I often get asked about the Miyawaki method of forest restoration, usually by people who have heard extraordinary claims for it. Morales et al. (2025) have reviewed the evidence and found it to be weak or absent. 🌏🧪🌳🌲 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📹 The ForestPaths 2025 Highlights video is now out! Thank you for supporting ForestPaths throughout 2025! We cannot wait to see what the next year brings. 🌲 👉 Watch the video on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdXt..., or on the ForestPaths website: forestpaths.eu/videos

❄️ ForestPaths wishes you and your loved ones happy holidays! Thank you for being a part of our journey for another year! 🌲

🌍 Maximising natural climate solutions in the EU A ForestPaths study by CMCC shows forests, wetlands, grasslands & agriculture are underutilised in EU climate strategies. Key actions: agroforestry, reforestation, peatland restoration & reducing food waste. Read more: forestpaths.eu/news/maximis...

🌱 ForestPaths & KIT show in a recent paper how adaptive institutions can balance climate, food & biodiversity. Using CRAFTY + PID/fuzzy logic, the study reveals emergent patterns, adaptive policy decisions & system-level dynamics. 🔗 Read the study here: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...

🌿 ForestPaths study shows how adaptive policies shape #ProtectedAreas in Europe. Using institutional modelling and the CRAFTY-Europe land-use model, research finds that early, predictable PA expansion delivers stronger biodiversity outcomes and fewer long-term disruptions. Read more: bit.ly/4aXrMIs

ForestPaths will take part in an upcoming webinar organised by our sister project ForestNavigator. The webinar will build a better understanding of natural disturbance impacts, forest management, and forest policy. 👉 Register here: iiasa.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

‼️ In case you missed it! ForestPaths closes 2025 with the sixth edition of its biannual newsletter, providing you with project updates and developments from the past six months. 👉 Check out the newsletter: lnkd.in/gcXr5vig ✅Do not forget to subscribe for future editions: lnkd.in/dJ2cx4Gu

ForestPaths partners from Lund University co-organised this year’s LPJ-GUESS training school, held in November at Beijing Normal University. The training school focused on building practical skills in applying the LPJ-GUESS model. Learn more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...

🌡️ A new ForestPaths study links current carbon prices to climate impact. The global carbon price is ~$10/tCO₂e - aligned with ~3°C temperature increase by 2100. Staying below 2°C would require at least $85/tCO₂e and up to $500. 🔎 Read more: forestpaths.eu/news/linking...

The European Forest Disturbance Atlas (EFDA) maps annual forest disturbances across Europe from 1985–2023 using #Landsat data. 🛰️ A ForestPaths publication documents the development of the EFDA and discusses its possible role in forest monitoring. Read more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...

🌲 ForestPaths’ Policy Lab 3 in Berlin brought experts together to explore pathways for three forest visions under future scenarios. Stakeholders refined measures, assessed trade-offs & gained hands-on insights at Eichwerder Moorwiesen. Read more: bit.ly/3KeInwJ

📍A Climate-Smart Forestry workshop in Wageningen, the Netherlands, brought together 24 participants from 12 countries to exchange knowledge on CSF experiments and modelling. The workshop included field visits in Dutch forests and hands-on EFISCEN-Space training. More here: lnkd.in/diH75piY

🔍 A research team led by ForestPaths scientists has examined how global clinker production - the most carbon-intensive stage of cement manufacturing- could evolve under different climate scenarios up to 2060. 👉 Read more here: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...

🌲ForestPaths researchers from @tum.de, in collaboration with Berchtesgaden National Park Research, show that spectral unmixing-based forest recovery indicators can effectively predict post-disturbance recovery success. 👉 Read more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...

Policy Lab 3 is a wrap! 🥳 Over three days, we explored SSP1 & SSP3, checked how far the visions can be reached, refined actions and trade-offs and gathered inputs for Policy Lab 4 (2026). 👏 Thanks to all partners and stakeholders involved! Press release coming soon. #PL3

Wrapping up the Policy Lab with some final words on the past fews days and what is to come by project partner Marc Gramberger from Prospex Institute and coordinator Hans Verkerk from @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social 🤩

It's the final day of Policy Lab 3 and we're starting with stakeholders receiving feedback from the modellers and adjusting the policy pathways 😎 #PL3

⭐ Day 2 of Policy Lab 3 wrapped up with: * poster sessions from the modellers * feedback-based reassessments * discussion on trade-offs within each vision under the scenarios ❓Stakeholders shared key inputs to guide the next modelling steps. Catch up via prev posts & stay tuned for the final day!

⭐ Post study tour, the stakeholders are back in their respective visions groups and it's now time to discuss the trade-offs identified per vision under the exploratory scenarios. ❓ The second step? Provide answers to a set of questions of importance to the modellers for taking the next steps. #PL3

🚶 🌲 While the modellers are working hard to revise the spider diagrams based on the stakeholders' case-combination for the policy pathways, our participants went on a study tour at Eichwerder Moorwiesen Nature Reserve to have a walk through and see the forest and ecosystem reserve management. #PL3

🌲 Finally, project partners Mart-Jan Schelhaas (@w-u-r.bsky.social) and Thomas Pugh (Lund University) present a poster on how #forestmanagement affects carbon uptake, harvest and biodiversity, using models EFISCEN-SPACE & LPJ-GUESS. 👉 Learn more about our models: forestpaths.eu/models #PL3

🌍 Next up: project partner Carlijn Bos (@leefomgeving.bsky.social) presents a poster on how wood-based products and energy influence #greenhousegas emissions, using models IMAGE, EFI-GTM, aiphoria and bw_timex. 🖐️ Co-authored with the @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social and VITO. #PL3

🚶 Time for modellers to share insights from the models. 🌲 Joanna Raymond (KIT) kicks off with a poster overview of environmental and societal impacts of #policies to protect and restore #forest land, using CRAFTY, IMAGE & more! (Co-authored by @leefomgeving.bsky.social and University of Edinburgh)

😎 Policy Lab 3, Day 2 - has begun! Today, our modellers have the task to present perspectives from their individual models to the stakeholders so they can further be informed when building their policy pathways towards the three visions. #PL3

🎉 Day 1 of ForestPaths’ Policy Lab 3 is a wrap! We revisited the three visions from PL2, explored the SSP1 & SSP3 scenarios and began building our #policy pathways. 📑 Catch up via our earlier posts and stay tuned for tomorrow!

😎 Back from group work, we’re now introducing measures to reach the 3 visions under different scenarios. 🌲 This session focuses on building pathways using #exploratorycases from the upcoming #CANOPY tool and linking PL2’s measures to each vision—presented by Aapo Rautiainen (@luke.fi). #PL3

Aaaaaaand, we're back to our respective vision groups to align them within the context of the two exploratory scenarios (SSP1 and SPP3). Find out more about SSPs here: www.dkrz.de/en/communica... #PL3

💬 As we discuss the three visions, Policy Lab 3 is also considering two exploratory scenarios (SSP1 & SSP3) as diverging future contexts. Dr Anna Repo (@luke.fi) introduces these #climatechange scenarios and previews CANOPY, our upcoming tool for exploring model results.

Stakeholders are now splitting into three groups to discuss the visions and share their spider diagrams: “Better Forests for All”, “Resilient Forests for People and Planet” and “Diversity ALDO”. #PL3

💡 In Policy Lab 2, we created three visions (as seen in image below) for what #forests could look like by 2050. 📂 Policy Lab 3 focuses on how to reach them by building #policypathways using ForestPaths models. The visions will be online soon—learn more about our models here: forestpaths.eu/models

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

Kicking off Policy Lab 3 today in Berlin! 🇩🇪👏 Hosted by Oeko-Institut and organised by Prospex Institute, we’ll spend the next three days revisiting the #forest visions from Policy Lab 2 and, with our project modellers, explore how to reach them through new #policy pathways. Stay tuned! #PL3

🌲New ForestPaths study examines how global wood demand, harvests, and forest management intensity could change under different socioeconomic and climate scenarios throughout the 21st century. 👉 Read more: forestpaths.eu/news/new-for...

ForestPaths researchers conducted a Life Cycle Assessment of magnesium phosphate cement made with recycled materials from the steel industry. Results show that the cement industry can cut emissions by adopting low-carbon cements, energy and fuels. 👉 Learn more: forestpaths.eu/news/explori...

🌲 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...

The ForestPaths European Tree Genus Map is now open for early access! 🌲 Developed by VITO and TUM, it’s the first 10 m map showing dominant tree genus across Europe. 🔗 forestpaths.eu/news/early-access-release-forestpaths-european-tree-genus-map

🎙️ 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...

The authors of a Comment article discuss how scientists, research institutions, funders, libraries and publishers must all improve software practices. They outline recommendations for an approach to handle software better. #Academicsky 🧪

🤝 Three sister #HorizonEU projects, one vision: a sustainable climate- and biodiversity-smart approach to the future of forest management and policy in Europe. 👀 Discover more on our collaboration with @forestnavigeu.bsky.social and PathFinder: forestpaths.eu/partner-proj... #FutureForests

🎂 ForestPaths is now three years old! 👀 Discover all the milestones that shaped the last 12 months of our efforts to map out the future of forestry management and governance in Europe: forestpaths.eu/news/celebra... #FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices

👀 At the #SOLOMeetsEvora event, ForestPaths materials were #spotted in the dedicated communication and dissemination corner of our partners from @pensoft.net! 🤝 We were joined in the display by fellow #Horizon initiatives SOLO, @eufawready.eu and SHOWCASE, among others.

📢 Our partners from @wslresearch.bsky.social are offering a new #PostDoc position for 1.5 years as part of the FORSAID project! 🪲 Specialists in invasion biology, spectroscopy and chemical ecology are invited to apply here: apply.refline.ch/273855/1772/... #Forests #Pests #PlantHealth

📍#ForestPathsAGM3 may have ended yesterday, but we had one more stop to make in Romania - the old-growth forests of Şinca! 🌳A day-long study visit was organised in this UNESCO site, allowing for field discussions on forestry realities, challenges and innovations. #FutureForests #Biodiversity

🏁 It's a wrap for #ForestPathsAGM3! 🤝 Thank you for tuning in for our coverage as we spent three days deepening our collaboration on Europe's #FutureForests! 👀 Stay tuned for the meeting's recap later this month!

📹 Apart from meaningful discussions on the future of forestry in Europe, we were busy shooting new interviews with partners at #ForestPathsAGM3! 👀 Stay tuned over the next months for these testimonials on the fascinating activities currently undertaken in the project!

⚡As the vision behind the project's conclusion begins to take shape, #ForestPathsAGM3 now turns its attention to the development of one of our Key Exploitable Results - the CANOPY platform! 💡This new online space is set to be a valuable resource for forestry decision-makers and managers alike.

🎬 We just had an interactive session on filming videos at #ForestPathsAGM3! 📸 Our colleagues from @pensoft.net led an exercise on how to act in front and behind the camera when presenting project research. #FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices

Day 3️⃣ of #ForestPathsAGM3 is underway! ➕ The future of our project's Policy Engagement Forum is on our agenda for the morning with invigorating discussions on how to bridge stakeholder input and scientific insight. #FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices

📚 #Spotted: FORSAID materials were showcased at the third annual consortium meeting of @forestpaths.eu! 🌳 Our vision for innovating the management of forest pest species attracted the interest of participating experts specialising in this crucial biome. #ForestPathsAGM3 #Forests #Pests