The four year EU FP7 project Valerie (VALorising European Research for Innovation in agriculturE and forestry) started on 1 January and the kick off meeting took place 16-17 January in Wageningen, the
In this issue: European diversity explored Living with wildfires - what science can tell us Preventing wildfires requires a change of vegetation structure Creating forest conservation policies in SE
In this issue: How do forests adapt to climate change? Habitats for tree species shift as climate changes Adaptive management options for forest owners Mapping the risk to European forests Crunching
In course of the transition from planned to market economy, and to democracy, many Eastern European countries started a process of restitution and privatization. Restitution of forests acknowledges
The increasing diversity of non-industrial private forest owners (PFOs) in Europe has been recognized by policy makers and the forestry sector at large. Typologies of these owners have been developed
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 European Forest Institute jointly with University of Molise has implemented a scoping study on the spatial distribution of forest ownership in Europe. Knowledge on this topic is of high relevance
