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The April FOREXT Friday focused on Estonian forestry. Allar Luik from Erametsakeskus gave an overview of Estonian forestry and then talked about the important role which  forest owners associations have in managing Estonian forests. Out of the the about 100 000 forest owners, approx. 15 000 are members in the forest owners associations. The benefits they get…

We talked to our FOREXT network Secretariat Chair, Mark Prior. And what better way to start off the conversation than asking about his favorite tree: “Not very European, but probably the Baobab (Adansonia digitata) tree. We had one in our garden as a teenager growing up in Tanzania, it was apparently one of the largest…

After the summer break, FOREXT Fridays started with the presentation by Petra Palátová from the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences , Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. She shared the overall aim and recent results from a project FEM4FOREST, Forests in Women’s Hands, with a focus on the findings they have for the Czech…

In our May FOREXT Friday we heard the presentations of Gail Atkinson (Forest Research, UK) on the topic of Demonstrating climate change adaptation in woodland in South East England and of Tom Houlihan (Teagasc) on the development of an Irish Forest Carbon Tool. One of the ways in which Forest Research is educating the community…

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