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Forestry

EU forests provide multiple benefits for biodiverse ecosystems and climate resilience, prosperous rural areas and a sustainable forest bioeconomy.

Latest news

Visual showing by-products from forestry, set in the circular economy, picturing pinecones and pineneedles.
26 Nov 2024

Apply to the EU CAP Network workshop ‘Circular bioeconomy – valorisation of forest by-products’

The EU CAP Network workshop ‘Circular bioeconomy – valorisation of forest by-products’ will take place from Wednesday 26 to Thursday 27 March 2025. The call for expression of interest is now open, please apply before 9 December 2024, 23:59 CET.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Forestry, Fostering Knowledge & Innovation (+1)
Aerial satellite view of cultivated agricultural farming land fields
18 Oct 2024

Water efficiency benefits flow from CAP Strategic Plans

Water efficiency is the topic of a new Policy Insights article which highlights how the CAP can help rural Europe use water wisely by better protecting the quality and quantity of EU water reserves.

  • CAP Implementation
Agricultural Productivity, AKIS (+18)
people on the field listening to an explanation
03 May 2024

Inspirational idea: Sustainable bee forest

Operational Group develops a concept for ‘forests of the future’ that can adapt to the changing climatic and ecological conditions thanks to specifically selected tree species.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Environment, Forestry (+1)
All Forestry news

Upcoming events

Cross-visit

FOREST4EU European Horizon project - Study Visits 2025

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Calendar
Forestry, Fostering Knowledge & Innovation In-person GIS, Slovenian Forestry Institute (ITHub 1)
All upcoming Forestry events

Latest publications

Press article - From local innovations to global markets in the forestry bioeconomy
Press Articles |

Bridging local solutions and market potential in the forestry bioeconomy

BioRural and MainstreamBIO advance the forestry bioeconomy

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Food Supply Chain, Climate and Climate Change (+3)
Policy Insights |

Roots in nature: local projects bringing hope and change

Discover how three finalists of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the Environment and Climate Action category have been gradually transforming rural landscapes, lives and livelihoods, for a lasting impact on communities and ecosystems alike.

  • CAP Implementation
Environment, Climate and Climate Change (+1)
Evaluation of the Implementation of Adaptation Measures to Measures AAC
Member State Evaluation |

Evaluation of the implementation of climate change adaptation measures

The report assesses the contribution of climate change adaptation interventions financed by European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds to reduce the threats of climate change in Portugal.

  • Evaluation
Environment, Agricultural Productivity (+3) Environmental impacts Portugal
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Latest projects

Research and innovation | Ongoing

Digital technologies for plant health, early detection, territory surveillance and phytosanitary measures
  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Pest/disease control in plants, Agro-ecology (+8) Greece, Lithuania (+4)
Research and innovation | Ongoing

Farmer-focused Biodiversity and Agricultural Knowledge Network
  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Biodiversity and nature, AKIS, incl. advice, training, on-farm demo, interactive innovation projects (+3) Ireland, Bulgaria (+9)
Research and innovation | Ongoing

Driving agroecological transitions in the humid tropics of Central and Eastern Africa through transdisciplinary Agroecology Living Labs
  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
AKIS, incl. advice, training, on-farm demo, interactive innovation projects, Biodiversity and nature (+11) France, Germany (+3)
All Forestry projects

Latest good practice

Two people standing by a truck full of tree saplings
Project | 11 Apr 2025

CAP fosters farm and forest habitat restoration, improved biodiversity, social engagement and knowledge dissemination in rural Ireland

  • CAP Implementation
Education, Environment (+3) Ireland
A close-up of a tree in an agroforestry system with crops growing around its base
Project | 08 Apr 2025

French agroforestry network strengthens skills for climate action

  • CAP Implementation
Climate and Climate Change, Education (+6) France
A digital map showing the project farms and intervention areas
Project | 03 Apr 2025

CAP supports tailor-made nature management concepts developed by farmers and supported by ecologists

  • CAP Implementation
Agricultural Productivity, CAP Strategic Plans (+8) Austria
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