About
The Project
The ForestNavigator project aims to support EU and national policy makers with robust policy pathways aligned with medium (2030) and long-term (2050) climate goals.
ForestNavigator integrates novel biophysical and economic modelling tools to develop a comprehensive analytical framework for forest sector mitigation pathways assessment. This framework, efficiently integrated in a Policy Modelling Toolbox systematically that accounts for climate change, socioeconomic and environmental impacts and relies on near-real time data from advanced monitoring systems.
ForestNavigator maximizes its policy relevance by means of a decision-making platform hosting key stakeholders and the ForestNavigator Portal, a web-based visualisation and engagement interface.
Project objectives
Mapping status and changes in EU forests
Near real-time monitoring of forests, carbon and biodiversity
New Policy Modelling Toolbox for forest bioeconomy
Providing policy makers with efficient decision-making tools for climate action
Create the ForestNavigator Platform
Policy Makers, Researchers and Practitioners at one table
Unlocking the EU forest potential to counteract climate change
Comprehensive assessment of forest-based mitigation and adaptation potentials
Policy pathways towards EU climate neutrality
Roadmap for EU forest sector contribution to carbon, biodiversity, and green economy goals
Mapping status and changes in EU forests
Near real-time monitoring of forests, carbon and biodiversity
Unlocking the EU forest potential to counteract climate change
Comprehensive assessment of forest-based mitigation and adaptation potentials
New Policy Modelling Toolbox for forest bioeconomy
Providing policy makers with efficient decision-making tools for climate action
Policy pathways towards EU climate neutrality
Roadmap for EU forest sector contribution to carbon, biodiversity, and green economy goals
Create the ForestNavigator Platform
Policy Makers, Researchers and Practitioners at one table
Background
EU forests play a central role for achieving the EU climate neutrality goal: they cover 44% of the region’s land and absorb nearly 10% of its greenhouse gas emissions each year. This contribution is expected to grow in the future. However, due to increased demand for wood, more natural disturbances and forests reaching maturity, the rate of carbon removals from European forests has been declining in the past decade.