EFI Director
Marc Palahí is a leading expert on forests and global change, with a new vision of the transformational role forests can play in fighting climate change and developing a circular bioeconomy.
He has been Director of the European Forest Institute since 2015, driving its development as a pan-European science-policy platform, and working to connect knowledge to action at the interface of science, policy and business. Marc has a PhD in forestry and economics and his work, which has featured in Nature and other high-level scientific journals, focuses on the development of a sustainable circular bioeconomy that prospers in harmony with nature. Marc leads the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance established by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales under his Sustainable Markets Initiative.
Podcasts
Is bioeconomy the answer to a sustainable and fair future?
Coaching Talks podcast, hosted by Marc Siles. Listen on iTunes, Spotify, iVoox December 2019
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| Why the world needs a 'circular bioeconomy' - for jobs, biodiversity and prosperity (World Economic Forum Agenda) | October 2020 | |
| On pandemics and forest fires | June 2020 | |
| Seeing the wood in the forests | April 2020 | |
| Bioeconomy: the missing link to connect the dots in the EU Green Deal | March 2020 | |
| Why Humboldt? Why now? | September 2019 | |
| From climate change to climate crisis: a new normal for natural disturbances | August 2019 | |
| Forests and education: building a sustainable future | March 2019 |
| Speeches and popular articles | ||
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| De pandemias e indencios forestales | Opinion piece in El Pais | June 2020 |
| The bioeconomy – bringing life to the center of our economy | Opinion piece in Revolve Media | March 2020 |
| La ecología es la economía | Opinion piece in El Pais | June 2019 |
| European forest city award 2019 to the city of Aberdeen | Speech given at the award ceremony in Aberdeen | April 2019 |
| Bosques y educación, catalizadores para transformar nuestro mundo | Opinion piece in El Pais | March 2019 |
| 木材で持続可能な都市開発 化石資源の使用抑える「バイオシティー」 Forests for sustainable urban development: 'Biocity' as the solution to minimise the use of fossil fuel based resources | Interview with The Mainichi (Japan), about the biocity concept | February 2019 |
| Opening speech, 2018 Biocities Forum | Speech given at the 2018 Biocities Forum, Barcelona | November 2018 |
| The key transformational role of forests as basis for an ecological civilization |
Speech given at the Conference on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Chinese Academy of Forestry | October 2018 |
| Reflexiones sobre el papel trasformador de nuestros bosques | Blog for Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Montes | October 2018 |
| The updated EU Bioeconomy Strategy | Interview with Il Bioeconomista | October 2018 |
| Opening speech, Forest & Photonics 2018 | Speech given at the Forest & Photonics 2018 conference, Koli | October 2018 |
| Speech to the Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Montes | Speech given at the Actos Conmemorativos San Francisco de Asís 2018, Madrid | October 2018 |
| Speech for 25th EFI anniversary | Speech given at the Gala dinner, EFI Annual Conference | September 2018 |
| Bioeconomía: La clave del negocio | Speech given at CMPC, Santiago, Chile | August 2018 |
| Russia-Finland Business Roundtable: Bioeconomy and circular economy – bases for new global breakthroughs | Panel discussion at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF'18) | May 2018 |
| The key role of forests in developing a tertium quid | Speech given during the inauguration of the academic year of Italian Academy of Forest Sciences | March 2018 |
| "We need a new economic paradigm" | Speech given at the 2017 Bioeconomy Investment Summit, Helsinki | December 2017 |
| Forestry combating climate change: an inconvenient truth? | Open letter from Marc Palahí | October 2017 |
| Opening ceremony of the IUFRO Congress | Speech given at the 125th IUFRO Anniversary Congress, Freiburg | September 2017 |
| Role of forests in climate change mitigation | Speech given at the World Circular Economy Forum in Helsinki | June 2017 |
| Insights on the bioeconomy | Speech given at the ThinkForest seminar "Leading the way to a new European bioeconomy strategy", Berlin | May 2017 |
| “La bioeconomía será el motor de crecimiento del siglo XXI” | Interview with Marc Palahi in La Vanguardia | April 2016 |
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Director's letters to the EFI network |
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| 2020 | December, November, September, August, March, February | |
| 2019 | November, September, August, June, May, March, February | |
| 2018 | November, September, June, May, March | |
| 2017 | October, September, June, March |
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