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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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...