Founded in 1998, this association aims to facilitate and coordinate exchanges between stakeholders in research, education and the forestry sector. From 2009, the IEFC has slowed down its activity to support the EFI regional office for the Atlantic arc regions and since 2018 the EFI platform for plantation forests. In 2020, following the closure of the EFI regional offices in France, the association hired a director and staff to ensure the animation of the network and the coordination of activities and projects on the topic of planted forests.

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IEFC is a transnational network of scientific and technical cooperation for the sustainable management of cultivated forests. IEFC brings together more than 30 organizations: research institutes, technical centers, universities, engineering schools, insurance companies, cooperatives and professional organizations. Any legal entity can become a member and participate in networking activities (thematic groups, events), as well as in the setting up and implementation of collaborative research and development projects. IEFC Membership provides access to a broad scientific and technological expertise and privileged contacts.

IEFC promotes sharing of experience and capacities between its members and more broadly with actors involved in the sustainable management and use of planted forests. Among these long-term activities resulting from the IEFC network, we can mention the REINFFORCE network, the IUFRO Task Force on planted forests, or the Silvalert application produced by the PLURIFOR project. This activity is carried out within the European Union as expected of a European association. Do not hesitate to contact us to share your ideas and initiatives or to join the association.

Our latest projects

KEBBE

The project aims to inform teachers and pupils in primary and secondary schools about the importance of the forest and to promote territorial cooperation using the forest bioeconomy as a main theme.

HOMED

This project aims to improve the rapid detection and eradication of new pathogens that may arrive in forests, detection being all the more crucial for plantation forests.

B4EST

B4EST is an EU-funded H2020 project which focuses on adaptive breeding for productive, sustainable and resilient forests under climate change.

Despite the fire risk, Australia wants to plant 400,000ha of forest by 2050

26/04/2023

Caught between a rising demand for timber, the difficulty of meeting national carbon reduction targets and pressure from environmentalists who have secured a ban on all timber harvesting in native

Managing mixtures vs. monocultures: what do we know?

21/04/2023

Meeting facts: – Meeting title, date and place: “Management of mixed and pure planted forests: Stock-taking of science and practice”, 29 and 30 September 2022, FAO headquarters, Rome (Italy) –

France Douglas visit to Scotland in March 2023

20/04/2023

Between 11-16 March 2023 a group of 30 members of France Douglas made a tour of central Scotland organized by Sabrina Pedrono of France Douglas and Barry Gardiner of IEFC.

Events

June 2023

Jun 20

20 June 2023

10th IUFRO Wind and Trees Conference

PARTNERS “The future is uncertain: wind resilient forests in a changed climate”. The 10th International Wind and Trees Conference will be hosted by The IUFRO working party 8.03.036, at Villa Bolasco (Castelfranco …

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Jun 22

22 June 2023

IEFC General Assembly - 2023

IEFC - Annual General Assembly will take place on: 22 June 2023, University of Padova, Villa Parco Bolasco, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy The conference will be held in Villa Parco Bolasco, Villa …

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July 2023

Jul 10

10 July 2023

USSE: Forest Fires: How to face them?

Miramar Palace in San Sebastian,

PARTNERS Last year Spain closed its worst year ever for forest fires. According to official figures, 4 out of every 10 hectares burnt in the EU were on Spanish soil, …

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