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
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
Wood is a very versatile raw material and thus an important resource for many industries, such as construction, furniture, pulp and paper, bioenergy and biorefineries (new chemical products). Using
Agroforestry is the integration of trees, crops and/or livestock on the same area of land. Europe has many traditional agroforestry systems with high environmental and cultural values, but also
