Forests’ role in addressing climate and biodiversity challenges
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Forests’ role in addressing climate and biodiversity challenges: A collaboration by ForestNavigator, ForestPaths and PathFinder
Forests play an essential role in mitigating climate change and conserving biodiversity. As Europe moves forward on its climate and sustainability journey, it is crucial that forest-related policies and management practices evolve to fully support these goals. This is the shared objective of three Horizon Europe projects — ForestNavigator, ForestPaths, and PathFinder — which have come together to release a joint infographic illustrating their complementary efforts.
The infographic provides a clear and accessible overview of how the three projects are working together to design robust, data-driven policy pathways that optimise the contributions of forests to climate neutrality, biodiversity conservation and the bioeconomy. Each project brings a distinct focus, yet they align through a shared commitment to stakeholder engagement, scientific excellence and practical policy impact.
ForestNavigator zooms in on using high-resolution EU and national modelling data — including near real-time inputs — to develop and evaluate policy pathways that balance climate, biodiversity and bioeconomic objectives. One of its key outputs is the ForestNavigator Policy Modelling Toolbox, which will offer data and models to both EU-level and national policymakers through a user-friendly portal.
ForestPaths takes a co-design approach, working closely with stakeholders to explore how forests and the forest-based sector can contribute to climate and biodiversity goals. It develops and evaluates policy pathways using next-generation models and tools, with its results set to become available through CANOPY, an open-access support platform designed for European policymakers.
PathFinder is focused on developing a prototype of a European Forest Monitoring System. This involves integrating remote sensing and field data for high-resolution mapping, estimation and forecasting of forest dynamics. Alongside building a platform for data analysis and visualisation, the project also addresses governance needs to ensure that the system can be successfully and sustainably implemented across Europe.
Together, the projects cover key thematic areas, including advanced forest monitoring, sustainable forest management, and the development of tools to support the bioeconomy. They are also collaborating on cross-cutting issues such as climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation and stakeholder engagement. Through joint webinars, workshops and public outreach — such as the ForestTalks webinar series — they aim to maximise their impact and foster wider collaboration across the forest and policy communities.
As the projects move into the next phase of their work in 2025 and beyond, this spirit of cooperation will remain central. The infographic serves as both an informative resource and a symbol of this ongoing synergy. Stakeholders and the general public are invited to follow the latest developments through the joint Linktree hub and the projects’ websites.
ForestPaths | ForestNavigator | PathFinder
Contact for ForestNavigator communication:
Sophie Rau
ARTTIC Innovation GmbH
+49 89 248 83 03-41 | +49 162 804 39 16
sophie.rau@arttic-innovation.de
Contact for ForestPaths communication:
Neda Modova
Pensoft Publisher
Contact for PathFinder communication:
Sergio Pedregosa Peris
ELO
ForestNavigator, ForestPaths and PathFinder have received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreements No 101056875, No 101056755 and No 101056907, respectively.
The information and views set out in this press release are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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