050”. The conference brought together 4271 participants from 102 countries, amassing more than 3,500 presentations and 70+ showcases of innovations and tools. ForestPaths had the opportunity to participate in IUFRO through a booth where we could connect with like-minded...

A series of ForestPaths demo case workshops across Europe has highlighted diverse strategies for Climate and Biodiversity-Smart (CBS) forestry. These workshops underscored the collective effort to address climate change impacts while promoting sustainable forest management. In Italy, partners CMCC, TEES, and EFI collaborated with local authorities to engage 23 participants in discussing mitigation strategies for Sardinia's Quercus forests. Emphasis...

IUFRO, a non-profit international network of over 15,000 forest scientists from nearly 700 organisations in 110+ countries, promotes global forest research cooperation and understanding of forests' ecological, economic, and social aspects. The 26th IUFRO World Congress will be held in Stockholm from 23-29 June 2024, bringing together policymakers, scientists and practitioners to network, learn about the latest research and discuss sustainable forest...