Updates from fellow project RESONATE — Forwards
Policy briefs and learning modules
Busy times for our sister projects too! 🌲🤝
RESONATE project has recently published valuable resources and learning materials on climate-resilient European forests.
Discover them 👉 forwards-project.eu/updates-from...
31.07.2025 08:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New Call for Grants on Citizen Engagement — Forwards
Deadline: 12 October 2025
Did you see the new #ForwardsEU call for grants? 🔍
If not, learn about the G-05-2025 call supporting projects that bring citizens to the forefront of forest restoration and #ClimateSmartForestry governance.
Deadline is 12 October, learn more at 🔗 forwards-project.eu/new-call-for...
28.07.2025 10:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Five new FORWARDS-funded projects to characterise European forest disturbances kicked off — Forwards
CAEFD, CE-ReDiFor, HALO-FARM, Image4Dist, TREAD
🏆🌲 Here are five more projects which were awarded #ForwardsEU grants to study the characterisation of European forest disturbances
CAEFD, CE-ReDiFor, HALO-FARM, Image4Dist, TREA: discover them in our news release 🔗 bit.ly/4m6ZpKf
@remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social
24.07.2025 10:43 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
A third grant call open 🚨
The G-05-2025 call fosters the development of inclusive initiatives that encourage the participation of #citizens and stakeholders in decision-making processes for #CSF and forest restoration.
To learn more and apply efi.int/news/new-for...
#FORWARDScalls
21.07.2025 13:48 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
📢Our partners from @forwards-project.bsky.social have extended the application deadline for two of its grants!
☀️ Their topics deal with linking ground and remote sensing data for an improved understanding of how climate factors impact forests.
#FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices
21.07.2025 07:04 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
👉Today we had the opportunity to present #Image4Dist project at @forwards-project.bsky.social kick-off meeting.
Designed and led by @isaullo.bsky.social and myself from #ICIFOR-INIA @csic.es and that will contribute to the #Observatory4theResilienceEUForests. 🌳🔥🛰️📈
Let the quest begin!
10.07.2025 10:40 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
YouTube video by Forwards Project
Building data-driven tools to support European forests resilience to climate change
🌲 Can digital tools help forests adapt to climate change? At Università del Molise, three new web apps are being developed to monitor forests under climate stress.
Watch the interview of our partner Giovanni Santuopoli to learn more ▶️ youtu.be/qc3qaJj8MEo
#ForwardsEU
08.07.2025 08:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📸 Giovanni D'Amico a project partner from Università degli Studi di Firenze, presented the poster on 'Forest disturbances and vulnerability mapping: Preliminary results' at the ESA Living Planet Symposium held in Vienna last week.
Learn more: forwards-project.eu/forwards-pos...
01.07.2025 08:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We coordinate @forwards-project.bsky.social which will set up the ForestWard Observatory to improve the resilience of European forests by providing timely information on them. Watch @rubenvalpue.bsky.social speak about the project and its goals.
26.06.2025 11:08 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🎥Check out the latest video interview of @forwards-project.bsky.social to discover how the project is pursuing pathways towards more resilient European forests!
#Forests #PlantHealth
30.06.2025 05:36 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by Forwards Project
Introducing the ForestWard Observatory with Professor Ruben Valbuena
🌲📹 We spoke with our coordinator, Professor Ruben Valbuena (@remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social) about how #ForwardsEU, thanks to its Forestward Observatory, can improve the resilience of European forests by providing timely information.
Watch the interview: youtu.be/_nOe9gox79Q
26.06.2025 09:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 2
New Calls for Grants open! — Forwards
G-03-2025 and G-04-2025
New #ForwardsEU grant calls open! 🚨
🔹 G-03-2025: Linking stand-level information and remote sensing for climate impact forest monitoring
🔹 G-04-2025: Providing temporally resolved ecosystem-level information on the effects of climatic drivers in near real-time.
Apply: bit.ly/4nyj6wn
24.06.2025 10:25 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Launch of climate impact forest monitoring pilot projects — Forwards
The inauguration of the first project financed by the FORWARDS calls for grants
🌱 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...
19.06.2025 09:33 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New paper! 📃🌲
#ForwardsEU team at @luke.fi recently published a new paper researching how plot size and the rarity of old-growth forests affect the resulting accuracy associated with the remote sensing mapping of old-growth forests.
Find the paper at: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
16.06.2025 09:43 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
FORWARDS at EGI2025 — Forwards
Coordinator team attended the conference in Santander, Spain
📸 At the #EGI2025 conference in Santander, Professor Ruben Valbuena together with his team from SLU presented #ForwardsEU work on the ForestWard Observatory.
You can learn a summary of their presentation here 👉 forwards-project.eu/forwards-at-...
10.06.2025 13:53 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New study developed under #ForwardsEU and other European projects 📃🌲
The research developed a dynamic model for tree recruitment across European forests, pinpointing how climate influences the quantity and species composition of trees.
Find it at: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
13.05.2025 07:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Setting up d13C flux measurements for @forwards-project.bsky.social supersite in Ränskälänkorpi. Trees have also dedrometers and sapflow measurements. Interesting to see if coming summer is dry....
14.04.2025 17:28 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Swedish Minister for EU Affairs meets FORWARDS Coordinator — Forwards
Official visit to the Department of Forest Remote Sensing at SLU
📸 On 8 April, the Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs visited the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences!
During the visit, our coordinator Professor Ruben Valbuena also presented the work we are carrying out at #ForwardsEU.
More at: forwards-project.eu/swedish-mini...
14.04.2025 13:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A new paper has been published under #ForwardsEU!
The research shows that suppressed Norway spruce trees prioritize root growth right after selection harvests, supporting stability and nutrient uptake while providing immediate climate gains.
Find it 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
11.04.2025 10:07 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
If trees could talk: Sparking conversations through forest stories — Forwards
An article by Elaine Parlade, BOKU Vienna
What are the personal stories we connect to forests? 🌲💭
Elaine Parlade, PhD candidate at our partner BOKU Vienna wrote an article for #ForwardsEU reflecting on the answers shared by the consortium during the last General Assembly in February.
Read it at 🔗 forwards-project.eu/if-trees-cou...
25.03.2025 11:42 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
🌲 This year #InternationalDayofForests is dedicated to the vital connection between food and forests.
At #ForwardsEU, we are committed to monitoring forests and collecting crucial data to help preserve them.
You can learn more about our project at: forwards-project.eu
21.03.2025 11:01 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Experts in earth observation met at a @forwards-project.bsky.social's workshop to advance forest disturbance detection!
ForestPaths presented the updated European Forest Disturbance Atlas, amongst the other projects🌍.
Find out more about the event: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...
06.03.2025 15:14 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🏆 Newly awarded projects by the #forwardsEU calls for grants!
Last November, our project awarded grants to five new projects that will implement Climate-Smart Forestry (CSF) practices in different European landscapes.
Learn more about them in our latest news: forwards-project.eu/new-funded-p...
26.02.2025 14:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our consortium gathered in Vienna for #ForwardsEU annual meeting 📸
Hosted by our partner University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, we took this opportunity to share updates on the project progress and continue collaborating on the co-design of The ForestWard Observatory.
20.02.2025 14:28 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
✍️An open letter highlighting the importance of #EarthObservation in the context of an EU Forest Monitoring Law has been submitted by experts from across the continent.
👀Read below to find out more about it and the acknowledgement of @forestpaths.eu within it:
#FutureForests #Biodiversity
17.02.2025 07:19 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Powering Europe with safe, efficient, and sustainable sodium-ion #battery technology.
Visit our website: https://atenaplus.eu/
Co-funded by the European Union.
#HorizonEU
The Forest Modelling Lab. is a research laboratory of the Institute for Agricultural and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean of the National Research Council of Italy, led by @ale-collalti.bsky.social
https://www.forest-modelling-lab.com/
Supporting the protection & sustainable use of forest genetic resources in Europe in the face of climate change. Coordinated by
INRAE. #HorizonEU optforests.eu
Promoting conservation and appropriate use of forest genetic resources in Europe. Genetic conservation is not a project: it is forever! Hosted by the European Forest Institute (EFI). https://www.euforgen.org/
Long-Term Ecosystem Research in Europe. Pan-European network of research locations, supporting experts, governance, and services.
Decent living within Earth System Boundaries | Energy Transition | Global Resource Use | Climate Economics and Finance @wuvienna.bsky.social
CIFOR-ICRAF is the world’s leader on harnessing the power of trees, forests and agroforestry to address the global challenges of our time.
#TreesPeoplePlanet
https://www.cifor-icraf.org/ | https://forestsnews.cifor.org/
We envision a world where resilient communities thrive in harmony with conserved and restored forests, grasslands, and other terrestrial ecosystems in multifunctional landscapes | IUCN's Global Forest and Grasslands Team | linktr.ee/iucnfgt
An NSF BIO-LEAPS funded project. Rooting Out Oppression Together & SHaring Our Outcomes Transparently will cultivate change towards an inclusive, equitable, scientific future for plant sciences. https://rootandshoot.org/
Editors of forest research journals tweet information about forest science, forestry, and the environment.
EU4Advice is a Horizon Europe-funded project to boost short food supply chains across Europe.
Website: https://www.eu4advice.eu/
A circular and sustainable decarbonised future for the European built environment
Learn more here: https://www.deco2-project.eu/
Tropical forests in our time - people, trees and climate. Posts by Oliver Phillips.
A @cdnsciencepub.com journal reporting peer-reviewed research from all areas of forest science.
The EGI Federation delivers a scalable digital research infrastructure empowering tens of thousands of researchers with advanced computing services for data-intensive science.
www.egi.eu
DAISY is to test and compile intervention mixes (social-digital innovations, regulations, financial incentives) to influence social norms and values and drive systemic change for biodiversity and equity promotion. Horizon Europe project #101181857.
Navigating European Forests and forest bioeconomy sustainably to EU climate neutrality. (https://www.forestnavigator.eu/)
Modelling RESTORation of wEtlands for Carbon pathways, Climate Change mitigation and adaptation, ecosystem services, & biodiversity, Co-benefits 🇪🇺 💧
Grant Agreement No. 101056782 🦩💦🌱
#HorizonEU funded 🇪🇺 EU-AU Partnership for resilient, inclusive and safe food systems for everyone #UPRISE #FoodSafety #Mycotoxins #Food20230EU #EUAU #AUEU
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