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Latest publications
Annual Report 2025
Explore EFI's 2025 achievements, impact, partnerships, and key milestones shaping forests, sustainability, and society.
Interdisciplinary insights on climate-smart rewilding
Lessons from 30 years of rewilding show how adaptive thinking, policy support and partnerships can drive climate resilience and biodiversity.
- Resilient forests
Forest Innovation Readiness
A self-assessment catalogue for innovators, start-ups, self-disrupting companies, and researchers-turned-entrepreneurs in the forest-based bioeconomy.
- Sustainable economy
Guide de bonnes pratiques sylvicoles
Ce guide est décliné sous forme de fiches techniques dédiées aux divers peuplements forestiers rencontrés sur le terrain.
- Resilient forests
Featured explainers
How to generate income from forests?
Wood still funds most European forestry, but diverse ecosystem services need stronger financial support through policy, markets and incentives.
- Forests and people
¿Qué herramientas existen para cumplir con el EUDR?
Descubra qué herramientas gratuitas y de código abierto están disponibles para los actores de la cadena de suministro ante el EUDR.
- Sustainable economy
What tools are available to comply with the EUDR?
Discover what free and/or open-source tools are available to supply chain actors to comply with the EU Deforestation Regulation.
- Sustainable economy
Featured resources
GeoRoots
A browser-based tool for creating, checking, and editing geolocation information for EUDR compliance.
- Inclusive governance
Wood production maps for European forests
The wood production maps for Europe show the volume of wood production in European forests for the years 2000-2010 at a resolution of 1 km x 1 km.
- Sustainable economy
CO2Fix
A tool which quantifies the C stocks and fluxes in the forest biomass, the soil organic matter and the wood products chain.
- Resilient forests
Database on Forest Disturbances in Europe
The Database on Forest Disturbances in Europe (DFDE) provides historic information about disturbances in the forests of Europe.
- Resilient forests
Latest news and blogs
What is culture-based climate action and why does it matter for forests?
At EFI, we aim to integrate artistic practice and local perspectives into scientific work and research on forest-related issues.
- Forests and people
EFI opens new UK office to strengthen forest governance collaboration
EFI opens a new UK office in Edinburgh to strengthen forest governance collaboration and connect UK expertise with global networks.
New report on the role of artists in woodland creation
Practice and policy recommendations for the creation and governance of living forest-artworks.
- Forests and people
