The Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg, the Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape and FOREST EUROPE are organizing a joint workshop in order to exchange on the recent experiences with windstorm damages across forests in Europe, the consequences and management strategies. Results will be directly used to develop a policy brief including recommendations for policy makers. During the event participants will have the chance to become part of a network, establish strong partnerships across pan-Europe to prevent and better control disturbances caused by storm events.

The workshop is part of FOREST EUROPEs work towards the implementation of a pan-European forest risk knowledge facility (FoRISK) to support forests adaptation to changing climatic and site conditions as well as to enhance the resilience and mitigation potential of forests at a pan-European level.