👷🏻‍♀️👷🏻‍♂️ This is the story of Timo and Lisa Gelzhäuser.

🪵 When they inherited the Gelzhäuser Forest in 2019, they were faced with a challenge: three years of #drought and a relentless bark beetle infestation devastated their beloved #forest . But out of necessity came creativity!

Did you know that parasitoid insects can help control forest pests? #Biodiversity plays a major role in the #resilience of oaks to the impacts of #climatechange . But there are ecological measures to support biodiversity.
📺Watch the Oak Resilience docu ▶ bit.ly/3Wk0sNv

📢 The wait is over: a new round of #FORWARDScalls is now open!

Learn all the details and submit your applications in climate-smart forestry research before September 1st, 2024!

Follow the instructions at this link to apply ➡️ forwards-project.eu/forwards-annou…

Join Our Climate-Smart Forestry Team! 🌳 Are you ready to make a difference in the fight against climate change? We're seeking a passionate Researcher/Senior Researcher to join our dedicated team, focusing on Climate-Smart Forestry.

Apply by May 24: careers.efi.int/o/researcher-s…

Our next speaker Dr. Karen Vancampenhout will share insights on monitoring of #soil health – and we’ll discuss what role #soil monitoring plays for #forest #restoration .

May 8, 16:00 CEST

Register here👇
tinyurl.com/2p9m8fx6

🍇🌳New blog post from #ResAlliance ! Vineyards can work as firebreaks against forest fires & offer important socio-economic benefits! 🔥Find out how #agroforestry mosaics in #Catalonia contribute to a more resilient landscape: resilience-blog.com/2024/04/29/cre…

Things you see in the #forest

Researchers Trishna Dutta & Sonja Heiliger are installing dozens of cameras in Siebengebirge, Germany, as part of our Velux Stiftung project #DeerObserver

Although they're mainly monitoring living deer, they've spotted many other interesting things!

📢 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨

Did you know that old-growth #forests in the Balkans harbour the highest forest #carbon sink at the continental level in Europe?

This was one of the findings of a new study by our Università di Udine Università di Torino researchers!

Download it here👇
wildcard-project.eu/old-growth-for…

Be sure to catch this interesting virtual conference,Marcus Lindner Resilience Programme is one of the panellists! More info 👇

Remember our #coffee break in the forest? That is the result of it now! Yesterday the #Silviculture Team of Wald und Holz NRW visited the #SUPERB sites in #Arnsberg Wald. We also had a special #biodiversity guest listening from behind the bark of a #spruce stump...

🌲To all those involved in Climate-Smart Forestry research: Stay tuned for the #FORWARDScalls , a grant opportunity managed by European Forest Institute (EFI) to support the development of the ForestWard Observatory and advance Climate-Smart Forestry.

More details available at the end of April!

🌳🪲 Did you know that #Mediterranean stone pines are being attacked by the pine tortoise scale insect?

Join us for a new webinar on 2 May to learn more about this threat & how forest #genetics research can help tackle it!

More info & registration 👇mailchi.mp/21bcd69d8bc5/e…

Today is #EarthDay !🌎 Celebrating the occasion, we inaugurated a new outdoor educational site in the #forest for our pupils in Ljubljana🇸🇮

Great collaboration between UL Pedagoška fakulteta, #IntegrateNetwork , European Forest Institute (EFI) & the Slovenian Forest Service!

👉multipliers-project.org/an-outdoor-cla…

Meet our #rewilding experts! Over the next weeks, we’ll introduce the bright minds behind the #WILDCARDproject 🌿

Starting this #EarthDay with @PeterVerburg11 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, who's leading our work in identifying the future rewilding hotspots of Europe🛰️

➡️wildcard-project.eu/uncovering-the…

Species identification, tree microhabitats and soil protection: there's so much to learn in a #forest #marteloscope !

Students of Ljubljana's school Šmartno pod Šmarno goro took our consortium to their outdoor classroom, exercising their #scicomm skills to share their learnings📢

What are the main environmental drivers affecting #forest #resilience ? How should people manage disturbed forests to support their recovery?
Read this blog post on the resilience of European temperate forests to large and severe #disturbances ➡ bit.ly/3TVcDNH

📺Watch the summary of the symposium ‘Native hardwoods, the #resilience of the forest sector?’ and check out the presentations of more than 30 speakers discussing the current situation of the broadleaves #forests in Europe and Galicia ▶ bit.ly/3VTZpn8
#Simposiofrondosas

New week, new goals! 🎯

Explore exciting job opportunities at the GLF & our partner organizations.

✅ #MELIA Officer, GLF
✅ Research Support Manager, European Forest Institute (EFI)
✅ Remote Sensing & GIS Officer; Comms. Specialist CIFOR-ICRAF
community.globallandscapesforum.org/job-board/

#ThinkLandscape

To ensure that forests continue to provide their valuable #ecosystem services in challenging times, we need to investigate #climatechange & #disturbances effects and project their future impacts in our forests.

Read I-Maestro #PolicyBrief bit.ly/3PnMK6Q

Resilience Programme

In this article, Magda BOU DAGHER reveals some of the #challenges and #opportunities of SUPERB's #regeneration efforts in the French #Aquitaine region.

Read here:theconversation.com/how-were-breat…

European Forest Institute (EFI) Resilience Programme European Research Executive Agency Colombe Warin 🇪🇺 Magda BOU DAGHER EU green research