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The latest from OptFORESTS: research results, events, and stories from our partners across Europe.
Tomorrow’s forests: how and why to make them more resilient? A public consultation
OptFORESTS invites the forest community to share its needs, challenges, and best practices on forest genetic resources and resilience through three…
Upcoming IUFRO International Conference: Forests in Transition
The IUFRO conference “Forests in Transition” will bring together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in Padova, Italy, from 9 to 11 February…
OptFORESTS launches Real-Time Delphi study with around 100 European experts
OptFORESTS has launched a Real-Time Delphi study that brings together around 100 experts from across Europe to explore future policy directions for…
OptFORESTS highlighted at the NordGen Forest conference
At NordGen Forest’s annual conference in Bergen, OptFORESTS findings on seed sources, new common gardens and wise use of forest genetic resources fed…
OptGERM: a new open database on how young trees respond to a warming climate
A new study presents OptGERM, an open database developed within OptFORESTS that follows 15,774 seeds from six European tree species to help understand…
Will we lose the ash? A video from NIBIO on ash dieback and the search for resistant trees
A short animated video from OptFORESTS partner NIBIO explains how ash dieback threatens Europe’s ash trees, and how protecting healthy trees and…
Three days in Padova, one year to go: OptFORESTS plans its final stretch
Europe wants billions of new trees in the ground. OptFORESTS is helping to answer some fundamental questions: where will the seed come from, will it…
More broadleaves in Finland’s forests: OptFORESTS research presented at IBFRA conference
At the IBFRA conference in Quebec, LUKE researcher Simone Bianchi showed how actively promoting broadleaves in Finland’s conifer-dominated forests can…
Rethinking common gardens: how a new European network will test forest trees for a changing climate
A new study sets out the design behind MOSAIC, OptFORESTS' network of 29 common gardens across Europe, built to test how tree species and populations…
OptFORESTS final conference at FORESTT 2027: call for abstracts now open!
The OptFORESTS symposium at the FORESTT International Conference 2027 welcomes abstracts until 13 December 2026.