Over the past seven years, the European Network of Forest Extension Organisations (FOREXT) has been developing as a capacity-building hub for private forest owners that can offer expert advice and support. In practical terms, the Network’s activities thus revolve around “the exchange of knowledge, experience, expertise, best practices and developing and implementing relevant European projects”. In this context, ForestPaths was singled out as an initiative...

The end of July saw the publication of the latest newsletter issue of the European Forest Institute’s Mediterranean Facility (EFIMED). As with previous editions, attention was afforded to various dimensions in forestry, including research outputs, governance developments and innovative solutions. More specifically, emphasis was placed on the topics of soil health, fire resilience and sustainable land management. An important ForestPaths showcase...

The collaboration between sister projects ForestNavigator, ForestPaths and PathFinder was featured in the latest newsletter of another fellow Horizon Europe initiative, INFORMA. Its focus lies in connecting forestry stakeholders at the intersection between technological innovation and participatory formats. This is meant to pave the way towards improved management approaches that can support and enhance the climate mitigation potential of forest ecosystems.  In...

The Mediterranean Facility (EFIMED) of the European Forest Institute recently released the first summer edition of its newsletter for 2025. Among the multitude of highlights dedicated to forestry research from around Europe, this issue also afforded the spotlight to a number of ForestPaths milestones from the past few months. On the one hand, the project's leading role in the authoring of a new paper, a collaborative venture with fellow Horizon...

ForestPaths researchers headed a team of six authors in the publication of a new scientific paper that was published in the Global Change Biology Journal. The study is titled “A Global Assessment of Plant and Animal Community Responses to Forest Management Over Time” and was collaboratively drafted by representatives of three institutions - the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), Wageningen Environmental...

The Forest Talks webinar series is co-organised by the ForestNavigator, ForestPaths, and PathFinder projects. These three projects, funded by Horizon Europe, aim to co-design policy pathways for European forests that support climate, biodiversity and bioeconomy goals. The three projects develop complementary policy pathways to achieve this goal. The webinar series shows how the projects provide the scientific foundations...

The end of May saw the publication of the most recent newsletter by the Mediterranean Facility of the European Forest Institute (EFIMED). As with previous issues, it highlights a variety of notable developments from across forestry initiatives and research efforts in Europe. In this context, EFIMED shared news of the ongoing synergy between ForestPaths and its sister projects ForestNavigator and PathFinder. The spotlight was specifically afforded...

This press release has been published by EurekAlert! and AlphaGalileo.  Forests play an essential role in mitigating climate change and conserving biodiversity. As Europe moves forward on its climate and sustainability journey, it is crucial that forest-related policies and management practices evolve to fully support these goals. This is the shared objective of three Horizon Europe projects — ForestNavigator, ForestPaths...

In the autumn of 2024, ForestPaths researchers from Lund University met with representatives of the IKEA corporation in Lund. The purpose of the visit was a showcase of ForestPaths findings and methodologies with relevance to the work of the company. In this sense, a dialogue on useful practices in forest management and monitoring was established. More specifically, the conversation zeroed in on the models deployed as part of the project’s efforts...

Forests are crucial for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. As the future of forests is being charted, it is essential that European policy and management practices support and enhance this vital function. That is the objective the Horizon Europe projects ForestNavigator, ForestPaths and PathFinder have set for themselves, having embarked on a multi-year journey of research and collaboration. A new infographic,...

Last year, ForestPaths partners from the European Forest Institute (EFI) and the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) collaborated with the Finnish Forest Centre on a group interview with forest owners from the Nordic country. Held in conjunction with field visits in the Punkaharju region, the piece explored attitudes to forest management at a time when climate change challenges are making their presence increasingly felt. Forest owners Aulis,...

Last week, marked the successful start of the new joint webinar series, #ForestTalks, organised by PathFinder, ForestNavigator and ForestPaths. The webinar, “Towards a Common European Forest Monitoring System”, addressed the new forest monitoring regulation and discussed which data and methods are available for forest monitoring, and how information from a European forest monitoring system can be used for policy support. It was held on 30 April 2024,...