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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What is the Genetic Conservation Unit (GCU) Network?
Europe’s forest genetic diversity is safeguarded by the Pan-European GCU network through designated Genetic Conservation Units.
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What are indicators for sustainable forest management?
Indicators for sustainable forest management (SFM) are measurable characteristics which support decision-making on forests and their management.
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Publications
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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Actions for the resilience of Mediterranean landscapes: 10 case studies
Ten case studies highlight how Mediterranean land managers adapt to climate change through collaboration and better governance of farms and forests.
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Acciones para la resiliencia de los paisajes mediterráneos: 10 casos prácticos
Diez casos muestran cómo gestores mediterráneos se adaptan al cambio climático mediante colaboración y mejor gestión agrícola y forestal.
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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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News and blogs
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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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.
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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.
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Upcoming events
Let’s get a grip on future shapers creating forest futures
Join this EFI Annual Conference side event to understand the opportunities and challenges of horizon scanning within the forest-based sector.
15 September 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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