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Following its roll-out on the EurekAlert! and AlphaGalileo platforms, the most recent press release of ForestPaths has now been published by WIT News as well. This has once again placed the project’s new policy brief and the third output in the ForestPaths Features series in the spotlight. As previously reported, the document provides a comprehensive overview surrounding the effects of climate and biodiversity policies on forests and wood use in Europe. WIT...

A call for grants has recently been made public by fellow EU-funded research project FORWARDS. The call targets activities related to charting the disturbances apparent in European forests.  This latest opportunity relates to the project’s stated aim to develop the ForestWard Observatory, which will serve as a resource hub for decision-makers as they seek better understanding of the effects forests can have on climate change. Naturally, any...

The latest edition of the newsletter penned by the European Forest Institute’s Mediterranean Facility (EFIMED) is out, with ForestPaths once again in the spotlight on its pages. Among the Facility’s most recent insights into the world of agroforestry, the project’s line-up of key events for fall 2024 was featured. More specifically, a section was dedicated to the ForestPaths Policy Lab that took place in September 2024 and fostered a discussion...

MoniFun, a fellow project financed via the EU’s Horizon Europe programme, has set out to establish a network of actors involved or interested in the forestry sector. This effort is complementary to the initiative’s core objective - crafting a blueprint for a comprehensive European Forest Multifunctionality Monitoring System (EFMMS). This framework is meant to ultimately help tackle the stress factors affecting Europe’s forests as a result of climate...

A fellow Horizon Europe project in the domain of forest management, OptFor-EU brings together 16 organisations from 9 countries for a four-year endeavour. Its focus is increasing forest resilience for more effective climate mitigation via improved practices and ecosystem services provision. As with previous editions, the initiative’s latest newsletter featured a section on associated projects, highlighting their progress. This time, ForestPaths...

For more than three decades, the European Forest Institute (EFI) has been a leader in research efforts related to forestry governance and conservation. Its Mediterranean Facility (EFIMED) contributes to this mission via valuable scientific outputs concerning this key region. You can read all about its current work and upcoming initiatives in EFIMED’s latest newsletter.  Among the developments that the publication makes mention...

With autumn arriving, so does ForestPaths' fourth issue of its bi-annual e-newsletter, containing the latest updates from the project. Here’s what you can find: ForestPaths' attendance at IUFRO 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden; The upcoming second Policy Lab happening in Varese, Italy; ForestPaths Features #3 - a policy brief analysing how current climate change and biodiversity policies influence European forests and wood...

As ForestPaths wraps up its time at the 2024 International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) in Stockholm, we’re excited to conclude our #ForestPathsIUFROinterviews social media campaign. The aim of the campaign was to showcase project partners' results and insights that they presented throughout the conference. Our interviews featured partners, such as Sara Uzquiano who discussed Climate and Biodiversity-Smart forestry, Annemarie...

On 1 September 2024, ForestPaths celebrated its second anniversary, marking another year of helping to meet Europe’s climate and biodiversity targets by providing clear policy options that enable European forests and the forest-based sector to contribute to climate change mitigation while conserving their biodiversity and sustaining the services they provide to people. Highlights from the past year include:  Concluded ForestPaths’...

Our #ForestPathsFaces social media campaign has officially ended. The campaign focused on showcasing the expertise, roles and impactful work of the professionals within the ForestPaths consortium.  The campaign featured diverse project members with insights from across various fields like forestry, climate science, remote sensing and environmental management. By highlighting the knowledge and experience these experts bring to the project,...

ForestPaths partner Cleo Orfanidou, representing the European Forest Institute (EFI), won the ‘Best Poster Award’ in Division 5 - Forest Products - for her poster on ‘Next-generation carbon stock and stock change modelling in wood use: towards contributing to climate change mitigation pathways’ during the 26th IUFRO conference in Stockholm, Sweden. The 26th International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) conference took place between...

ForestPaths partner, Dr Diana Feliciano was featured in Publico – a popular Portuguese daily newspaper – assessing the ineffectiveness of intensive agriculture in Alentejo and highlighting the unfulfilled promises of the Alqueva dam project and its impact on local farmers and development. In her article, Diana analyses the ongoing inefficacy of intensive agriculture in Alentejo, focusing particularly on the Alqueva dam project. She recalls how,...