Resilience is essential to keep forests and societies flourishing in a changing world
EFI explores how social-ecological resilience can be fostered through sustainable forest management, biodiversity conservation and enhancement, climate-smart practices, and ecosystem restoration and adaptation.
What is forest resilience?
Forest resilience is the ability of forests and society to recover and adapt to environmental, climatic and societal changes.
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Seeing the forest clearly
Join the discussion on Europe’s primary and old-growth forests and how accurate mapping can help protect them.
26 November 2026, 10:00–11:30
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FOREXT Fridays: Closer-to-nature Forestry
Join us to explore tools and field examples that can help advisors promote sustainable management practices.
30 October 2026, 13:00–14:00, CET
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Publications
Wood type influences tree responses to recurring hot and dry summer tree water deficits across European forests
Article shows that wood type and its associated functional traits influence tree responses to recurring stem dehydration periods.
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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.
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Guide de bonnes pratiques sylvicoles
Ce guide est décliné sous forme de fiches techniques dédiées aux divers peuplements forestiers rencontrés sur le terrain.
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Dynamic and static ex situ conservation: minimum requirements, data standards and indicators for monitoring
EUFORGEN report clarifies terminology, sets minimum requirements and standards, and guides dynamic ex situ FGR conservation.
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News and blogs
The forest that refused the rulebook
Journalists, scientists and forest experts explore how different perspectives shape decisions on forest health and post-disturbance management in…
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New open-source tool models how forest soils respond to climate and management change
HoliSoils' new me4soc tool lets managers and researchers simulate how forest soil carbon responds to climate, land-use, and management change.
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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.
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Projects on this theme
MEDFORGEN
A collaborative effort to safeguard the genetic diversity of forest ecosystems across the Mediterranean region.
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ResAlliance
Engaging with farmers and foresters to share knowledge and increase landscape resilience in the Mediterranean.
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