European Institute of Planted Forest – IEFC
The multi-actor network for sustainable management and resilience of planted forests
On 21 and 22 April 2026, the partners of the European BOSPIR-3D project gathered in Solsona, at the Centre de Ciència i Tecnologia Forestal de Catalunya, for the official launch
Planted forests appear as key ecosystems for achieving global sustainable goals, providing timber resources, sequestering carbon, and restoring degraded ecosystems. The majority of planted forests are managed as monocultures for
The pinewood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, is a highly damaging pathogen of pine trees. Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster), in particular, has been shown to be extremely susceptible, and declining trees
After the recent webinar organised by IEFC and the new task force on Stand Complexity in Planted Forests together with the IUFRO Research Unit – 1.03.00 – Short-Rotation Forestry (SRF),