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The Cabinet of Germany has officially approved the agreement with the European Forest Institute which provides a legal framework for its office in Bonn.
The key purpose of the workshop was to train people in how to make accurate measurements of the wind and of tree movement, and to improve the understanding of meteorologists in tree physiology and of tree physiologists in meteorology.
EFI’s Young Leadership Programme is looking for dynamic young leaders to create a sustainable future for Mediterranean forests.
Connecting science, practice and policy to face forest disturbances.
The Swedish Embassy in Helsinki together with EFI organised a discussion dinner on 4 April on the future of forest policy in Europe. The event was hosted by Ambassador Anders Ahnlid.
EFI’s strategy, presence in France and ongoing policy support work were discussed when Director Marc Palahí met the French Minister for Agriculture Stéphane Travert on 26 March, during his official visit to Finland.
Forests have a transformational potential in moving towards a new economic paradigm, a tertium quid, where prosperity takes place within our planetary boundaries as result of a synergistic symbiosis between economy and ecology.
This year EFI granted the European Forest Island 2018 award to Sardinia. On 19 March 2018, EFI Director Marc Palahí presented the award to Francesco Pigliaru, the president of the autonomous region of Sardinia.
The Annual Conference takes place during the EFI Annual Conference week which is organised in co-operation with EFI member organisations.
Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, one of EFI's member organisations, invites nominations for the Marcus Wallenberg Prize.
The website for the project “SUstaining and Enhancing REsilience of European Forests” – or briefly SURE – is launched.
Prof. Dr. Elena Paoletti (Italy) is the new Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of EFI and will be leading the SAB with the support of Prof. Dr. Phoebe Koundouri (Greece), who acts as Vice-Chair.
Lauri Hetemäki, Assistant Director at the European Forest Institute (EFI), and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, has been appointed as a foreign member in the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry.
A group of scientists has published a Letter exploring the use of forest biomass to produce energy, ahead of the European Parliament vote on the EU Renewable Energy Directive on 17 January.
On 7 December 2017, a signing ceremony was held in Helsinki at the German embassy, to formally establish an EFI office in Germany.
Experts from across the globe will be assembled in Helsinki on Thursday for the 2017 Bioeconomy Investment Summit.
How can scientists and practitioners collaborate to prevent wildfires, how can they react to storms and biological invasions? What role can forests play in global approaches to climate change policy? How can we integrate nature conservation in sustainable forest management strategies?
The European Forest Institute has collaborated with European broadcaster Euronews on a ground-breaking 360-degree video on wildfires in Portugal.
EFI, in collaboration with Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, brought together European and Russian representatives to discuss the opportunities of bioeconomy in policy, business, human capital development in a recent event.
How we mainstream the implementation of the circular bioeconomy strategy was the focus of a ThinkForest seminar which took place in Brussels on 7 November.
Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO and the European Forest Institute (EFI) are arranging a series of open discussions on the European and Russian cooperation opportunities in bioeconomy development in 2017-2019. The first discussion will take place on 9 November 2017 and bringing together
A newly started project AgroForestry Innovation NETworks (AFINET) promotes agroforestry implementation throughout Europe by improving knowledge on management and design of agro-sylvicultural systems.
The documentary “Wise use of our forests: the integrative approach” produced by Daniel Kraus and Andreas Schuck (EFI) will be featured at the 7th Life Sciences Film Festival. The film was selected by the festival committee out of more than 1300 entered films.
An exciting new initiative to promote pan-European research collaboration was unveiled at the EFI 2017 Annual Conference. The EFI Network Fund is a unique instrument which will provide €1m over the next four years exclusively for EFI Associate and Affiliate Members.