European Institute of Planted Forest – IEFC
The multi-actor network for sustainable management and resilience of planted forests
The results of a recently published study by the GenTree project show that, although forest managers support the use of different forest genetic resources, adapting their planting strategies to cope
Eucalyptus globulus Labill. plantations in the Iberian Peninsula occupy nearly 1.5 Million ha but Millions of Euros are being lost due to growth decreases caused by insect defoliation. The existence
Epigenetics is the science that analyzes the modification of gene expression as a function of the environment. Since trees cannot move, it is obvious that gene response to climate change
Under the scope of the MARCSMAN project, a PhD study focusing on snow and wind damage in actively managed Norway spruce forests in Norway has been started by Peter Zubkoc
Due to global change, forests are exposed to unprecedented threats from non-native pests and pathogens (PnPs). In Europe, their number has increased and continues to increase dramatically. Currently, the greatest
iuFOR (Forestry training at the University of Valladolid) is launching an online forestry training tool to support universities in Vietnam. Several years of collaboration between the University Institute of Sustainable
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is facilitating a collaboration among researchers from across Europe to share their geospatial reference records of insect and disease disturbances in European forests. The initiative
80 years later, research on the factors influencing resin productivity continues in Aquitany In France, pine resin production reached its peak in the 1930s and about 100,000 litres of resin
Three tolerant Pinus pinaster families, from the breeding program of the Lourizán Forest Research Center, are included in the Spanish Forest Reproductive Material Catalogue Pine wilt disease, caused by the
Representatives from some of the most highly innovative regions of Europe (Basque Country, North Karelia and North Rhine-Westphalia) gathered together under the umbrella of the European Forest Institute (EFI) and