SafeNet Project

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

👉 Until 23 July, you have the opportunity to apply to join the latest Expert Working Group by @eklipse-europe.bsky.social!

💚 The associated Call for Experts deals with the topic of conservation for marine Natura 2000 sites.

👀 Find out more:

#Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet

📢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

A broken branch with a blurred woodland background with text "breaking points Most people in forestry know someone who has been severely affected by issues surrounding mental health. We need this to change. Tell us where we should start."

A Milwaukee M18 Fuel Chainsaw Kit is infront of a blurred woodland background. Text reads: "win a chainsaw! Complete the survey to be eligible to win a Milwaukee M18 Fuel Chainsaw Kit generously donated by Sorbus International"

Blurred woodland background with logos of the working group involved: Confor, Cumbria Woodlands, Forest Industry Safety Accord, Forestry Commission, Forestry Contracting Association, Royal Forestry Society, and the Institute of Chartered Foresters.

🌲 Foresters & Arborists – We Want to Hear From You! 🌲

Breaking Points is a mini survey designed to help us gauge stresses and connectedness amongst people in the forestry sector.

🎁 Complete the survey for a chance to WIN a chainsaw!

It only takes a few minutes 👇
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@jyuscience.bsky.social recently featured researcher Dr Mira Kajanus, in their Instagram story series! 🌲🧪

She shares details of her research, her motivations, and how #SafeNet supports biodiversity and forest conservation in Europe.

English translations here: bit.ly/3ImuATj

#Biodiversity #Forests

🙌 We thank our partners from @efimedfacility.bsky.social for the inclusion of ForestPaths' milestones in their latest newsletter!

👀 Find out more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...

#FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices

brown fuzzy moth on a leaf

⭐ #DominicanRepublic joins the GBIF network as an Associate Participant!

Joining the network aims to strengthen open biodiversity data mobilization across the Caribbean region. 🌱

Read more: 🔗 gbif.link/dominican-...

Size matters: how forest disturbances disproportionately impact soil organisms - HoliSoils Worldwide forests are currently facing increasing disturbances caused by climatic and anthropogenic pressures, including those driven by the increasing demand

#Forests are under increasing pressure from #ClimateChange but what happens beneath the surface?

A new study by #HoliSoils researchers found that bigger #soil organisms are more affected by #forest disturbances than smaller ones 🌳🕷️🐞🌲

Find out more about this study ⬇️
holisoils.eu/size-matters...

✨📰 New research has been published which explores how to enable & encourage access to woodlands for members of the public from five different minority groups.

Find out more: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/underst...

An aerial shot of arable fields is overlain with text reading 'Integrating Trees Network. Tuesday 15th July, 1-4pm'

Free Integrating Trees Network event 🌳

Join the Imrie family at Hillhead Farm to hear how planting trees helped their business and to chat funding and next steps for woodland creation with ourselves and #ScottishForestry 🚜

👉 Free tickets at: buff.ly/ZZw9isH
#TreesonFarms #Agroforestry

Mushrooms growing on a downed log.

A spruce seedling growing atop a polypore on a big downed log.

A three-toed woodpecker on a tree stem.

And a question at the heart of @safenet-eu.bsky.social - how will all of this, together with human actions in surrounding managed areas affect forest-dwelling species and what could we do to support biodiversity in these forests?

A forest picture. A beech tree in sunlight, growing below a canopy of spruce and fir trees. Some dead spruces in the background. Ferns and other understorey plants in the foreground.

Two people descending a steep rocky slope in a forest

A rare field day, getting to know the forests of our @safenet-eu.bsky.social case study area in Romania, near Brasov. Impactful to see the shifts in species dominance already happening. Spruce and, crucially, Silver Fir are not doing well, Beech is gaining importance even at higher elevations.

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework ( #KMGBF) is the world’s blueprint to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.

Its 23 action targets must be achieved by 2030. Everyone has a role to play.

Act now for #PeaceWithNature:

🔗 www.cbd.int/article/idb-...

Have a look at the iLand website here: iland-model.org/startpage

#WernerRammer visited @luke.fi last month to help advance the #iLand model for #SafeNet🌲

Inspired by a seaside sauna & concert, Werner implemented updates on the deadwood submodel: key biodiversity indicator.

Joint publication in making 👀

@edfm-tum.bsky.social
#ForestResearch #Biodiversity

Call for interest: Join the Biodiversa+ Enlarged Stakeholder Board

📢 Call for interest!
Is your organisation committed to advancing the European Biodiversity Strategy for 2030? Join our Enlarged Stakeholder Board!
Help shape research, bridge science-policy-society gaps, & grow your network.
🗓️ Apply by 22 July 2025
🔗https://www.biodiversa.eu/ESB-2025-call

Results from the 2025 FSC UK Consumer Survey The results are in, and show that recognition of the FSC logo is highest amongst the younger generations but, across all age groups, there is still some confusion about which materials can come from t...

Our Consumer Survey revealed a surprising knowledge gap:
📦 35% didn’t realise cardboard comes from trees
📄 15% were unsure about paper
🪵 11% didn’t know that wood itself comes from trees

Read the full findings: uk.fsc.org/newsfeed/res...

Moments in nature 🍃💧

Ping @safenet-eu.bsky.social and @forestpaths.eu

Great start to my short visit to beautiful Brasov as part of @safenet-eu.bsky.social - very excited to work on the data to set up a new iLand model landscape and even more excited to get to see the local forests!

As part of #BiodiversityWeek, our #ERINNInnovation Project Spotlight is the @safenet-eu.bsky.social. Launched in February 2025, SafeNet is tackling biodiversity loss and climate change in European forests. Learn more about SafeNet in our latest blog: erinn.eu/safenet-to-p...

🌿 #BiodiversityDay

Protecting biodiversity is essential for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future!
🧷 www.cbd.int/biodiversity...

#SafeNet stands for: Safeguarding Biodiversity and Carbon-rich Forest Networks in Europe
🧷 www.safenet-project.eu

#KMGBF #Forests

🙌From #EarthDay to #BiodiversityDay, we're spotlighting #TransformativeChange4Biodiversity!

🛣️The EU is stepping up with the 2030 Biodiversity Strategy & #NatureRestorationLaw.

❗But real change means rethinking how we live, govern & connect with nature.

🌱Let’s transform biodiversity - together.

🌍 On #BiodiversityDay, we recognise protecting ecosystems is essential. We want to:
✅ Provide AI monitoring
✅ Mobilise biodiversity data
✅ Develop Virtual Research Environments
✅ Analyse change drivers
✅ Support conservation
#TransformativeChange4Biodiversity

🌿 Happy #BiodiversityDay!

💚 Today, and every day, let’s protect #biodiversity, the foundation of all life on Earth.

🔄 BioAgora remains committed to #TransformativeChange4Biodiversity by building an EU Science Service for Biodiversity!

🔗 Find out more: bioagora.eu

#ForNature #ForOurPlanet

🙌 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

🎉It’s #BiodiversityDay!

🪴To achieve sustainable development, we must learn to live in harmony with nature

🤝CO-OP4CBD strives towards #TransformativeChange4Biodiversity by enhancing the EU's implementation of the #UNCBD and #KMGBF!

🔗Find out more: coop4cbd.eu

#Biodiversity #ForOurPlanet

This #BiodiversityDay, we're putting transformation into action. 🌿

From traditional herders' knowledge to urban biodiversity hotspots - explore how our 9 case studies work towards a nature-positive future: www.biotraces.eu/actions/#cases

#TransformativeChange4Biodiversity #NaturePositive

Happy International Day for Biodiversity! 🌍

Only 5 years left to meet the EU Strategy for Biodiversity targets, including dedicating 10% of agricultural land to landscape features, the heart of LAFERIA's mission.

#TransformativeChange4Biodiversity

🌲We are involved in the #SafeNet project! Our responsibility is to optimise community distribution models to predict the diversity of primary and old-growth forests under different climate and forest scenarios. ➡️ r.jyu.fi/G9I #HorizonEurope #EUFundedProject #Biodiversity @safenet-eu.bsky.social