European Forest Institute
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Research & policy support on forest-related issues. www.efi.int
Read the recap from our final Bigger Picture event of 2025 as we explored the topic of science communication with Welsh scientist, adventurer and film maker Huw James.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Read the recap from our final Bigger Picture event of 2025 as we explored the topic of science communication with Welsh scientist, adventurer and film maker Huw James.
🔗 efi.int/news/every-s...
🔗 efi.int/news/every-s...
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The upgraded #EUFGIS system now integrates enhanced data & smarter tools to support long-term monitoring of forest genetic resources in Europe.
A great effort led by @euforgen.bsky.social and @forgenius-eu.bsky.social with the support of many partners across Europe!
medforest.net/2025/11/18/m...
A great effort led by @euforgen.bsky.social and @forgenius-eu.bsky.social with the support of many partners across Europe!
medforest.net/2025/11/18/m...
Major upgrade launched for European Information System on Forest Genetic Resources - MedForest
Discover the renewed EUFGIS platform, now featuring enhanced functionalities, new environmental and genetic data and better tools for tracking forest genetic resources in Europe.
medforest.net
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The upgraded #EUFGIS system now integrates enhanced data & smarter tools to support long-term monitoring of forest genetic resources in Europe.
A great effort led by @euforgen.bsky.social and @forgenius-eu.bsky.social with the support of many partners across Europe!
medforest.net/2025/11/18/m...
A great effort led by @euforgen.bsky.social and @forgenius-eu.bsky.social with the support of many partners across Europe!
medforest.net/2025/11/18/m...
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🌍The #Mediterranean took centre stage at #COP30 as new findings confirmed it as a climate hotspot.
Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat (EFIMED) & Grammenos Mastrojeni ( @ufmsecretariat.bsky.social) highlighted rising risks, calling for coordinated regional action.
Read more: medforest.net/2025/11/19/c...
Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat (EFIMED) & Grammenos Mastrojeni ( @ufmsecretariat.bsky.social) highlighted rising risks, calling for coordinated regional action.
Read more: medforest.net/2025/11/19/c...
COP30: The Mediterranean is a climate hotspot, unveils latest scientific findings - MedForest
Scientists at COP30 warn the Mediterranean is a global climate hotspot facing rapid warming, water stress and rising seas. UfM, MedECC and EFIMED call for urgent, coordinated regional climate action.
medforest.net
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🌍The #Mediterranean took centre stage at #COP30 as new findings confirmed it as a climate hotspot.
Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat (EFIMED) & Grammenos Mastrojeni ( @ufmsecretariat.bsky.social) highlighted rising risks, calling for coordinated regional action.
Read more: medforest.net/2025/11/19/c...
Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat (EFIMED) & Grammenos Mastrojeni ( @ufmsecretariat.bsky.social) highlighted rising risks, calling for coordinated regional action.
Read more: medforest.net/2025/11/19/c...
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Policy Lab 3 kicks off in Berlin 🇩🇪 with project coordinator Dr Hans Verkerk (@efieuropeanforest.bsky.social) presenting ForestPaths and its key results!
More info on the project: forestpaths.eu
Details on previous Policy Labs: forestpaths.eu/policy-labs
More info on the project: forestpaths.eu
Details on previous Policy Labs: forestpaths.eu/policy-labs
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Policy Lab 3 kicks off in Berlin 🇩🇪 with project coordinator Dr Hans Verkerk (@efieuropeanforest.bsky.social) presenting ForestPaths and its key results!
More info on the project: forestpaths.eu
Details on previous Policy Labs: forestpaths.eu/policy-labs
More info on the project: forestpaths.eu
Details on previous Policy Labs: forestpaths.eu/policy-labs
Join us at #COP30 in Belém, Brazil!
We are happy to invite you to the side-event “Building partnerships and solutions for deforestation-free value chains”!
📅 19 November 2025
📍 French Pavilion (Blue Zone), COP30, Belém, Brazil
⏰ 11:30
We are happy to invite you to the side-event “Building partnerships and solutions for deforestation-free value chains”!
📅 19 November 2025
📍 French Pavilion (Blue Zone), COP30, Belém, Brazil
⏰ 11:30
November 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Join us at #COP30 in Belém, Brazil!
We are happy to invite you to the side-event “Building partnerships and solutions for deforestation-free value chains”!
📅 19 November 2025
📍 French Pavilion (Blue Zone), COP30, Belém, Brazil
⏰ 11:30
We are happy to invite you to the side-event “Building partnerships and solutions for deforestation-free value chains”!
📅 19 November 2025
📍 French Pavilion (Blue Zone), COP30, Belém, Brazil
⏰ 11:30
📹 Our latest #ThinkForest webinar is now available as a recording. We looked into the topic "From nature restoration to national restoration plans – What support can the latest science offer?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwVk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwVk...
ThinkForest Webinar - From Nature Restoration to National Restoration Plans
YouTube video by European Forest Institute
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November 17, 2025 at 6:34 AM
📹 Our latest #ThinkForest webinar is now available as a recording. We looked into the topic "From nature restoration to national restoration plans – What support can the latest science offer?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwVk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwVk...
You still have time to sign up for the webinar 'How horizon scanning shapes the forest bioeconomy' on 17 November at 14 CET.
Join to explore how horizon scanning can inform strategic management, develop research agendas, and guide scientific research.
Register here: forhorizonweb1.eventbrite.fi
Join to explore how horizon scanning can inform strategic management, develop research agendas, and guide scientific research.
Register here: forhorizonweb1.eventbrite.fi
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
You still have time to sign up for the webinar 'How horizon scanning shapes the forest bioeconomy' on 17 November at 14 CET.
Join to explore how horizon scanning can inform strategic management, develop research agendas, and guide scientific research.
Register here: forhorizonweb1.eventbrite.fi
Join to explore how horizon scanning can inform strategic management, develop research agendas, and guide scientific research.
Register here: forhorizonweb1.eventbrite.fi
Do you know what the Genetic Conservation Unit (GCU) network is? If not, check out the latest addition to our "What is" series!
🔗 efi.int/sites/defaul...
@amfarsakoglou.bsky.social @euforgen.bsky.social
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@amfarsakoglou.bsky.social @euforgen.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Do you know what the Genetic Conservation Unit (GCU) network is? If not, check out the latest addition to our "What is" series!
🔗 efi.int/sites/defaul...
@amfarsakoglou.bsky.social @euforgen.bsky.social
🔗 efi.int/sites/defaul...
@amfarsakoglou.bsky.social @euforgen.bsky.social
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#ForestSoils are more than dirt beneath our feet: they regulate water, store carbon, & support #biodiversity 🌱
On 18 November, the #HoliSoils Webinar Series continues with a session dedicated to understanding & mapping forest soils across Europe!
Sign up now ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...
On 18 November, the #HoliSoils Webinar Series continues with a session dedicated to understanding & mapping forest soils across Europe!
Sign up now ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...
HoliSoils Webinar Series - Introductory lecture on forest soils, monitoring and mapping - HoliSoils
Don’t miss the HoliSoils webinar on 22 October (14:00–15:00 CEST) on monitoring forest soil biodiversity, ecosystem resilience, and microbial responses to management.
holisoils.eu
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
#ForestSoils are more than dirt beneath our feet: they regulate water, store carbon, & support #biodiversity 🌱
On 18 November, the #HoliSoils Webinar Series continues with a session dedicated to understanding & mapping forest soils across Europe!
Sign up now ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...
On 18 November, the #HoliSoils Webinar Series continues with a session dedicated to understanding & mapping forest soils across Europe!
Sign up now ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...
The Forest Information System for Europe (FISE) is an entry point for data, information and knowledge on European forests – gathered or derived through key forest-related policy drivers. EFI and @w-u-r.bsky.social have been working on updating the site!
🔗 Explore the website: forest.eea.europa.eu
🔗 Explore the website: forest.eea.europa.eu
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Forest Information System for Europe (FISE) is an entry point for data, information and knowledge on European forests – gathered or derived through key forest-related policy drivers. EFI and @w-u-r.bsky.social have been working on updating the site!
🔗 Explore the website: forest.eea.europa.eu
🔗 Explore the website: forest.eea.europa.eu
Our new forest questions shares insights by Moses Kazungu and Marcel Hunziker from @wslresearch.bsky.social as they set out to ask what do people in 12 European countries think about forest restoration. The work was done within #SUPERB project.
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🔗 efi.int/forestquesti...
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Our new forest questions shares insights by Moses Kazungu and Marcel Hunziker from @wslresearch.bsky.social as they set out to ask what do people in 12 European countries think about forest restoration. The work was done within #SUPERB project.
🔗 efi.int/forestquesti...
🔗 efi.int/forestquesti...
How can genuine dialogue about forests succeed?
This question became the starting point for a new guide “Forest Dialogues”, developed at EFI together with colleagues from the Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg (FVA). The full story ⬇️
resilience-blog.com/2025/10/29/f...
This question became the starting point for a new guide “Forest Dialogues”, developed at EFI together with colleagues from the Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg (FVA). The full story ⬇️
resilience-blog.com/2025/10/29/f...
Forests Dialogues – Our guideline to genuine exchange and the path toward it - Resilience Blog
How can genuine dialogue about forests succeed? This question stood at the beginning of our project and became the starting point for our new guide
resilience-blog.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 AM
How can genuine dialogue about forests succeed?
This question became the starting point for a new guide “Forest Dialogues”, developed at EFI together with colleagues from the Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg (FVA). The full story ⬇️
resilience-blog.com/2025/10/29/f...
This question became the starting point for a new guide “Forest Dialogues”, developed at EFI together with colleagues from the Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg (FVA). The full story ⬇️
resilience-blog.com/2025/10/29/f...
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On 17 November, join the European Forest Institute and the University of Eastern Finland for the horizon scanning webinar 'How horizon scanning shapes the forest bioeconomy'. 📣
🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.fi/e/how-horizo...
#HorizonScanning #webinar #bioeconomy
🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.fi/e/how-horizo...
#HorizonScanning #webinar #bioeconomy
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
On 17 November, join the European Forest Institute and the University of Eastern Finland for the horizon scanning webinar 'How horizon scanning shapes the forest bioeconomy'. 📣
🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.fi/e/how-horizo...
#HorizonScanning #webinar #bioeconomy
🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.fi/e/how-horizo...
#HorizonScanning #webinar #bioeconomy
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🌲🌳What do people think about #forest restoration in Europe? WSL researchers Marcel Hunziker and Moses Kazungu give answers in the “Key questions on forests” series by @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social 🌳🌲Read about their results at efi.int/forestquesti... #forestrestoration #socialsciences
📷 M. Bolliger
📷 M. Bolliger
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🌲🌳What do people think about #forest restoration in Europe? WSL researchers Marcel Hunziker and Moses Kazungu give answers in the “Key questions on forests” series by @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social 🌳🌲Read about their results at efi.int/forestquesti... #forestrestoration #socialsciences
📷 M. Bolliger
📷 M. Bolliger
What is genetic monitoring and is it important to forest(ry)?
As climate change and environmental pressures reshape our forests, understanding how tree populations adapt is more important than ever. This is where forest genetic monitoring comes in.
Read more: efi.int/forestquesti...
As climate change and environmental pressures reshape our forests, understanding how tree populations adapt is more important than ever. This is where forest genetic monitoring comes in.
Read more: efi.int/forestquesti...
November 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What is genetic monitoring and is it important to forest(ry)?
As climate change and environmental pressures reshape our forests, understanding how tree populations adapt is more important than ever. This is where forest genetic monitoring comes in.
Read more: efi.int/forestquesti...
As climate change and environmental pressures reshape our forests, understanding how tree populations adapt is more important than ever. This is where forest genetic monitoring comes in.
Read more: efi.int/forestquesti...
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One year after the 2024 #DANA floods in #Valencia, recovery is still underway. EFI researcher Cecilia Fraccaroli explores how towns are rebuilding & how nature-based solutions can strengthen resilience to future floods.
Read more: medforest.net/2025/10/29/b...
#FloodResilience #ClimateAdaptation
Read more: medforest.net/2025/10/29/b...
#FloodResilience #ClimateAdaptation
Between rubble and riverbeds: Rebuilding after the DANA floods in Valencia - MedForest
EFI researcher Cecilia Fraccaroli revisits Valencian towns one year after the 2024 floods, exploring recovery efforts and the role of nature-based solutions in building resilience.
medforest.net
October 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
One year after the 2024 #DANA floods in #Valencia, recovery is still underway. EFI researcher Cecilia Fraccaroli explores how towns are rebuilding & how nature-based solutions can strengthen resilience to future floods.
Read more: medforest.net/2025/10/29/b...
#FloodResilience #ClimateAdaptation
Read more: medforest.net/2025/10/29/b...
#FloodResilience #ClimateAdaptation
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🎙️ New #ForestChats episode!
Dr. Hans Verkerk (EFI) & Dr. Alba Viana Soto (TUM) talk about the Next-Gen Forest Disturbance Atlas, which uses AI & satellites to track fires, storms, pests & harvesting across Europe’s forests. 🌲
🎧 Listen on Spotify, YouTube & more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...
Dr. Hans Verkerk (EFI) & Dr. Alba Viana Soto (TUM) talk about the Next-Gen Forest Disturbance Atlas, which uses AI & satellites to track fires, storms, pests & harvesting across Europe’s forests. 🌲
🎧 Listen on Spotify, YouTube & more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎙️ New #ForestChats episode!
Dr. Hans Verkerk (EFI) & Dr. Alba Viana Soto (TUM) talk about the Next-Gen Forest Disturbance Atlas, which uses AI & satellites to track fires, storms, pests & harvesting across Europe’s forests. 🌲
🎧 Listen on Spotify, YouTube & more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...
Dr. Hans Verkerk (EFI) & Dr. Alba Viana Soto (TUM) talk about the Next-Gen Forest Disturbance Atlas, which uses AI & satellites to track fires, storms, pests & harvesting across Europe’s forests. 🌲
🎧 Listen on Spotify, YouTube & more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...
How do windstorms affect forests in Europe?
In the latest addition to our Key Questions on Forests series, @drtomlocatelli.bsky.social from @forestresearchuk.bsky.social explores the complex impacts of windstorms on forests.
🔗 efi.int/forestquesti...
In the latest addition to our Key Questions on Forests series, @drtomlocatelli.bsky.social from @forestresearchuk.bsky.social explores the complex impacts of windstorms on forests.
🔗 efi.int/forestquesti...
October 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
How do windstorms affect forests in Europe?
In the latest addition to our Key Questions on Forests series, @drtomlocatelli.bsky.social from @forestresearchuk.bsky.social explores the complex impacts of windstorms on forests.
🔗 efi.int/forestquesti...
In the latest addition to our Key Questions on Forests series, @drtomlocatelli.bsky.social from @forestresearchuk.bsky.social explores the complex impacts of windstorms on forests.
🔗 efi.int/forestquesti...
Join Huw James, Science Presenter, Adventurer and Content Creator from Wales, UK, as he explores how storytelling transforms research into resonance - bridging the gap between knowing and understanding.
📆19 November 2025
⏰ 10-11 am CET
📍online
www.eventbrite.fi/e/the-voice-...
📆19 November 2025
⏰ 10-11 am CET
📍online
www.eventbrite.fi/e/the-voice-...
October 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Join Huw James, Science Presenter, Adventurer and Content Creator from Wales, UK, as he explores how storytelling transforms research into resonance - bridging the gap between knowing and understanding.
📆19 November 2025
⏰ 10-11 am CET
📍online
www.eventbrite.fi/e/the-voice-...
📆19 November 2025
⏰ 10-11 am CET
📍online
www.eventbrite.fi/e/the-voice-...
Are you a creative based in Europe? 🎨
Join the REWRITE + WILDCARD art initiative exploring #rewilding and renewal through art, photography, and film.
No experience needed — just creativity & vision.
Submit your work wildcard-project.eu/rewilding-th...
#OpenCall #ArtForNature #HorizonEurope
Join the REWRITE + WILDCARD art initiative exploring #rewilding and renewal through art, photography, and film.
No experience needed — just creativity & vision.
Submit your work wildcard-project.eu/rewilding-th...
#OpenCall #ArtForNature #HorizonEurope
October 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Are you a creative based in Europe? 🎨
Join the REWRITE + WILDCARD art initiative exploring #rewilding and renewal through art, photography, and film.
No experience needed — just creativity & vision.
Submit your work wildcard-project.eu/rewilding-th...
#OpenCall #ArtForNature #HorizonEurope
Join the REWRITE + WILDCARD art initiative exploring #rewilding and renewal through art, photography, and film.
No experience needed — just creativity & vision.
Submit your work wildcard-project.eu/rewilding-th...
#OpenCall #ArtForNature #HorizonEurope
Forest research is inherently future-oriented by the models and scenarios we work, as well as the forest governance related questions. But how do governments prepare for the future? 🔭 In a new article, Päivi Pelli (EFI) discovers how Finland looks ahead.
🔗 biogateway.efi.int/wild-cards-a...
🔗 biogateway.efi.int/wild-cards-a...
Wild cards are here: forget plain future outlooks, time to rethink horizon scanning - The EFI BioGateway
What are wild cards in horizon scanning? Find out how Finland is preparing for the future.
biogateway.efi.int
October 23, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Forest research is inherently future-oriented by the models and scenarios we work, as well as the forest governance related questions. But how do governments prepare for the future? 🔭 In a new article, Päivi Pelli (EFI) discovers how Finland looks ahead.
🔗 biogateway.efi.int/wild-cards-a...
🔗 biogateway.efi.int/wild-cards-a...
🌿 What does rewilding mean to you?
Join the #REWRITE & #WILDCARD call for creative works exploring nature’s renewal and our changing relationship with it.
Submit your art & be part of a Europe-wide exhibition.
🗓️ Open till 30 Nov 2025
🔗 wildcard-project.eu/rewilding-th...
#RewildingArt #OpenCall
Join the #REWRITE & #WILDCARD call for creative works exploring nature’s renewal and our changing relationship with it.
Submit your art & be part of a Europe-wide exhibition.
🗓️ Open till 30 Nov 2025
🔗 wildcard-project.eu/rewilding-th...
#RewildingArt #OpenCall
“Rewilding through Art” Open Call - Wildcard
Revealing the contribution of rewilding to the EU's climate and biodiversity goals
wildcard-project.eu
October 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🌿 What does rewilding mean to you?
Join the #REWRITE & #WILDCARD call for creative works exploring nature’s renewal and our changing relationship with it.
Submit your art & be part of a Europe-wide exhibition.
🗓️ Open till 30 Nov 2025
🔗 wildcard-project.eu/rewilding-th...
#RewildingArt #OpenCall
Join the #REWRITE & #WILDCARD call for creative works exploring nature’s renewal and our changing relationship with it.
Submit your art & be part of a Europe-wide exhibition.
🗓️ Open till 30 Nov 2025
🔗 wildcard-project.eu/rewilding-th...
#RewildingArt #OpenCall
📣EUFORE project just launched its Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) setting out a long-term framework for research and innovation to strengthen the resilience, sustainability and multifunctionality of Europe’s forests and forest-based sector.
Download it here: doi.org/10.36333/rs12
Download it here: doi.org/10.36333/rs12
October 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
📣EUFORE project just launched its Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) setting out a long-term framework for research and innovation to strengthen the resilience, sustainability and multifunctionality of Europe’s forests and forest-based sector.
Download it here: doi.org/10.36333/rs12
Download it here: doi.org/10.36333/rs12
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📢Join the 5th webinar in a global webinar series on sustainable forest-based bioeconomy approaches: Building the future: Innovative wood solutions for carbon neutrality and sustainable bioeconomy.
🗓️ 20 October 2025
⏰ 15.00–16.30 UTC+2
Register here: 🔗 ow.ly/qjZc50X9yVW
@fao.org
🗓️ 20 October 2025
⏰ 15.00–16.30 UTC+2
Register here: 🔗 ow.ly/qjZc50X9yVW
@fao.org
October 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
📢Join the 5th webinar in a global webinar series on sustainable forest-based bioeconomy approaches: Building the future: Innovative wood solutions for carbon neutrality and sustainable bioeconomy.
🗓️ 20 October 2025
⏰ 15.00–16.30 UTC+2
Register here: 🔗 ow.ly/qjZc50X9yVW
@fao.org
🗓️ 20 October 2025
⏰ 15.00–16.30 UTC+2
Register here: 🔗 ow.ly/qjZc50X9yVW
@fao.org
Our #ThinkForest webinar on "From nature restoration to national restoration plans – What support can the latest science offer?" brings you a talk on forward-looking forest restoration with lessons from SUPERB project, followed a lively panel discussion!
More ⬇️
www.eventbrite.fi/e/thinkfores...
More ⬇️
www.eventbrite.fi/e/thinkfores...
ThinkForest Webinar - From Nature Restoration to National Restoration Plans
From nature restoration to national restoration plans – What support can the latest science offer?
www.eventbrite.fi
October 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Our #ThinkForest webinar on "From nature restoration to national restoration plans – What support can the latest science offer?" brings you a talk on forward-looking forest restoration with lessons from SUPERB project, followed a lively panel discussion!
More ⬇️
www.eventbrite.fi/e/thinkfores...
More ⬇️
www.eventbrite.fi/e/thinkfores...