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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 Project @forestpaths.eu · 28/09/2026
👀 Do you know what bw_timex is? Amelie Müller (@vito.be, @unileiden.bsky.social ) presents this tool developed within ForestPaths. bw_timex is used for time-explicit Life Cycle Assessment - it makes your LCA use the right data for the right point in time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_R3...
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Introducing bw_timex: Interview with Amelie Müller
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 23/09/2026
The day closed with an interactive discussion led by Sarah Adams (@efieuropeanforest.bsky.social) that gathered ideas for ForestPaths' final papers, using a free-form brainstorm grouped live into themes for discussion.
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 23/09/2026
Next up, Tsenka Garova (@pensoft.net) presented ForestPaths' dissemination work from the past year and gave a preview of what's ahead - the CANOPY platform and more results-focused outputs. forestpaths.eu/canopy-platf...
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CANOPY platform
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 23/09/2026
The second day of ForestPaths' 4th AGM opened with Valentino Govigli (CMCC) outlining plans to synthesise ForestPaths' results into actionable policy recommendations for decision-makers, practitioners, and other stakeholders.
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 22/09/2026
@mikkopel.bsky.social (@luke.fi) presented the current status of integrated pathway results, combining forest and wood-product carbon balances at the European level. The work explores mitigation, biodiversity, and trade-offs across food production, employment, and gross value added.
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 22/09/2026
@jcdoelman.bsky.social (@nlenvironagency.bsky.social), Cleo Orfanidou (@efieuropeanforest.bsky.social) and Giuseppe Cardellini (@vito.be) outlined forest-based mitigation modelling, combining EFI-GTM, IMAGE, aiphoria, and Bw_timex for ForestPaths' six policy pathways.
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 22/09/2026
@tompugh.bsky.social (@lund-university.bsky.social) shared forest management modelling work using GLOBIO, EFISCEN-space, and LPJ-GUESS, looking at biodiversity, carbon sinks, and harvest levels across ForestPaths' pathways and exploratory cases. 🌲
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 22/09/2026
Joanna Raymond (@kit.edu) provided an overview of land-use modelling work, using three models (CRAFTY, PLUM, and IMAGE) to analyse land-use change, forest management, climate mitigation, and ecosystem services for ForestPaths' pathways.
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 22/09/2026
The meeting continued with Gloria Marsano and Marc Gramberger (Prospex Institute), who gave an update on Policy Lab 4. The final lab will evaluate forest policy pathways, compare trade-offs across visions, and shape policy recommendations. 🌲 More on the policy labs: forestpaths.eu/policy-labs
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 22/09/2026
ForestPaths' 4th Annual General Meeting is taking place today and tomorrow, online. Coordinator Hans Verkerk (@efieuropeanforest.bsky.social) opened with a look at the work done in the past year and what's ahead in the project's final 6 months. Follow along for more updates! 🌲
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 17/09/2026
📢 Registration is now open for the final event of our sister project Forest Navigator! 👉 Learn more: www.forestnavigator.eu/news/event/f...
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ForestNavigator Final Event
The ForestNavigator Final Event will take place in Brussels on 13–14 October 2026. The programme is now available and registration is open.
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 15/09/2026
‼️New ForestPaths video now out! Mohamed Byari from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Campus Alpin in Garmisch-Partenkirchen talks about his work on the CRAFTY model and explains how it could help shape policy. 👉 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebis...
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The CRAFTY model: Mohamed Byari
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 10/09/2026
🌍 A new article looks at how Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) are used to build prospective Life Cycle Assessments (pLCAs). forestpaths.eu/news/researc...
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Researchers propose recommendations for the use of IAMs in prospective LCA
An article led by Aaron Paris from the Institute of Environmental Sciences at Leiden University, and with contributions from ForestPaths partner Amelie Müller, offers practice-oriented recom...
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 09/09/2026
📢 Researchers have released a new global dataset that tracks land use and land cover from 1960 through 2100. The dataset offers finer spatial and temporal resolution than earlier products. It also accounts for local variation in how landscapes change. forestpaths.eu/news/new-dat...
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 01/09/2026
🤩 Happy fourth birthday to us! We've had so many achievements and milestones over the years, one post wouldn't do us justice 😎, which is why we'll give you more information on what we've done over the past year in the days to come, feeding you bits & bops, here & there.
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 12/08/2026
bw_timex is an open-source Python package for time-explicit Life Cycle Assessment. It accounts for how supply chains, technologies, and emissions change over time - such as the increasing share of renewable energy in the future. 👉 github.com/brightway-lc... #ForestPathsModels
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 05/08/2026
What are the tools used within ForestPaths? aiphoria is an open-source Python package by @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social for tracking wood flows across value chains. It traces wood products from forest to final use, maps circularity, and quantifies associated carbon stocks. #ForestPathsModels
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 29/07/2026
❓What is EFI-GTM? This global wood market model simulates how producers and consumers across different regions trade and respond to changes in supply and demand. 👉 Learn more: forestpaths.eu/models
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 24/07/2026
In today's #ForestPathsModels feature: LandSyMM - a global land use framework linking forest management, wood demand and economic systems to assess the biophysical and socio-economic impacts of forest policy. forestpaths.eu/models
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 15/07/2026
#ForestPathsModels zooms in on PLUM - a model that simulates how demand for food, bioenergy and wood drives land use change, balancing competing pressures across different policy scenarios. 👉 Learn more: forestpaths.eu/models
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 08/07/2026
🌲Next in #ForestPathsModels: IMAGE - an integrated assessment model simulating how timber and agricultural demand drive land use change and carbon emissions from 1970 to 2100, and connecting forest dynamics to the global climate picture. 👉 Learn more: forestpaths.eu/models
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 07/07/2026
Are you interested in the potential of forest modelling for climate change mitigation? Thomas Pugh (@lund-university.bsky.social) and @jcdoelman.bsky.social (@nlenvironagency.bsky.social) talk about the role of modelling within ForestPaths. 📹 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG19...
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Forest modelling for climate change mitigation: Interview with Thomas Pugh and Jonathan Doelman
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 01/07/2026
#ForestPathsModels introduces GLOBIO, a model that simulates how land use, climate change, and nitrogen deposition affect biodiversity and ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, pollination, and recreation across Europe. 🔎 Learn more: forestpaths.eu/models
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 24/06/2026
🌍We are continuing our #ForestPathsModels series with RCA-GUESS - a regional Earth system model coupling LPJ-GUESS with an atmospheric model to simulate how forests influence the climate around them, not just the other way around. Learn more: forestpaths.eu/models
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 17/06/2026
#ForestPathsModels meets CRAFTY - a model simulating how land users make management decisions and how policy shapes their choices across forestry, agriculture and conservation. 👉Learn more: forestpaths.eu/models
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 16/06/2026
🌲 ForestPaths at the EEA/JRC LULUCF workshop in Copenhagen (27–28 May) Our partners contributed to a gathering of researchers, modellers, and policy experts advancing greenhouse gas reporting and forest carbon accounting across Europe. forestpaths.eu/news/eeajrc-...
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EEA/JRC LULUCF workshop brings together forest carbon experts in Copenhagen
ForestPaths partners took part in the EEA/JRC LULUCF workshop on 27-28 May in Copenhagen. The two-day event brought together researchers, modellers and policy experts from across Europe to exchange th...
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 11/06/2026
🪵 Meet EFISCEN-Space - a forest projection model grounded in National Forest Inventory (NF) data, responsive to climate scenarios and modular enough to simulate carbon, biodiversity and ecosystem services across Europe. #ForestPathsModels Learn more: forestpaths.eu/models
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 04/06/2026
#ForestPathsModels kicks off with LPJ-GUESS - a model that tracks how tree species establish, grow and compete across European forest ecosystems. 🌲 Enhanced within ForestPaths to better capture disturbances, forest composition and management practices. 👉 Learn more: forestpaths.eu/models
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 02/06/2026
Over the coming weeks, the #ForestPathsModels campaign will take a closer look at the models and tools behind ForestPaths research - so you can see exactly how the science is done. 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 01/06/2026
🤩 New open datasets just dropped for Europe's #forests! Three satellite maps. Whole continent. Free on Zenodo. → Disturbances 1985–2023 → Canopy height, cover & complexity → Dominant tree genus Read more about the maps and their impact: forestpaths.eu/news/new-hig...
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 27/05/2026
🌲 ForestPaths Features #4 is live! Managed forests in Europe have lost 56–63% of their animal biodiversity vs. natural forests — and the type of management barely changes that figure. 👉Our latest feature breaks down the findings and where the path forward lies: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...
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FORSAID Project @forsaid.eu · 29/04/2026
🔊 We are proud to announce the launch of FORSAID's very own podcast - ForestHealth! 🌳 In this new format, we will sit down with leading experts to discuss how to address the spread of pests and pathogens threatening Europe's forests. 👂 Listen to our first episode now: forsaid.eu/media-center...
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 28/04/2026
🏆 The Stans Award for Best PhD Paper 2025 goes to a ForestPaths partner! Amelie Müller has been awarded by the Institute of Environmental Sciences at @unileiden.bsky.social. Her winning paper introduces a flexible framework for time-explicit Life Cycle Assessment. forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...
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ForestPaths researcher receives Stans Award for Best PhD Paper
Amelie Müller, PhD researcher and a ForestPaths project partner, has been awarded the Stans Award for Best PhD Paper 2025 by the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) at Leiden University. The aw...
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 27/04/2026
🎬 New ForestPaths video just dropped! Learn more about stakeholder engagement and the format of the ForestPaths Policy Labs and Policy Engagement Forum with Gloria Marsano, consultant at Prospex Institute. 👉 Watch: youtu.be/pr2uzXvWo38
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ForestPaths Policy Labs and Policy Engagement Forum: Interview with Gloria Marsano
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 22/04/2026
🧐 Did you register for the webinar on Boreal forests, biodiversity and economics, organised by the International Boreal Forest Research Association (IBFRA)? 👉 If not, you still have the time to do it here: www.lyyti.fi/reg/IBFRA_we...
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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 April 29th are: Do-Hun Kim (SLU): Paying for biodiversity-increasing management in non-i...
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FORSAID Project @forsaid.eu · 21/04/2026
🌲 The #FORSAIDTechnologies series continues with its second video, all about smart trapping devices developed to address outbreaks of moth pests in forests! 🔎 Watch it now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ2E...
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Innovative management of moth pests in forests: Demonstration of smart trapping solutions
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 21/04/2026
🌲How will climate change reshape Europe's forests? New study published in Science investigates just that. Findings show that disturbance levels will likely exceed anything recorded in recent decades. The area affected could more than double by 2100. 👉 Full study: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Climate change will increase forest disturbances in Europe throughout the 21st century
Wildfires, insect outbreaks, and storms cause large pulses of tree mortality. Climate change amplifies these forest disturbances, yet their future magnitude and extent remain uncertain. Here, we simul...
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 20/04/2026
ForestPaths partners met in Joensuu to prepare the fourth and final Policy Lab 🌲 PL4 will focus on trade-offs in forest pathways and turning research into clear #policy recommendations for Europe’s forest future. 👉Read more about the meeting here: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 20/04/2026
New brochure out from the @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social on аiphoria 🌿 It breaks down how the open-source tool helps track #wood flows, understand circularity and support carbon insights — all in a clear and accessible way. 📄 Take a look and explore what aiphoria can do: bit.ly/48dag0P
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New EFI brochure highlights capabilities of aiphoria modelling tool
The European Forest Institute has released a new brochure presenting aiphoria - an open-source modelling package for analysing wood-based systems and carbon flows, co-created by ForestPaths, MoniFun a...
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 16/04/2026
🌲 EFI publishes new policy brief on the future of European forest disturbance regimes! 👉 Read it here: efi.int/publications...
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The future of European forest disturbance regimes | European Forest Institute
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 15/04/2026
🌲International Boreal Forest Research Association (IBFRA) welcomes you to its webinar on Boreal forests, biodiversity and economics. 📅 April 29, 2026 🕓 16.00-17.30 CEST 👉 Register here: www.lyyti.fi/reg/IBFRA_we...
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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 April 29th are: Do-Hun Kim (SLU): Paying for biodiversity-increasing management in non-i...
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 08/04/2026
🤔 Do we know what Europe's wood ends up being used for? A new study from the @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social and @vito.be mapped the full flow of wood across all 27 EU member states in 2021 - from forest harvest all the way to end-of-life. forestpaths.eu/news/what-wo...
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What is wood used for in Europe? A ForestPaths analysis of wood flows across the EU
Wood plays a vital role in the EU's transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy. However, the climate mitigation potential of wood products depends on their final uses - something that has hi...
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FORSAID Project @forsaid.eu · 07/04/2026
🏁 Today, the pine wood nematode marks the end of the #FORSAIDPests campaign! 💡 FORSAID researchers are striving to innovate its detection at European and stand scales using remote sensing and environmental DNA. 🌐 forsaid.eu/objective#Ne...
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FORSAID Project @forsaid.eu · 01/04/2026
👁️‍🗨️ We have one more fungus to share with you in the #FORSAIDPests campaign - Fusarium circinatum! 🔴 Currently, FORSAID is seeking to improve the detection of this pathogen through Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy for stand-level remote sensing. 🌐 forsaid.eu/objective#Fu...
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 24/03/2026
📢 Explore the #FORSAIDTechnologies series - first demonstration video now out!
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 17/03/2026
🥳 Our third ForestChats podcast episode is out! In this episode, our coordinator Hans Verkerk and project partner Florencia Franzini (@efieuropeanforest.bsky.social ) dive into the human side of #forestmanagement. Listen to the podcast to find out more: open.spotify.com/episode/6zOz..
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 11/03/2026
🌲It is always fascinating to learn more about pests affecting European forests!
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FORSAID Project @forsaid.eu · 11/03/2026
In less than a week, we are joining the online event by NextGenBioPest "From Detection to Decision: Building the Next Generation of Sustainable Pest and Chemical Risk Management in Europe"! 🗓️ Date: 17 March 🕥 Time: 10:30-12:00 CET 🖊️ Registration now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fa62a0...
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FORWARDS project @forwards-project.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
How do you monitor millions of hectares of forest in a changing climate? The ep. 2 of our podcast focuses on the technologies leveraged to monitor forests and how they can be integrated to provide valuable insights. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/77tr... #TheSoundOfForests
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 05/03/2026
📢 New ForestPaths interview now out! Learn more about the importance of stakeholder engagement and the format of the ForestPaths Policy Labs with Clint Richards (former senior consultant at the Prospex Institute). 📽️ Find the video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEi-...
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ForestPaths Policy Labs and stakeholder engagement: Interview with Clint Richards
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