Characterization of European forest disturbances

Description

FORWARDS is a Horizon Europe project that will prototype the ForestWard Observatory, a pan-European monitoring and evaluation tool that will help demonstrate the impact of climate change on forests and guide decision-making for practical forest management. With this call, FORWARDS aims to compile European-wide forest disturbance reference data to (i) produce statistically rigorous estimates of disturbances in Europe, (ii) develop new methods for the near real-time mapping of forest disturbance using remote sensing data, and (iii) support the analysis of the effects of the different forest disturbances types over different forest types in Europe. Projects supported by this call should contribute to the development of an exhaustive, open-access forest disturbance reference dataset for Europe. Up to three projects will be awarded a maximum of €150,000 each, with activities set to begin in April 2024 and lasting up to 12 months.

Beneficiary & submission

More information on submission and evaluation process can be found on the grants website: https://efi.int/grants-training/grants/G-06-2023 (published 31.10.2023)

Further information

More information can be found on the grants website: https://efi.int/grants-training/grants/G-06-2023 (published 31.10.2023)