Many have asserted that Sacred Natural Sites (SNS) play an important role in nature protection but few have assessed their conservation effectiveness for different taxa. The study analyses sacred
Forest ownership is changing in Europe. Reasons include recent institutional changes in Eastern Europe, changing lifestyles of non-agricultural owners and afforestation. At present, there is little
The newly published paper is by EFI researchers Marko Lovrić, Nataša Lovrić and Georg Winkel, and Ulrich Schraml from EFI member organisation Forest Research Institute of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.
A new science-policy report from EFI demonstrates how different Climate-Smart Forestry measures in three European regions can enhance the role of forests in tackling climate change. Forests and the
The newly published paper is the collaboration of Filip Aggestam, from EFI's Resilience Programme and Helga Pülzl from our Central Eastern European Regional Office (EFICEEC). The second European Union
Many EFI researchers have contributed to a new Europe-wide analysis on private forest owners' property rights. Private forests are widespread in Europe providing a range of ecosystem services of
A new paper describes the participatory approach that was used to define three cross-sectoral visions of sustainable land use in Europe in 2040. EFI Senior Researcher Hans Verkerk was one of the
Agroforestry is a sustainable land management system recognized worldwide but not implemented in a extensive form in temperate and developed countries. Agroforestry has been promoted in the last
A new study uses EFI's ToSIA (Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment) to assess the environmental benefits of integrating a pyrolysis plant with an existing CHP plant.
