This webinar in cooperation between Forest Europe and ICP Forests will focus on

(1) the policy-making perspective of forest health monitoring, current criteria and indicators, and future needs for decision-making,

(2) the state-of-the-art developments in the field from terrestrial and remote technologies,

(3) a case study, share lessons learnt and limitations.

Finally, a panel will discuss common challenges and opportunities, specifically how to improve the information transfer between policy-science-practice.

Keynote Speakers

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

Additional panelists

• Dr Ovidiu Badea – Romanian National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry
• Roman Michalak – UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section
• Dr Annemarie Bastrup-Birk -EEA
• Further panelists will be announced as confirmations come in.

Moderator

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

Registration

https://www.eventbrite.fi/e/monitoring-and-assessing-forest-health-...

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.