European Institute of Planted Forest – IEFC
The multi-actor network for sustainable management and resilience of planted forests
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
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) –
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.
FCBA is offering IEFC members the opportunity to have one of their PhD, Post-Doc or Masters students to speak at the Woodrise 2023 event in Bordeaux. Travel and accommodation costs
Registrations are now closed The Let’s talk about Planted Forests webinar will take place on 21 April 2023 at 1.30 pm CEST. This month, Let’s Talk About Planted Forests will
Wood has been vital to humans for ages, but as the pressure for wood increased, the solution was to farm trees in plantations to supply wood and reduce the harvest
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. The EFI is an international organisation with 36 member states that have ratified the