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Science is Wonderful! Where fun meets science
Science is Wonderful! (25-26/09/2020) At the end of September, Stefan Sorge (HNEE) participated in the “Science is Wonderful!” event representing the InnoForESt project. Three days of events with more than 10.000 individual visitors, including more than 5.000 school pupils, the event [...]
A concrete case of traditional landscape restoration promoted by a private forest owner in Val Canali (Primiero), Italy
InnoForESt partners interviewed Georg Thun, a private forest owner, who reacted positively to Vaia storm impacts by converting his forest into grassland and supporting local rural farmers. At the end of October 2018, Vaia,an intense storm which brought severe [...]
InnoForESt Virtual Final Conference: An opportunity to showcase and debate project results
On Wednesday, 28 October 2020, the InnoForESt consortium gathered key stakeholders in the supply and financing of forest ecosystem services (FES) including forest owners and managers, non-profit and non-governmental organisation representatives, researchers, and entrepreneurs to showcase the InnoForESt project and [...]
Finnish innovation concludes: a giant leap cannot be taken without small steps
With a number of years of innovating, co-developing and experimenting ecological compensations in Finland, there is a feeling of anticipation combined with some frustration. “What more can we do for things to go forward?” was the motivating question behind the [...]
Multi-stakeholder workshop on smart information, governance and business innovations for sustainable forest ecosystem services provision
On 28 September 2020, the InnoForESt consortium gathered key stakeholders with an interest in the supply and financing of forest ecosystem services (FES) including forest owners and managers, non-profit and non-governmental organisation representatives, researchers, and entrepreneurs to discuss central findings [...]
EFI Interview with Eeva Primmer, Research Director, Finnish Environmental Institute (SYKE)
“We need to understand our dependence on sustainable ecosystems” During the “Governing and managing forests for multiple ecosystem services” Conference in Bonn February 26-28, 2020, project partner, Eeva Primmer from the Finnish Environmental Institute (SYKE), was interviewed by the [...]
Helpful discussion on multifunctional forest-pasture management between Trento and Bolzano Forest Service
InnoForESt partners and technicians of the Agriculture and Forest Service of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano visit a farm as an exemplary case of successful interventions of pasture restoration supported by European funds. 16 July 2020 On July 16th, [...]
Despite challenges of COVID-19 measures in place, InnoForESt continues its work
On 22-23 April 2020, the InnoForESt Innovation Region and Work Package partners gathered from their respective home countries to engage in a virtual workshop organized by Work Package 6 (WP6) co-lead FVA. The ultimate goal for this workshop was to [...]
Climate change adaptation: a missing piece in Swedish forestry
The effects of climate change on Swedish forestry are already becoming visible. However, there is a lack of official governmental policies on adaptation in the forestry sector. In this blogpost, we try to explain the reason and potential consequences of [...]
Mit- und voneinander lernen
An article on the InnoForESt project's latest meeting in Schlierbach, Austria has been published (in German). To read more, click here.