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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,...

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...

ForestPaths partner, Dr Diana Feliciano was featured in Publico – a popular Portuguese daily newspaper – assessing the ineffectiveness of intensive agriculture in Alentejo and highlighting the unfulfilled promises of the Alqueva dam project and its impact on local farmers and development. In her article, Diana analyses the ongoing inefficacy of intensive agriculture in Alentejo, focusing particularly on the Alqueva dam project. She recalls how,...

The time has come for ForestPaths third issue of its bi-annual e-newsletter, containing the latest updates from the project. Here’s what you can find: The launch of the Forest Talks webinar series Details about the recently published disturbance maps ForestPaths’ attendance at IUFRO 2024 Our latest news & upcoming events   Read the full newsletter here and don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE...

Every Tuesday on our social media channels, you will be able to read more about the expertise and roles of our dedicated project members and gain unique insights into the impactful work we are doing at ForestPaths. The consortium comprises a diverse group of professionals, each bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience in forestry, climate science, remote sensing, environmental management and more.  Keep up to date with us on X and LinkedIn...

The EU-funded project Forwards recently conducted an interview published on the Science X media-website network, featuring European project coordinators and partners. Expert participants include Hans Verkerk, the principal scientist in the Bioeconomy programme at the European Forest Institute, partner in Forwards and coordinator of ForestPaths, as well as Ruben Valbuena, Professor of Remote Sensing of Forests at the Swedish University of Agricultural...

Before officially wrapping up 2023, ForestPaths put an end to its #PreviousResearch social media campaign. The campaign centred around sharing pertinent publications produced by project partners prior to ForestPaths. The campaign featured 20 publications, seeking to amplify awareness about the role of European forests and the forest-based sector in climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation, and the provision of essential ecosystem services.  Discover...

This vacancy has been closed.  The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is looking for a researcher interested in climate change and in developing tools to monitor progress towards the EU's climate targets. Find out more about the job by searching for the code 2023-IPR-D1-FGIV-024079 - ISPRA here. The deadline to apply is 10 January 2024. Based in Ispra, Italy, the successful candidate will work on: Support modelling of near-real-time...