In the May 2023 edition of FOREXT Fridays, we heard from 2BForest, based in Portugal, as they presented their online platform called ForestSIM®, where forest owners can find tools that will help them design and implement a forest management plan.
Learn more about SBForest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJZgwallvw0
One of the member benefits are FOREXT Fridays, a series of webinars where our members share their experiences and learn from each other. If you work with one of our member organisations and would like to participate, email Minna Korhonen at 29 January 2021 at 1 pm CET On our first FOREXT Friday, we…
Our chair Mark Prior from Forestry Commission, UK, participated in a recent ForestPaths-project Policy Lab as part of an interdisciplinary group helping the project identify policy objectives and stakeholder needs. Being part of major EU projects as stakeholders is one of the benefits of the FOREXT network. On 27-29 September 2023, some 15 experts came…
Teagasc’s Forestry Development Department provides integrated forestry research, advisory and education services which allows for rapid and effective dissemination of research through knowledge transfer and educational initiatives. More on their website: https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/forestry/
Meet the new FOREXT coordinator at EFI: Inazio Martinez de Arano. He has more than 15 years of research experience, mainly in forest soil sustainability. Before joining EFI and working as the Head of EFI’s Mediterranean Facility, EFIMED, he served as coordinator of forestry research at NEIKER-TECNALIA in Spain (2004-2007) and as CEO of USSE…
The following organisations are welcomed as full members of the FOREXT network: The network met in Prague on 10-11 May 2023, with a field trip on 12 May. During the meeting, forthcoming project proposals were discussed, among other issues related to ongoing activities. Our warm thanks to Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University…
In the March edition of FOREXT Friday, we heard from two experts at the Finnish Forest Centre. The forests in Finland are not only economically important but also their recreational use is exceptionally wide. During the corona crisis, the Finns have deepened their relationship with nature and forests in particular. As more than 600,000 Finns…