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Safeguarding biodiversity and carbon-rich forest networks in Europe www.safenet-project.eu LinkedIn: SafeNet Project ✨Funded under the Horizon Europe R&I Programme, GA No. 101181981 (SafeNet). Posts reflect views & opinions of the author only.

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SafeNet Project @safenet-eu.bsky.social · 10h
🌙🦋 Nearly 1 in 9 moth species in Europe is threatened with extinction. A new European Red List highlights the importance of protecting and reconnecting habitats, while improving biodiversity monitoring. Learn how these themes connect to SafeNet's work: 🔗 safenet-project.eu #Biodiversity #Habitats
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SafeNet Project @safenet-eu.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🐾🌲What are climate refugia? Places where local conditions remain suitable for species despite climate change. They could become vital for protecting forest biodiversity in the future. Learn how SafeNet is exploring climate refugia and forest connectivity: 🔗 safenet-project.eu/climate-refu...
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Climate Refugia: Nature's Safe Havens in a Changing Climate - SafeNet
Funded by the EU Horizon Europe Programme, SafeNet is a €6.2 million, 4.5-year project that aims to stop biodiversity loss and boost ecosystem resilience in European forests.
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SafeNet Project @safenet-eu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Several of these new Biodiversa+ policy briefs are highly relevant to SafeNet's work on forest conservation, biodiversity and ecosystem resilience across Europe. 🌱 Strong science, monitoring and collaboration are essential for successful nature restoration! 🔗 safenet-project.eu/new-biodiver...
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Trees4Adapt @trees4adapt.eu · 03/09/2026
How can landscapes recover from wildfire while becoming more resilient to future climate and biodiversity risks? Trees4Adapt is studying this question in Portugal through its Serra da Estrela case study, which will host the consortium next week! 🌳 Learn more: trees4adapt.eu/case-studies...
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ERINN Innovation @erinninnovation.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Happy World Nature Conservation Day! 🌍 ERINN Innovation supports biodiversity through EU-funded research, helping protect forests, land and oceans through projects such as @trees4adapt.eu, @safenet-eu.bsky.social and @marinebeacon.bsky.social. Explore more of our projects on erinn.eu/projects/
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SafeNet Project @safenet-eu.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
🍃Boreal Forests, Biodiversity and Economics Sign up for #IBFRA ’s online webinar on how boreal forest biodiversity links with real economic decisions * Public welfare impacts * EU Biodiversity Strategy’s role in the wood‑based bioeconomy 🌲31 March @17.00 www.lyyti.fi/reg/IBFRA_we... @luke.fi
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IBFRA webinar: Boreal forests, biodiversity and economics
IBFRA webinar: Boreal forests, biodiversity and economics Welcome to the IBFRA webinar! Our invited speakers on March 31st are: Do-Hun Kim (SLU): Paying for biodiversity-increasing management in non-i...
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MARCO-BOLO project @marco-bolo.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🎉 Registrations & abstract submissions for #BioMonWeek26 are open! Bring your biodiversity monitoring work to the European stage and submit your contribution under one of the 9 themes Register here: www.biomonweek.eu @biodiversa.eu @bioagora.eu @gbif.org @marco-bolo.bsky.social #AllianceforNature
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MARCO-BOLO project @marco-bolo.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
📢 Registrations for #BioMonWeek2026 are opening in early February! 📍 Montpellier 📅 4–8 May 2026 Join the first edition of the European conference on cooperation and innovation in biodiversity monitoring, bringing together science, policy and business communities www.biomonweek.eu
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Katharina Albrich @albrichk.eurosky.social · 12/01/2026
Are you a student our recent graduate interested in forest biodiversity and experienced with data management and coding? @safenet-eu.bsky.social at @luke.fi is looking for a research assistant this summer! Apply online: valtiolle.fi/en/jobs/rese...
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Research Assistant, Forest landscape modelling, Helsinki - Natural Resources Institute Finland
Open job: Research Assistant, Forest landscape modelling, Helsinki, Natural Resources Institute Finland - Find all jobs in Valtiolle.fi
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FORWARDS project @forwards-project.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
How can policymakers identify the most resilient management options? 🌲 In #ForwardsEU, researchers from the Università degli Studi del Molise developed 2 easy-to-use web apps that let users upload forest data and evaluate how climate smart their management practices are. More: tinyurl.com/xbdxvtrh
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Enhancing Forest Insights: Deliverable D3.2 Introduces Advanced Tools for CSF Assessment — Forwards
As a forest owner or policymaker, you want your forests to be more resilient in the years to come. But how can you determine the best management options?
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 27/11/2025
🌲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. 👉 Read more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...
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BioAgora project @bioagora.eu · 27/11/2025
🤝 The #BioAgora2025 consortium meeting took place earlier this month in Brussels, the city at the very epicentre of European decision-making! 👀 Find out about the event's discussions on the project's contributions to the #biodiversity science-policy interface: bioagora.eu/news/bioagor...
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Trees4Adapt @trees4adapt.eu · 19/11/2025
The Trees4Adapt team is in Helsinki for our kick-off meeting! Two days of planning, good discussions, a cold ferry to Suomenlinna, and a sauna ahead. A strong start to a Horizon Europe project on tree-based solutions 🌱 #Trees4adapt #TreeBasedSolution #MissionClimateAdapt #EUproject #KickingOff
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MARCO-BOLO project @marco-bolo.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Europe’s waters are under pressure - from rivers to coasts to the deep sea💧 Join our campaign and help protect life in The Waters We Share! 💙 See what you can do: marcobolo-project.eu/the-waters-w... #TheWatersWeShare #LifeBeneathTheWaves #KnowOurWatersBetter #AquaticPersonalityQuiz
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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Hoverflies (family Syrphidae): As their common name suggests, these important Pollinators are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers. They are the second most important pollinator after Bees. Lovely photo taken by Richard Burkmar in Middlesex, UK. #hoverfly #hoverflies #wildlife #pollinators
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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🦉 Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia): This Owl photographed by Jay Spring in California looks like it had a busy night! #owl #owls #bird #birds #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #california #usa #nature #birdphotography #bluesky
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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) This European, North African & Asian species of Kingfisher has a wingspan of 25cm (9.8in). They nest in burrows close to lake edges or in riverbanks. Striking photo of a female Kingfisher taken by Laura Corkindale in Hampshire, UK #kingfisher #bird #wildlife #nature
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Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) @biodiversa.eu · 06/11/2025
Soils hold the key to our resilience. Our new Issue Brief shows how soil can: ✅Help tackle climate change ✅Support food security ✅Restore ecosystems #BiodivClim #SoilMicrobiome #CarbonFarming #ClimateAdaptation Explore the science: www.biodiversa.eu/2025/09/25/s... Available in 5 languages.
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BioAgora project @bioagora.eu · 06/11/2025
📚 Our partners from @biodiversa.eu are zeroing in on the topic of climate change resilience in Europe within three new issue briefs! 👀 Find out more below: #Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet
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OptiForValue @optiforvalue.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
🌲🌳 Curious about #OptiForValue forestry project and what we’re working on? 👀🌍 Discover how we're shaping the future - optimising forest operations for sustainable forest management & high-value applications! 🎥 lnkd.in/e8TN5nk4 #CBEJU #SmartForest #ClimateResilience #ForestValue @luke.fi
Photo of a desk with a cup of coffee and a laptop. On the laptop screen a video  is open and the play button highlighted with 'watch now'
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LifeWatch ERIC @lifewatcheric.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Today we are attending the @marbefes.bsky.social conference on climate change, biodiversity, and the relationship between humans and the marine environment, where our presentation is focused on the Mediterranean Sea. Here's a few snapshots 👇 👇 👇
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SafeNet Project @safenet-eu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
How can Europe build resilience against climate change? Three new issue briefs dive into the science behind Nature-based Solutions, soil health & sustainable forestry. Evidence-based insights to guide policy and practice. From @biodiversa.eu 🧷 www.biodiversa.eu/2025/10/30/b... #BiodivClim
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Building Climate Resilience: New Issue Briefs on Soils, Forests & Nature-based Solutions
Biodiversa+ has released a new series of three Issue Briefs from the BiodivClim programme, showing how biodiversity can make Europe’s soils, forests, and landscapes more resilient to climate change.
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SafeNet Project @safenet-eu.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
📣 #SafeNet made an appearance at the #IUCNWorldConservationCongress in Abu Dhabi! Thanks to #MarionKarmann #FSC for sharing SafeNet's poster with interested visitors from Peru, Gibraltar, Tanzania, Ghana and more! #IUCN2025 #GlobalConservation #NatureConservation #ForestBiodiversity #HEUproject
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SafeNet Project @safenet-eu.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🎉 Bence Lukács (#ESSRG) won Best Innovation Presentation at Open Living Lab Days (ENoLL) for showcasing SafeNet’s Living Lab strategy and built great connections with other projects Congrats Bence! 👏 🔗 safenet-project.eu/safenet-presentation-wins-innovation-award-at-leading-living-lab-conference
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Katharina Albrich @albrichk.eurosky.social · 07/10/2025
Very cool field course on forest restoration (focus on deadwood+soils) last week. Organized by #Priodiversity project in Evo (also a CS area in @safenet-eu.bsky.social). Great to visit the Evo restoration experiment and Kotinen old-growth. My highlight: reactivating my soil knowledge (yay podzols)
Old-growth forest, dominated by mature spruce trees. A lot of downed deadwood and many young trees in the foreground.A podzol soil profile with a very clear grey eluvial horizonA group of people wearing orange safety vests, standing in a birch forest and discussing
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Trees4Adapt @trees4adapt.eu · 01/10/2025
🌳 New Mission Adaptation to Climate Change project: @trees4adapt.bsky.social Over the next 4 years, we’ll work across Europe to co- develop tree-based solutions for climate resilience and biodiversity. 📢 Follow our updates here and on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/tree... #Trees4Adapt #NBS
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Trees4Adapt Project | LinkedIn
Trees4Adapt Project | 4 followers on LinkedIn. Addressing complex risks from climate change and biodiversity loss across systems and scales: tree-based solutions
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SafeNet Project @safenet-eu.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🎥✨Our project video is live! #SafeNet is working to safeguard #biodiversity and #carbon-rich #forest networks across Europe🌲🌳 Watch the animated video to learn more! 📽️ youtu.be/pKzUwJ6qShg #Biodiversity #OldGrowth #Forests #CarbonCapture #EUProject @luke.fi @erinninnovation.bsky.social
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SafeNet Project Explainer Video: Safeguarding Biodiversity and Carbon-rich Forest Networks in Europe
YouTube video by ERINN Innovation
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SafeNet Project @safenet-eu.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
🎥 Check out our second #SafeNet video! It highlights our four #CaseStudy locations and the #LivingLabs where we co-create forest conservation solutions with #stakeholders 🤝🌲🌳 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLNi... #Biodiversity #CarbonRich #Forests @luke.fi @erinninnovation.bsky.social
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SafeNet Case Studies: Safeguarding Biodiversity and Carbon-rich Forest Networks in Europe
YouTube video by ERINN Innovation
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 16/09/2025
📃 ForestPaths' Policy Labs are singled out in the 2024 annual report of FOREXT! 🤝 They are cited for their importance to the research-practice interface when it comes to forestry management and governance. 👀 Find out more: forestpaths.eu/news/forext-... #FutureForests #Biodiversity
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SafeNet Project @safenet-eu.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
🎧 We are #loving WILDCARD: The Forest Game, a podcast exploring forest biodiversity and rewilding in Europe. From forest mysteries, swamp secrets, proforestation and EU restoration policy. Listen here: wildcard-project.eu/wildcard-the... #WILDCARDProject #Forests #Rewilding #Biodiversity
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SafeNet Project @safenet-eu.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
We came across #WildlifeConnect, a global initiative working to reconnect habitats with ecological corridors🐾🌍 In EU, they focus on the #Carpathians, combining science, policy and community engagement More info: wildlifeconnect.org @wwf.eu @conscorridor.bsky.social @largelandscapes.org @cms.int
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FORWARDS project @forwards-project.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
🏆🌲 Here are five more projects which were awarded #ForwardsEU grants to study the characterisation of European forest disturbances CAEFD, CE-ReDiFor, HALO-FARM, Image4Dist, TREA: discover them in our news release 🔗 bit.ly/4m6ZpKf @remote-sensing-slu.bsky.social @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social
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Five new FORWARDS-funded projects to characterise European forest disturbances kicked off — Forwards
CAEFD, CE-ReDiFor, HALO-FARM, Image4Dist, TREAD
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BioAgora project @bioagora.eu · 21/07/2025
👉 Until 23 July, you have the opportunity to apply to join the latest Expert Working Group by @eklipse-europe.bsky.social! 💚 The associated Call for Experts deals with the topic of conservation for marine Natura 2000 sites. 👀 Find out more: #Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 21/07/2025
📢Our partners from @forwards-project.bsky.social have extended the application deadline for two of its grants! ☀️ Their topics deal with linking ground and remote sensing data for an improved understanding of how climate factors impact forests. #FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices
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Royal Forestry Society @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
🌲 Foresters & Arborists – We Want to Hear From You! 🌲 Breaking Points is a mini survey designed to help us gauge stresses and connectedness amongst people in the forestry sector. 🎁 Complete the survey for a chance to WIN a chainsaw! It only takes a few minutes 👇 buff.ly/PvVK0YN
A broken branch with a blurred woodland background with text "breaking points
Most people in forestry know someone who has been severely affected by issues surrounding mental health.
We need this to change.
Tell us where we should start."A Milwaukee M18 Fuel Chainsaw Kit is infront of a blurred woodland background. Text reads:
"win a chainsaw!
Complete the survey to be eligible to win a Milwaukee M18 Fuel Chainsaw Kit generously donated by Sorbus International"Blurred woodland background with logos of the working group involved: Confor, Cumbria Woodlands, Forest Industry Safety Accord, Forestry Commission, Forestry Contracting Association, Royal Forestry Society, and the Institute of Chartered Foresters.
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SafeNet Project @safenet-eu.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
@jyuscience.bsky.social recently featured researcher Dr Mira Kajanus, in their Instagram story series! 🌲🧪 She shares details of her research, her motivations, and how #SafeNet supports biodiversity and forest conservation in Europe. English translations here: bit.ly/3ImuATj #Biodiversity #Forests
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 02/07/2025
🙌 We thank our partners from @efimedfacility.bsky.social for the inclusion of ForestPaths' milestones in their latest newsletter! 👀 Find out more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp... #FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices
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GBIF @gbif.org · 02/07/2025
⭐ #DominicanRepublic joins the GBIF network as an Associate Participant! Joining the network aims to strengthen open biodiversity data mobilization across the Caribbean region. 🌱 Read more: 🔗 gbif.link/dominican-...
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HoliSoils Project @holisoils.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
#Forests are under increasing pressure from #ClimateChange but what happens beneath the surface? A new study by #HoliSoils researchers found that bigger #soil organisms are more affected by #forest disturbances than smaller ones 🌳🕷️🐞🌲 Find out more about this study ⬇️ holisoils.eu/size-matters...
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Size matters: how forest disturbances disproportionately impact soil organisms - HoliSoils
Worldwide forests are currently facing increasing disturbances caused by climatic and anthropogenic pressures, including those driven by the increasing demand
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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
✨📰 New research has been published which explores how to enable & encourage access to woodlands for members of the public from five different minority groups. Find out more: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/underst...
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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Free Integrating Trees Network event 🌳 Join the Imrie family at Hillhead Farm to hear how planting trees helped their business and to chat funding and next steps for woodland creation with ourselves and #ScottishForestry 🚜 👉 Free tickets at: buff.ly/ZZw9isH #TreesonFarms #Agroforestry
An aerial shot of arable fields is overlain with text reading 'Integrating Trees Network. Tuesday 15th July, 1-4pm'
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Katharina Albrich @albrichk.eurosky.social · 19/06/2025
And a question at the heart of @safenet-eu.bsky.social - how will all of this, together with human actions in surrounding managed areas affect forest-dwelling species and what could we do to support biodiversity in these forests?
Mushrooms growing on a downed log. A spruce seedling growing atop a polypore on a big downed log.A three-toed woodpecker on a tree stem.
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Katharina Albrich @albrichk.eurosky.social · 19/06/2025
A rare field day, getting to know the forests of our @safenet-eu.bsky.social case study area in Romania, near Brasov. Impactful to see the shifts in species dominance already happening. Spruce and, crucially, Silver Fir are not doing well, Beech is gaining importance even at higher elevations.
A forest picture. A beech tree in sunlight, growing below a canopy of spruce and fir trees. Some dead spruces in the background. Ferns and other understorey plants in the foreground.Two people descending a steep rocky slope in a forest
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UN Biodiversity @unbiodiversity.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework ( #KMGBF) is the world’s blueprint to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. Its 23 action targets must be achieved by 2030. Everyone has a role to play. Act now for #PeaceWithNature: 🔗 www.cbd.int/article/idb-...
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SafeNet Project @safenet-eu.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
#WernerRammer visited @luke.fi last month to help advance the #iLand model for #SafeNet🌲 Inspired by a seaside sauna & concert, Werner implemented updates on the deadwood submodel: key biodiversity indicator. Joint publication in making 👀 @edfm-tum.bsky.social #ForestResearch #Biodiversity
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Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) @biodiversa.eu · 17/06/2025
📢 Call for interest! Is your organisation committed to advancing the European Biodiversity Strategy for 2030? Join our Enlarged Stakeholder Board! Help shape research, bridge science-policy-society gaps, & grow your network. 🗓️ Apply by 22 July 2025 🔗https://www.biodiversa.eu/ESB-2025-call
Call for interest: Join the Biodiversa+ Enlarged Stakeholder Board
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FSC UK @fsc-uk.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Our Consumer Survey revealed a surprising knowledge gap: 📦 35% didn’t realise cardboard comes from trees 📄 15% were unsure about paper 🪵 11% didn’t know that wood itself comes from trees Read the full findings: uk.fsc.org/newsfeed/res...
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Results from the 2025 FSC UK Consumer Survey
The results are in, and show that recognition of the FSC logo is highest amongst the younger generations but, across all age groups, there is still some confusion about which materials can come from t...
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Moments in nature 🍃💧
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Mikko Peltoniemi @Luke @mikkopel.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Ping @safenet-eu.bsky.social and @forestpaths.eu
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Katharina Albrich @albrichk.eurosky.social · 11/06/2025
Great start to my short visit to beautiful Brasov as part of @safenet-eu.bsky.social - very excited to work on the data to set up a new iLand model landscape and even more excited to get to see the local forests!
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