Interim report on project’s response to European Green Deal and New EU Forest Strategy
Τhe OptFor-EU project forms one of the enablers towards optimized forest management in Europe within the guidelines of the European Green Deal and New EU Forest Strategy 2030. OptFor-EU, being a project under the Horizon Europe programme, is developing innovative solutions that contribute to a low-carbon and climate-resilient future. In this framework, the project published […]
Report on socio-economic effects of forest management scenarios by Case Study Area (CSA)
Forests are often seen through a purely ecological lens—as carbon sinks or biodiversity hotspots. While these roles are critical, they only tell half the story. OptFor-EU latest publication brings the other half into focus: the socio-economic impact of how we manage our woodlands. This comprehensive study explores how different management strategies influence everything from rural […]
Development of an open-access code to harmonize forest-climate data
The latest OptFor-EU report “Development of an Open-Access Code to Harmonize Forest-Climate Data” introduces a powerful data harmonisation framework, ensuring that diverse forest and climate datasets can be integrated, compared, and applied effectively in forest management and climate modeling. This report presents a standardized approach to collecting and processing critical climate and forest data sets. […]
Methodology of land cover datasets for global and regional climate models, including publication of the data
We are pleased to announce the publication of the new OptFor-EU report Methodology of Land Cover Datasets for Global and Regional Climate Models. This report represents a significant step forward in understanding and managing the relationship between Europe’s forests and its changing climate. This report presents the development of three new high-level datasets contributing to better […]
New Forest Management Practices (FMP) in forest models and implications for land cover change parametrisation in climate models
This report from the OptFor-EU project highlights advancements in forest management practices within its Case Study Areas (Austria, Romania, and Italy) and explores their implications under varying climate scenarios. The report provides key insights on the integration of these practices into climate models, highlighting the importance of forest management in mitigating climate change impacts and reinforcing the […]
Threats and challenges for increased forest-based carbon removals in CSA
This report presents a comprehensive analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data collected from case study areas (CSAs) within the OptFor-EU project, focusing on stakeholders’ perceptions regarding climate change (CC), forest management practices (FMP), and policy and governance barriers. The report is organised in the following sections: Section 1 provides an introduction, while Section 2 […]
Forest Management Practices and their relevance in case study areas
In a research, OptFor-EU investigates forest management techniques in eight case study areas (Norway, Lithuania, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Romania, Spain, Italy). The publication investigates the significance of these approaches, providing a detailed modelling methodology as well as a literature evaluation. In addition, it provides detailed explanations of current management strategies, as well as coverage […]
User adoption – Customization and user involvement strategy
This new report by OptFor-EU discusses the adoption and customization strategy and its implementation, to make the Decision Support System (DSS) ready to be adopted by the target groups. It is divided in two parts: one theoretical (sections 2 and 3), presenting the background for user involvement and adoption processes in systems development projects; the […]
Gridded dataset of European Forest Types
This OptFor-EU report aims to showcase the methodology used to generate gridded European forest types (EFTs) maps across Europe. The first section introduces the Forest Types (FT) classification schemes existing in Europe, highlighting their strengths and limitations. It also includes a detailed overview of the EFTs classification used for creating the related map. Each EFTs […]