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Wildfires are Europe’s new normal: why we urgently need to act
EFI experts urge moving from managing each fire as an isolated emergency to managing fire risk across landscapes and throughout the year.
- Resilient forests
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EFI experts in high demand for insights into extreme wildfire events
With wildfires burning out of control in southern Europe, media outlets have asked EFI for the reasons why, and what we might do about it.
- Resilient forests
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The EU Nature Restoration Regulation could help conserve Europe's last primary and old-growth forests
Our new Policy Brief identifies four actions EU Member States can take to strengthen conservation efforts.
- Resilient forests
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Meet the future leaders of forest innovation: YLP 2026 participants
Young professionals worldwide gather in Joensuu, Finland, to explore futures thinking, innovation and the forest bioeconomy.
- Forests and people
EFI in the news
2026
- August 2026, Euronews, What tools does the EU have to fight wildfires? Are they enough?
- August 2026, The New Yorker, Why is Europe Burning?
- August 2026, EUROPE SAYS, Lesné požiare v Európe: Experti naliehavo žiadajú riadenie rizika požiarov v celej krajine a počas celého roka
- July 2026, Deutsche Welle, What's really causing Europe's wildfires
- July 2026,Waldsroder Zeitung, Waldbrandgefahr in Deutschland: Warum ein Kompetenzzentrum fehlt
- July 2026, France24, France, Spain wildfires: Climate change increasing frequency, intensity of extreme weather events
- July 2026, Politiken, Ekspert om naturbrande: Vi kan ikke længere slukke os ud af problemet
- July 2026, Deutschlandfunk, Feuerökologe: Europa verhält sich bisher meist reaktiv
- July 2026, SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Kampf gegen Waldbrände: Was hilft wirklich?
- July 2026, ZEIT online, Jetzt kann nur noch ein Wetterwechsel helfen
- July 2026, Karjalainen: Euroopan metsäinstituutti muuttaa Joensuussa – "Halusimme osoittaa sitoutumistamme"
- June 2026, Citiestobe.com: Each citizen should be able to see at least three trees from their home
- June 2026, Ghana Boadcasting Corporation: EU, Ghana mobilise communities to save forests as part of Tree for Life Initiative
- May 2026, Metsälehti: Tuula Packalen Euroopan metsäinstituutin hallitukseen, ”EFI:llä entistä tärkeämpi rooli”
- April 2026, WIRED Middle East: War’s Silent Victims: Animals
- March 2026, CORDIS News: Systemic solutions for upscaling of urgent ecosystem restoration for forest related biodiversity and ecosystem services
- March 2026, Ver Angola: The EU supports Angola in certifying that its coffee is not produced in deforested areas
- March 2026, Lokal Tidningen: Växjö ett europeiskt centrum i den gröna omställningen
- March 2026, Valencia News: Valencia acogerá en marzo de 2026 el Mediterranean Network Forum organizado por la EFI
2025
- August 2025, Euronews: Record amount of wildfire destruction marks dark year for Europe
- August 2025, France24: Las zonas quemadas en Europa duplican el promedio de una temporada de incendios habitual
- August 2025, Reuters: Wildfires fanned by heatwave and strong winds rage across Europe