In order to unleash the full potential of forest monitoring and make well-informed forest policy, it is crucial to know what scientists bring to the table. In this webinar, we will look at the policy-making perspective of forest health monitoring, current criteria and indicators, and future needs for decision-making. At the same time, we will present the state-of-the-art developments in the field from terrestrial and remote technologies. Next, we will study a case, share lessons learnt and limitations. Finally, we will have a panel to discuss common challenges and opportunities, specifically how to improve the information transfer between policy-science-practice.

Organized with ICP Forests.

Keynote Speakers

• Jens Haertel – FOREST EUROPE
• Dr. Marco Ferretti – Chairperson of ICP Forests
• Dr. Päivi Merilä – Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE)

Additional panelists

• Dr. Bernhard Wolfslehner – Team Leader of the EFI FOREST EUROPE Team

• Dr. Ovidiu Badea – Romanian National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry “Marin Drăcea” (INCDS)

• Dr. Roman Michalak – UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section

• Dr. Annemarie Bastrup-Birk – European Environment Agency (EEA)

• Dr. Henrik Hartmann – IUFRO task force on tree mortality

Moderator

Dr. Stefanie Linser – EFI Forest Policy Research Network / University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU)

Back-to-back with Forestry Speed Dating

This webinar is organized back-to-back with Digital solutions for soil monitoring – Forestry Speed Dating hosted by the EFI Bioregions Facility in observance of the International Day of Forests, 21 March 2022. The registration for this event is independent, so please check the information on the link.