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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Adverse selection and severe design constraints in PES
This study investigates the potential and limitations of PES to prevent legal deforestation of surplus Legal Reserve (LR) areas in MATOPIBA, Brazil.
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Navigating trade-offs across ownership and ecological priorities in forest conservation planning
A study examining how forest ownership types and ecological priorities influence conservation outcomes and the trade-offs involved in management.
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Publications
EFI Strategy 2040
Responding to accelerating global change, EFI positions forests at the heart of efforts to build resilient societies and a healthy planet.
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The future of European forest disturbance regimes
The increase of forest disturbances in Europe is projected to continue, reaching unprecedented levels in the second half of the 21st century.
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Integrated Fire Management – empowering action for a fire-resilient Europe
The mitigation of wildfire impacts in Europe necessitates moving beyond reactive suppression towards Integrated Fire Management.
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Greater thermophilisation in communities of juveniles than adults in temperate European forests
A close look at how rising temperatures push forest species toward warmer niches, with juveniles leading the shift.
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News and blogs
The carob’s long shadow: from cursed tree to climate hero
The carob tree’s shift from a symbol of hardship and superstition to a climate‑resilient crop reflects evolving views on memory, culture, and value.
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EFI Mediterranean Network News: advancing landscape resilience from case studies to carob value chains
May 2026 EFIMED Network News highlights cooperation and carob stories for resilient, climate-ready Mediterranean landscapes.
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EFI joins the European Reference Genome Atlas as an Associate Partner
EFI has joined the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) as an Associate Partner.
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Upcoming events
Sustainable Forest Management under Climate Change
INFORMA Final Conference joins researchers, EU policy voices, and practitioners in exploring how forestry can respond to the climate emergency.
4 June 2026
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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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