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The latest edition of the Helsinki Forest Talks began on 3 April 2025 and featured speakers from the ForestPaths project. For a second year, this format is a meeting place for diplomats and scientists who want to discuss European forestry, the critical problems that it faces and its future as a whole.  In line with that aim, the first session of the event was titled “Forests in Europe: What are the hot issues?” Opening remarks were...

ForestPaths partners from Prospex Institute have recently published a report on the most recent Policy Engagement Forum (PEF) event of the project. Kick-started in 2024, this format is meant to bring the discussion on policy pathways for resilient and sustainable forestry to the various experts, stakeholders and decision-makers directly involved in the topic. Through a variety of outreach formats, views on sectoral challenges and...

Leading experts on earth observation for forest monitoring discussed recent advancements in forest disturbance detection. Organised by the FORWARDS project, the experts convened on 21 February 2025 for a cross-project workshop to explore how ongoing research projects can contribute to enhancing forest monitoring efforts. ForestPaths partners such as the Technical University of Munich (TUM), VITO and European Forest Institute (EFI)...

The beginning of February 2025 saw the presentation of bw_timex, an open-source tool developed as part of the ForestPaths project, at an event by the Swiss Discussion Forum on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in Zurich. This edition was titled “The use of prospective LCA to support sustainability transitions”. It brought together experts for a deliberation on LCA as an important method for evaluating the factors shaping the transition from sourcing to...

Horizon Europe projects ForestPaths, ForestNavigator and PathFinder are collaborating once again to organise the next edition of their joint Forest Talks webinar series on 17 March 2025. The format brings together experts and professionals to uncover insights and approaches vital to the future of forest management and its role in addressing climate change.  Following the first webinar’s showcase on efforts to build up a European-wide Common...

This press release has been published by EurekAlert! and AlphaGalileo.  21 November 2024 saw the most recent Policy Engagement Forum (PEF) activity organised by ForestPaths, an EU-funded project dedicated to co-designing forest-based policy pathways for Europe. The online event (a dedicated report on which will be published in the near future) was the result of efforts by the Prospex Institute, a member of the research consortium...

Between 11 and 12 February 2025, the city of Brussels will bring together a number of notable actors and stakeholders in the domain of forest research, policy and management for the 6th edition of the Forest Innovation Workshop and the Mid-Term Conference of the OptForEU research project. This joint undertaking has been titled: “Inform-Prioritise-Collaborate: Building a Sustainable Forest Future through Regional Cooperation and Innovation”. It will...

Last month, ForestPaths partner from Teesside University Chidiebere Ofoegbu attended the sixteenth session of the Conference of Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This significant global event brought together policymakers, scientists, practitioners and stakeholders to address pressing issues related to land degradation, desertification and sustainable land management. At the...

2024 saw the update of the European Forest Disturbance Atlas, introducing a new standard for forest monitoring. Alba Viana-Soto, a postdoctoral Earth Observation scientist at the Technical University of Munich and ForestPaths partner, was part of the team behind this crucial undertaking. At the project’s most recent annual general meeting in September 2024, she gave an interview on how the Atlas was improved and why it was...

ForestNavigator, a sister project of Forest Paths, will host a session at the 2025 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU 2025). The event, which will take place between 27 April and 2 May in Vienna, brings together specialists in all disciplines of the Earth as well as planetary and space sciences. The forum’s aim is allowing specialists to present their work and exchange ideas in fruitful discussions. "Advances in Forest...

In December 2024, the fifth edition of the public webinar series of the FORGENIUS project will take place. Funded under the Horizon 2020 scheme, FORGENIUS’ primary goal lies in improving access to forest genetic resources information and services for end-users. Via innovative technologies and interdisciplinary knowledge, the project is working to improve the quality of genetic conservation across Europe. FORGENIUS’ public webinars are meant to...

November 2024 saw the INTERCEDE project’s first stakeholder forum in the city of Brussels and featured a presentation by ForestPaths WP1 lead Professor Diana Feliciano from Teesside University. The initial instalment of the Transdisciplinary Forum (TDF) format brings researchers and end-users together in an attempt to enable a knowledge exchange benefitting the future of forests. Professor Feliciano’s presentation covered the importance of a transdisciplinary...