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Horizon Europe project aiming to create holistic forest-based policy pathways to optimise EU forests’ climate change mitigation potential (No 101056755).
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🌲ForestPaths researchers from @tum.de, in collaboration with Berchtesgaden National Park Research, show that spectral unmixing-based forest recovery indicators can effectively predict post-disturbance recovery success.

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November 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Policy Lab 3 is a wrap! 🥳

Over three days, we explored SSP1 & SSP3, checked how far the visions can be reached, refined actions and trade-offs and gathered inputs for Policy Lab 4 (2026).

👏 Thanks to all partners and stakeholders involved!

Press release coming soon.

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November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Wrapping up the Policy Lab with some final words on the past fews days and what is to come by project partner Marc Gramberger from Prospex Institute and coordinator Hans Verkerk from @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social 🤩
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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It's the final day of Policy Lab 3 and we're starting with stakeholders receiving feedback from the modellers and adjusting the policy pathways 😎

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November 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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⭐ Post study tour, the stakeholders are back in their respective visions groups and it's now time to discuss the trade-offs identified per vision under the exploratory scenarios.

❓ The second step? Provide answers to a set of questions of importance to the modellers for taking the next steps.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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🚶 🌲 While the modellers are working hard to revise the spider diagrams based on the stakeholders' case-combination for the policy pathways, our participants went on a study tour at Eichwerder Moorwiesen Nature Reserve to have a walk through and see the forest and ecosystem reserve management.

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November 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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🌲 Finally, project partners Mart-Jan Schelhaas (@w-u-r.bsky.social) and Thomas Pugh (Lund University) present a poster on how #forestmanagement affects carbon uptake, harvest and biodiversity, using models EFISCEN-SPACE & LPJ-GUESS.

👉 Learn more about our models: forestpaths.eu/models

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November 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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🌍 Next up: project partner Carlijn Bos (@leefomgeving.bsky.social) presents a poster on how wood-based products and energy influence #greenhousegas emissions, using models IMAGE, EFI-GTM, aiphoria and bw_timex.

🖐️ Co-authored with the @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social and VITO.

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November 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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🚶 Time for modellers to share insights from the models.

🌲 Joanna Raymond (KIT) kicks off with a poster overview of environmental and societal impacts of #policies to protect and restore #forest land, using CRAFTY, IMAGE & more!
(Co-authored by @leefomgeving.bsky.social and University of Edinburgh)
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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😎 Policy Lab 3, Day 2 - has begun!

Today, our modellers have the task to present perspectives from their individual models to the stakeholders so they can further be informed when building their policy pathways towards the three visions.

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November 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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😎 Back from group work, we’re now introducing measures to reach the 3 visions under different scenarios.

🌲 This session focuses on building pathways using #exploratorycases from the upcoming #CANOPY tool and linking PL2’s measures to each vision—presented by Aapo Rautiainen (@luke.fi).

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November 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Aaaaaaand, we're back to our respective vision groups to align them within the context of the two exploratory scenarios (SSP1 and SPP3).

Find out more about SSPs here: www.dkrz.de/en/communica...

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November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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💬 As we discuss the three visions, Policy Lab 3 is also considering two exploratory scenarios (SSP1 & SSP3) as diverging future contexts.

Dr Anna Repo (@luke.fi) introduces these #climatechange scenarios and previews CANOPY, our upcoming tool for exploring model results.
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Stakeholders are now splitting into three groups to discuss the visions and share their spider diagrams: “Better Forests for All”, “Resilient Forests for People and Planet” and “Diversity ALDO”.

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November 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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💡 In Policy Lab 2, we created three visions (as seen in image below) for what #forests could look like by 2050.

📂 Policy Lab 3 focuses on how to reach them by building #policypathways using ForestPaths models.

The visions will be online soon—learn more about our models here: forestpaths.eu/models
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Policy Lab 3 kicks off in Berlin 🇩🇪 with project coordinator Dr Hans Verkerk (@efieuropeanforest.bsky.social) presenting ForestPaths and its key results!

More info on the project: forestpaths.eu
Details on previous Policy Labs: forestpaths.eu/policy-labs
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Kicking off Policy Lab 3 today in Berlin! 🇩🇪👏

Hosted by Oeko-Institut and organised by Prospex Institute, we’ll spend the next three days revisiting the #forest visions from Policy Lab 2 and, with our project modellers, explore how to reach them through new #policy pathways.

Stay tuned!
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November 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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🌲New ForestPaths study examines how global wood demand, harvests, and forest management intensity could change under different socioeconomic and climate scenarios throughout the 21st century.

👉 Read more: forestpaths.eu/news/new-for...
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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ForestPaths researchers conducted a Life Cycle Assessment of magnesium phosphate cement made with recycled materials from the steel industry.

Results show that the cement industry can cut emissions by adopting low-carbon cements, energy and fuels.

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November 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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The ForestPaths European Tree Genus Map is now open for early access! 🌲

Developed by VITO and TUM, it’s the first 10 m map showing dominant tree genus across Europe.

🔗 forestpaths.eu/news/early-access-release-forestpaths-european-tree-genus-map
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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🎙️ New #ForestChats episode!

Dr. Hans Verkerk (EFI) & Dr. Alba Viana Soto (TUM) talk about the Next-Gen Forest Disturbance Atlas, which uses AI & satellites to track fires, storms, pests & harvesting across Europe’s forests. 🌲

🎧 Listen on Spotify, YouTube & more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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🎂 ForestPaths is now three years old!

👀 Discover all the milestones that shaped the last 12 months of our efforts to map out the future of forestry management and governance in Europe: forestpaths.eu/news/celebra...

#FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices
October 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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👀 At the #SOLOMeetsEvora event, ForestPaths materials were #spotted in the dedicated communication and dissemination corner of our partners from @pensoft.net!

🤝 We were joined in the display by fellow #Horizon initiatives SOLO, @eufawready.eu and SHOWCASE, among others.
October 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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📍#ForestPathsAGM3 may have ended yesterday, but we had one more stop to make in Romania - the old-growth forests of Şinca!

🌳A day-long study visit was organised in this UNESCO site, allowing for field discussions on forestry realities, challenges and innovations.

#FutureForests #Biodiversity
October 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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🏁 It's a wrap for #ForestPathsAGM3!

🤝 Thank you for tuning in for our coverage as we spent three days deepening our collaboration on Europe's #FutureForests!

👀 Stay tuned for the meeting's recap later this month!
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM