Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social
Forest scientist at European Forest Institute, Bonn, Germany
Head of Resilience programme
Social-ecological resilience, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, Sustainability, Forestry, Carbon Cycle, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity
Head of Resilience programme
Social-ecological resilience, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, Sustainability, Forestry, Carbon Cycle, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity
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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...
Excellent resource!
🌲 The European Forest Disturbance Atlas by ForestPaths is now on Forest Information Systems for Europe!
Using Landsat data (1985–2023), the maps track fires, storms, bark beetles & harvesting across 38 countries — open-source & updated annually.
🔗 Explore more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...
Using Landsat data (1985–2023), the maps track fires, storms, bark beetles & harvesting across 38 countries — open-source & updated annually.
🔗 Explore more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...
ForestPaths disturbance maps now available on FISE
With ForestPaths releasing the European Forest Disturbance Atlas - a dataset of annual forest disturbance maps across 38 European countries - it is also now featured on the Forest Information System f...
forestpaths.eu
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Excellent resource!
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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
Geospatial data from the Integrate Network Database (270 marteloscope sites in 27 European countries with more than 100,000 recorded trees) can now be accessed through an interactive map.
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New features on interactive map reveal forest complexity: European-wide tool launches to help navigate geospatial data from the Integrate Network Database - Resilience Blog
Marteloscopes are a key tool of the Integrate Network Multi-Donor-Trust-Fund. Since the start of Integrate + in 2013, the network’s forerunner project*, this didactic training…
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October 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Geospatial data from the Integrate Network Database (270 marteloscope sites in 27 European countries with more than 100,000 recorded trees) can now be accessed through an interactive map.
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New paper in Nature Climate Change! What are the costs of increasing disturbances? Find out in this amazing contribution by @johannesmohr.bsky.social! Great to see this out and congrats Johannes on such a nice first PhD paper! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rising cost of disturbances for forestry in Europe under climate change - Nature Climate Change
Climate change will raise the severity and frequency of forest disturbance, damaging the economic value of timber. Researchers show Europe’s timber-based forestry could lose up to €247 billion, yet in...
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September 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New paper in Nature Climate Change! What are the costs of increasing disturbances? Find out in this amazing contribution by @johannesmohr.bsky.social! Great to see this out and congrats Johannes on such a nice first PhD paper! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Connecting recreational experience with knowledge on Integrative Forest Management. Nice blog post related to the #TRANSFORMIT project (transformforests.eu/about/)
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Jogging through the forests of our future: How Europe is headed towards Integrative Forest Management - Resilience Blog
Article written by Florian Schnabel (University of Freiburg) I often go running in the hills surrounding Freiburg, Germany. The jogging trails stretch from the Rhine valley to…
resilience-blog.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Connecting recreational experience with knowledge on Integrative Forest Management. Nice blog post related to the #TRANSFORMIT project (transformforests.eu/about/)
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What happens when forests are valued not just for timber, but for clean water, biodiversity, and climate resilience? 🍃💧🦌
WWF Bulgaria , runs a pilot model for Payments for Ecosystem Services shows how nature can be part of the economic equation.
Full story: intercede-project.eu/payments_fes...
WWF Bulgaria , runs a pilot model for Payments for Ecosystem Services shows how nature can be part of the economic equation.
Full story: intercede-project.eu/payments_fes...
Payments for ecosystem services transform forest management
Pilot project in the Western Stara Planina region demonstrates how Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) can transform forest management
intercede-project.eu
August 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
What happens when forests are valued not just for timber, but for clean water, biodiversity, and climate resilience? 🍃💧🦌
WWF Bulgaria , runs a pilot model for Payments for Ecosystem Services shows how nature can be part of the economic equation.
Full story: intercede-project.eu/payments_fes...
WWF Bulgaria , runs a pilot model for Payments for Ecosystem Services shows how nature can be part of the economic equation.
Full story: intercede-project.eu/payments_fes...
very interesting study! Vaia is such a prominent wind storm case study. Very much appreciate that ungulate browsing was studied so widely, as forest resilience of the future stand will be strongly affected by high ungulate densities!
Five years after VAIA:
– Norway spruce dominates regeneration (67%), but only 26% of plots meet targets.
– Browsing affects 25% of seedlings, especially Rowan, Willow, and Silver fir.
Management should promote species diversity and control browsing.
doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
– Norway spruce dominates regeneration (67%), but only 26% of plots meet targets.
– Browsing affects 25% of seedlings, especially Rowan, Willow, and Silver fir.
Management should promote species diversity and control browsing.
doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...
August 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
very interesting study! Vaia is such a prominent wind storm case study. Very much appreciate that ungulate browsing was studied so widely, as forest resilience of the future stand will be strongly affected by high ungulate densities!
Reposted by Marcus Lindner
Researchers identify five steps to successful nature restoration - the need for policy coherence & adequate financial support to make Nature Restoration happen is clear yet the Commission have proposed an MFF/CAP that seem to deliver neither
www.google.com/amp/s/phys.o...
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Researchers identify five steps to successful nature restoration
Many European ecosystems—whether it's forests, rivers, fields, or meadows—are in poor condition. Despite all conservation efforts, biodiversity continues to decline. However, experts are hopeful that ...
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July 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Researchers identify five steps to successful nature restoration - the need for policy coherence & adequate financial support to make Nature Restoration happen is clear yet the Commission have proposed an MFF/CAP that seem to deliver neither
www.google.com/amp/s/phys.o...
www.google.com/amp/s/phys.o...
We benefit a lot from exchanging experiences in disturbance prevention across borders. Alex and Lindon brought international practical experience to Germany and share this now with neighboring regions as well
Our senior experts Alexander Held and Lindon Pronto have been busy with supporting media in the wildfire fight. Below are some of the latest with Alex!
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Expert voices for urgent action: EFI supports media in the wildfire fight
For the last weeks, hundreds of emergency personnel from the fire brigade, THW (Technical Relief Agency), and the Bundeswehr (German Army) have been battling major wildfires in eastern Germany.In Thur...
efi.int
July 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
We benefit a lot from exchanging experiences in disturbance prevention across borders. Alex and Lindon brought international practical experience to Germany and share this now with neighboring regions as well
Reposted by Marcus Lindner
Recommended watch: In a talk at the recent TED Countdown Summit 2025 in Nairobi, former US vice-president Al Gore explained why the narrative of "climate realism” is a “myth”.
Why climate action is unstoppable — and "climate realism" is a myth
In this urgent and hard-hitting talk, Nobel Laureate Al Gore thoroughly dismantles the fossil fuel industry’s narrative of "climate realism," contrasting their misleading claims with the remarkable…
www.ted.com
July 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Recommended watch: In a talk at the recent TED Countdown Summit 2025 in Nairobi, former US vice-president Al Gore explained why the narrative of "climate realism” is a “myth”.
New paper: "Biodiversity Credits: An Overview of the Current State, Future Opportunities, and Potential Pitfalls", led by Sven Wunder, Cecilia Fraccaroli @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social and Sophus zu Ermgassen.
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June 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
New paper: "Biodiversity Credits: An Overview of the Current State, Future Opportunities, and Potential Pitfalls", led by Sven Wunder, Cecilia Fraccaroli @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social and Sophus zu Ermgassen.
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Import progress to assess wind damage risk. Useful resource for the FoRisk facility forisk.org
NEW ARTICLE OUT @forestecosyst.bsky.social
📰Large-scale modelling wind damage vulnerability through combination of high-resolution forest resources maps and ForestGALES www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📰Large-scale modelling wind damage vulnerability through combination of high-resolution forest resources maps and ForestGALES www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Import progress to assess wind damage risk. Useful resource for the FoRisk facility forisk.org
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🌱 The first pilot projects under the #ForwardsEU grant call have officially launched, marking a major milestone in climate impact forest monitoring and sparking new research to face the impact of climate change on EU forests.
🔗 Discover more about the launch: forwards-project.eu/launch-of-cl...
🔗 Discover more about the launch: forwards-project.eu/launch-of-cl...
Launch of climate impact forest monitoring pilot projects — Forwards
The inauguration of the first project financed by the FORWARDS calls for grants
forwards-project.eu
June 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🌱 The first pilot projects under the #ForwardsEU grant call have officially launched, marking a major milestone in climate impact forest monitoring and sparking new research to face the impact of climate change on EU forests.
🔗 Discover more about the launch: forwards-project.eu/launch-of-cl...
🔗 Discover more about the launch: forwards-project.eu/launch-of-cl...
Really interesting work. The network of dendrometer observations is increasing and it would be great if stress indications could be collected for improved stress monitoring
Normalized tree water deficit: an automated dendrometer signal to quantify drought stress in trees
Normalized tree water deficit: an automated dendrometer signal to quantify drought stress in trees
Trees often encounter periods of low soil water availability and high vapor pressure deficit, which induce drought stress and significantly impair their physiological functioning, growth, and surviv...
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June 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Really interesting work. The network of dendrometer observations is increasing and it would be great if stress indications could be collected for improved stress monitoring
The RESILIENCE learning modules are designed to be adopted in university courses.
1. Social-Ecological Resilience
2. Forest Ecosystem Resilience
3. Forest Value Chain Resilience
One module also targets education of professionals in the forest-based sector.
1. Social-Ecological Resilience
2. Forest Ecosystem Resilience
3. Forest Value Chain Resilience
One module also targets education of professionals in the forest-based sector.
🚨 RESONATE project's new #learning modules are designed with your needs in mind. From big-picture systems thinking to practical tools for fieldwork, these resources help you bring #resilience thinking into your daily work.
@marlind.bsky.social
Read more: resonateforest.org/new-resonate...
@marlind.bsky.social
Read more: resonateforest.org/new-resonate...
New RESONATE Learning Modules: Find Your Path to Forest Resilience -
What kind of resilience learner are you? Whether you’re a forest science student, policymaker-in-training, or forest industry professional looking to adapt to a changing world - RESONATE’s new learnin...
resonateforest.org
June 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The RESILIENCE learning modules are designed to be adopted in university courses.
1. Social-Ecological Resilience
2. Forest Ecosystem Resilience
3. Forest Value Chain Resilience
One module also targets education of professionals in the forest-based sector.
1. Social-Ecological Resilience
2. Forest Ecosystem Resilience
3. Forest Value Chain Resilience
One module also targets education of professionals in the forest-based sector.
Reposted by Marcus Lindner
🚨 RESONATE project's new #learning modules are designed with your needs in mind. From big-picture systems thinking to practical tools for fieldwork, these resources help you bring #resilience thinking into your daily work.
@marlind.bsky.social
Read more: resonateforest.org/new-resonate...
@marlind.bsky.social
Read more: resonateforest.org/new-resonate...
New RESONATE Learning Modules: Find Your Path to Forest Resilience -
What kind of resilience learner are you? Whether you’re a forest science student, policymaker-in-training, or forest industry professional looking to adapt to a changing world - RESONATE’s new learnin...
resonateforest.org
June 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
🚨 RESONATE project's new #learning modules are designed with your needs in mind. From big-picture systems thinking to practical tools for fieldwork, these resources help you bring #resilience thinking into your daily work.
@marlind.bsky.social
Read more: resonateforest.org/new-resonate...
@marlind.bsky.social
Read more: resonateforest.org/new-resonate...
Reposted by Marcus Lindner
Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) has roots in 17th-century European farm forestry, shaped by selective harvesting and individual tree management. Understanding its evolution aids global adaptation!
@forestecosyst.bsky.social
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@forestecosyst.bsky.social
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June 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) has roots in 17th-century European farm forestry, shaped by selective harvesting and individual tree management. Understanding its evolution aids global adaptation!
@forestecosyst.bsky.social
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@forestecosyst.bsky.social
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Nice info graphic on value of dead wood and intro to TRANSFORMIT project
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Not just dead wood: Why forests need their old and decaying trees - Transformit
If we ask you to think of a healthy forest, you might picture tall, straight trees, green canopies, and neat trails. But some of the most valuable parts of a
transformforests.eu
June 3, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Nice info graphic on value of dead wood and intro to TRANSFORMIT project
transformforests.eu/not-just-dea...
transformforests.eu/not-just-dea...
RESONATE research study explores how biodiversity and forest management affect resilience
resonateforest.org/fresh-off-th...
Pilar Hurtado et al. showed that biodiversity — especially forests with a mix of species and natural, non-planted areas — is the most important factor for resilience
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Pilar Hurtado et al. showed that biodiversity — especially forests with a mix of species and natural, non-planted areas — is the most important factor for resilience
Fresh off the press: research study explores how biodiversity and forest management affect resilience -
Climate change and other global pressures are putting forests at risk, making it crucial to find ways to help forests bounce back after disturbances. A new RESONATE study reviewed over 300 scientific ...
resonateforest.org
May 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
RESONATE research study explores how biodiversity and forest management affect resilience
resonateforest.org/fresh-off-th...
Pilar Hurtado et al. showed that biodiversity — especially forests with a mix of species and natural, non-planted areas — is the most important factor for resilience
resonateforest.org/fresh-off-th...
Pilar Hurtado et al. showed that biodiversity — especially forests with a mix of species and natural, non-planted areas — is the most important factor for resilience
climate relevant land use features: new paper lead by Marco Ferro, PhD student @unibonn.bsky.social #DETECT research cluster sfb1502.de, demonstrates the relevance of changes in both land cover composition and configuration for local climate: doi.org/10.1088/1748...
April 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
climate relevant land use features: new paper lead by Marco Ferro, PhD student @unibonn.bsky.social #DETECT research cluster sfb1502.de, demonstrates the relevance of changes in both land cover composition and configuration for local climate: doi.org/10.1088/1748...
thanks for posting! It was a good experience to share our central European lessons learnt with foresters in the UK to let them be better prepared for possible future disturbance events of similar nature
In 2018, a spruce bark beetle outbreak was reported in Kent, prompting concern among UK foresters about its possible spread. Here, we gave a talk with @marlind.bsky.social to nearly 200 Scotish foresters: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gsh...
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Tree-killing beetle found to be attracted to Britain’s most common spruce
Discovery of pest in UK raises fears for Sitka spruce, which accounts for half of country’s commercial plantations
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April 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
thanks for posting! It was a good experience to share our central European lessons learnt with foresters in the UK to let them be better prepared for possible future disturbance events of similar nature
Latest video from our RESONATE project on Building resilient wood value chains.
Social-ecological forest resilience goes beyond forest ecosystems and our forest value chains also need to adapt to climate change and increased disturbances
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1b0...
Social-ecological forest resilience goes beyond forest ecosystems and our forest value chains also need to adapt to climate change and increased disturbances
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1b0...
RESONATE: Building resilient wood value chains
YouTube video by European Forest Institute
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April 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Latest video from our RESONATE project on Building resilient wood value chains.
Social-ecological forest resilience goes beyond forest ecosystems and our forest value chains also need to adapt to climate change and increased disturbances
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1b0...
Social-ecological forest resilience goes beyond forest ecosystems and our forest value chains also need to adapt to climate change and increased disturbances
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1b0...
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1/ How to Stop Being Surprised by Unprecedented Weather
Our new @naturecomms.bsky.social paper provides our multi-author perspective on methods to anticipate extreme weather and reduce impacts, shifting from reacting with surprise towards resilience.
🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Our new @naturecomms.bsky.social paper provides our multi-author perspective on methods to anticipate extreme weather and reduce impacts, shifting from reacting with surprise towards resilience.
🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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March 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
1/ How to Stop Being Surprised by Unprecedented Weather
Our new @naturecomms.bsky.social paper provides our multi-author perspective on methods to anticipate extreme weather and reduce impacts, shifting from reacting with surprise towards resilience.
🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
🧵⬇️
Our new @naturecomms.bsky.social paper provides our multi-author perspective on methods to anticipate extreme weather and reduce impacts, shifting from reacting with surprise towards resilience.
🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
🧵⬇️
🌳 Forest Resilience – What Is It Exactly?
In this RESONATE video, we introduce Engineering Resilience, Ecological Resilience and Social-Ecological Resilience to explore how forests—and the people managing them—can build a more resilient future.
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja84...
In this RESONATE video, we introduce Engineering Resilience, Ecological Resilience and Social-Ecological Resilience to explore how forests—and the people managing them—can build a more resilient future.
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja84...
RESONATE: What is resilience?
YouTube video by European Forest Institute
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February 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🌳 Forest Resilience – What Is It Exactly?
In this RESONATE video, we introduce Engineering Resilience, Ecological Resilience and Social-Ecological Resilience to explore how forests—and the people managing them—can build a more resilient future.
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja84...
In this RESONATE video, we introduce Engineering Resilience, Ecological Resilience and Social-Ecological Resilience to explore how forests—and the people managing them—can build a more resilient future.
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja84...