European Institute of Planted Forest – IEFC
The multi-actor network for sustainable management and resilience of planted forests
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.
By Faustine Zoveda, Laureana de Prado, and Thais Linhares-Juvenal, FAO The 27th Session of the International Commission on Poplars and Other Fast-Growing Trees Sustaining People and the Environment (IPC27), hosted
The future management of planted forests has to meet a number of challenges. The first challenge is certainly the need to adapt the design and management of planted forests to
That’s more than 25 rings that have been added to the cedar tree in front of Pierroton Castle since the IEFC’s founding fathers filed its articles of association. It’s been
The 26th IUFRO World Congress, the largest gathering to date with 4,271 delegates from 102 countries and 3,500 presentations, has concluded, leaving a profound impact on the global forestry community.
CONTEXT: The year 2020 was marked by the publication in December 2019 of the European Green Deal, a new growth strategy that aims to transform the EU into a just
Interested in planted forests? Would you like to join an international network that has been promoting the exchange of knowledge and expertise on the resilience and sustainable management of planted
This year the IEFC general assembly was organised in Castelfranco Veneto, Italy to make use of Villa Parco Bolasco a facility owned by University of Padova, a new IEFC member.
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