European Institute of Planted Forest – IEFC
The multi-actor network for sustainable management and resilience of planted forests
We are pleased to announce our upcoming webinar organised in collaboration with the IUFRO task force on Stand Complexity in Planted Forests, the EFI Research Network on Planted Forests and
On 3 November 2025, the pine wood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) was officially detected for the first time in France. This first detection was in a forest stand in the municipality
Boreal conifer forests face increasing climate-related stress that threatens their productivity and resilience. In productive forests, sustainable forest management must therefore focus not only on timber production but also the
The final conference of the European FIRE-RES project, entitled “Towards a Wildfire-Resilient Europe: From Knowledge to Policy Action”, was held on 4 and 5 November 2025 in Brussels. This major
On 16 September 2016, the annual conference of EFI (European Forest Institute) was held in Prague. EFI is an international organisation with 36 member states that have ratified the EFI
Dear IEFC network members, During 2025, forests have faced major disturbances, increases in the number of events, and their severity, variety, and geographic distribution across the Atlantic Arc of Europe.
We are pleased to announce our upcoming webinar organised in collaboration with the IUFRO task force on Stand Complexity in Planted Forests, the EFI Research Network on Planted Forests and
The IEFC Annual General Meeting 2025, co-organised by IEFC, USSE, HAZI, NEIKER, Cesefor and Gipuzkoa, took place on 8th and 9th April in the city of San Sebastián (Donostia) in
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pinewood nematode, PWN), the nematode that causes the pine wilt disease (PWD), is considered a very important threat to the European pine forests. It is included in the A2
RESONATE: Resilient forest value chains – enhancing resilience through natural and socio-economic responses, a four year Horizon2020 project (https://resonateforest.org/), was recently completed with two synthesis reports and three policy briefs.