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),
As Europe’s forests face increasing pressure from climate change, the need for agile, data-driven monitoring has never been more critical. This upcoming webinar will explore how the synergy between Artificial
“As an international cooperation association dedicated to planted forests, the IEFC can only welcome the existence of a global day dedicated to forests. This day serves as a reminder that
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