New Forest Risk Facility to be established in Bonn

The ninth Ministerial Conference of Forest Europe, a pan-European forest policy process, has agreed to establish a Forest Risk Facility (FoRISK) in Bonn. EFI will provide the secretariat for the Facility, which is initially funded by the German government.

The Facility aims to help countries reach a common understanding on approaches for tackling the most pressing forest risks and support their work by:

• further strengthening international and transboundary cooperation and networking on disaster risk management, forest adaptation and resilience
• stimulating knowledge and information exchange within the policy-science-practice interface 
• increasing proactive engagement with the public and the media and disseminating information in an accessible and appropriate format.

Robert Mavsar, EFI Director said: “We are delighted to host the Forest Risk Facility (FoRISK), reinforcing our core belief at EFI that pan-European cooperation is key to tackling forest related challenges. FoRISK will serve as a crucial platform for sharing knowledge, ideas, and innovative approaches, uniting expertise across borders to build resilience and ensure sustainable forest management.”