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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...

This press release has been published by EurekAlert! and AlphaGalileo.   To support its objective of advancing forest management practices in Europe with a focus on climate and biodiversity, the EU-funded ForestPaths project has published a new feature examining the current landscape of policies in the sector. At a time when both environmental challenges and the measures addressing them are growing in scope and complexity, navigating...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...