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Horizon Europe project aiming to create holistic forest-based policy pathways to optimise EU forests’ climate change mitigation potential (No 101056755).

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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · May 22

🙌 Today, we celebrate #BiodiversityDay with an outlook towards harmony with nature and sustainable development!

🌳 #TransformativeChange4Biodiversity is a core priority of the ForestPaths project in its pursuit of biodiversity-smart approaches to forestry management and policy.

🔗 forestpaths.eu

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 15h

🌲 Views on the future of forest research, governance and management continue to be exchanged on the second day of #ForestPathsAGM3!

🔜 Our consortium is currently deep in conversation on the topics and activities that will underpin the remaining 17 months of the project.

#FutureForests

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 22h

🗣️ We are starting off the day in active discussion mode at #ForestPathsAGM3!

🧪Consortium partners are now deliberating on our forthcoming 3rd Policy Lab and the essential forestry topics to be raised with stakeholders there.

#FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 1d

We conclude day 1️⃣ of #ForestPathsAGM3 with one more array of modelling showcases!

🧠Tomorrow, we will move on from reporting on progress to discussing next steps as we gear up for the final phase of our project's implementation!

#FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 1d

🖥️ More exploratory scenario findings, courtesy of the ForestPaths-deleloped LPJ-GUESS and EFISCEN-SPACE models!

🗣️ #ForestPathsAGM3 carries on with presentations by collaborators from Lund University and @w-u-r.bsky.social.

#FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 1d

🏞️ Land use and the model CRAFTY-EU are now in focus for #ForestPathsAGM3 attendees!

🧪 Consortium members from @kit.edu have put together an insightful showcase on how the project is furthering scientific understanding in this context.

#FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcostystemServices

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 1d

🔍 Following an introduction to ForestPaths' exploratory scenarios in the morning, #ForestPathsAGM3 will now focus on specific modelling outputs!

💡 Partners from the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency are currently presenting two such frameworks, IMAGE and GLOBIO.

#FutureForests

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 1d

📈 The exploratory scenarios developed to map out future prospects for Europe's forestry sector are now being discussed at #ForestPathsAGM3!

🔍 A showcase by @luke.fi is updating the consortium on our progress in this regard.

#FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 1d

🚀Our partners from @pensoft.net are discussing communication, dissemination and exploitation at #ForestPathsAGM3!

📢Their presentation singled out the many tools and channels our project is using to engage with stakeholders from across Europe.

#FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 1d

⭐#ForestPathsAGM3 is in full swing!

Key scientific results from the past year are now being presented by partners from:

🦾the Transilvania University of Brașov
🦾the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
🦾Lund University
🦾the Flemish Institute for Technological Research

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 1d

📺This week, we will be coming to you live from Brașov, Romania, for #ForestPathsAGM3!

🤝We were just welcomed by the coordination team from @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social and our hosts from the Transilvania University of Brașov!

#FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 7d

🥁And the last correct answer of the #ForestPathsTrivia campaign was (drumroll please)...

📈 Models - unlike standards, targets and prohibitions - are not governance mechanisms in the forestry sector.

👀 You can find out more about the topic here: forestpaths.eu/storage/app/...

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FORSAID Project @forsaid.eu · 8d

📃 Milestones, international showcases and strategic collaborations await you in the second edition of the FORSAID newsletter!

👀 Read it now: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1366...

✍ Subscribe here: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/136627...

#Forests #Pests #PlantHealth

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ForestNavigator Project @forestnavigeu.bsky.social · 22d

The 4th Annual Meeting of #ForestNavigator has kicked off in Bologna, Italy at CNR 🌎🎉
Focus: Year 3 – Celebrating achievements & working on ongoing tasks.
First breakout sessions:
🌱Modelling EU forests in a multisectoral context
🌱Country case studies
#EUforests #ClimatePolicy @gfz.bsky.social

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 14d

🏁 #ForestPathsTrivia comes to an end today with a final challenge!

One of the options below is NOT a forestry governance mechanism - can you tell us which with an emoji in the comments?

🏛️standards
📉models
🎯targets
❌prohibitions

Next Wednesday, the final right answer will be posted below!

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 14d

🌐A case where the name speaks for itself - all of the listed aims are indeed integral to Climate and Biodiversity-Smart (CBS) forest management!

👂 Curious to find out more? Listen to the premiere episode of our ForestChats podcast for a deep dive into CBS approaches: forestpaths.eu/podcasts

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 19d

📢Next week, don't miss the second webinar of our partners from @holisoils.bsky.social!

🔬Within it, forestry specialists and stakeholders will have the chance to gain valuable insight on how biochemistry and microbiology are intertwined.

#FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices

HoliSoils Project @holisoils.bsky.social · 19d

📢 One week to go! Join us for the second session of the #HoliSoils webinar series: How biochemistry may support microbiology?

📅 23 September, 11:00 – 11:45 CEST
Open to researchers, policy-makers, & anyone interested in #SoilHealth, #forests, & climate resilience!

⬇️
holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

HoliSoils Webinar Series - How biochemistry may support microbiology? New tools and perspectives - HoliSoils

Join us on 23 September 2025 (12:00–12:45 EEST) for the second session of the HoliSoils webinar series, featuring Dr. Bartosz Adamczyk from the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 19d

⚡Can you guess today's #ForestPathsTrivia question with an emoji as a comment?

Which is an aim of Climate and Biodiversity-Smart forest management?

🌡️climate change adaptation
💚greater climate mitigation
🦌biodiversity conservation
🌐all of the above

The answer will be below in a week!

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 19d

🥥 The odd one out? Perennial tree crop plantation!

👀 Find out how biodiversity is affected by this approach and other management styles in our dedicated video on ForestPaths' analysis into the topic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlaP...

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 22d

📃 ForestPaths' Policy Labs are singled out in the 2024 annual report of FOREXT!

🤝 They are cited for their importance to the research-practice interface when it comes to forestry management and governance.

👀 Find out more: forestpaths.eu/news/forext-...

#FutureForests #Biodiversity

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 23d

🔥Wildfire prevention and management are crucial when it comes to safeguarding forests.

📢 Our partners from @efimedfacility.bsky.social are sharing important observations on the topic in their #EFIWildfirePrevention campaign - find out more below:

#FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices

EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · Sep 8

How to manage #WildfireRisk in highly touristic areas?

🧯🔥🌲 Today our #EFIWildfirePrevention campaign focuses an integrated #wildfire management plan from France addressing this issue 👉 hal.science/hal-04152846...

Look into this and other cases of #WildfirePrevention 👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs8en

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 27d

🌲 The Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA) is launching!

📍 Brussels
📅 15 Oct 2025 | 9:00–15:00 CET

Join “Shaping the Future of Forest R&I for a Competitive Europe”, an event with panels, dialogue & networking on the future of European #forests.

Read more and register: bit.ly/461UQvP

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 27d

🔎 ForestPaths materials and outputs were #spotted at the first annual meeting of fellow forestry #HorizonEU project @forsaid.eu!

🙌 Our outreach partner, @pensoft.net, showcased our work in mapping forestry management and policies in Europe.

#FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 28d

🌍 The #ForestPathsTrivia campaign goes global today!

Use one of the emojis to comment on which of these forest management types is not employed in Europe:

🍌Perennial tree crop plantation
🪓Clear-cutting and regrowth
🐄Silvopasture

The right answer will be waiting below the post in a week's time!

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 28d

🌲 Just when you thought forests could not be more important to our planet - the right answer was 10%!

🔎 Discover more about the climate mitigation potential of this biome:
forestpaths.eu/storage/app/...

ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · Sep 8

✍ Fellow #HorizonEU project @bmd-project.eu is about to issue its very first newsletter!

💡 Become a subscriber and discover how they will be working toward improved biodiversity conservation by innovatively streamlining the flow of critical information to stakeholders.

Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · Sep 5

Something exciting is coming soon… 🥳
📢 BMD’s first newsletter is just around the corner!
📬 Subscribe to receive it directly in your inbox and learn the latest project updates: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/118442...