| Project name |
CLImate Mitigation and Bioeconomy pathways for sustainable FORESTry |
| Acronym | CLIMB-FOREST |
| Project coordinator | LUNDS UNIVERSITET (ULUND) |
| Project partner | Czech University of Life Science, Prague – Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences |
| Investigator | prof. Ing. Miroslav Svoboda, Ph.D. |
| Total budget | 5 360 735 EUR |
| Budget of FLD | 108 688 EUR |
| Implementation period | 1. 10. 2022 – 31. 3. 2027 |
| Name of programme | Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON) |
| More information: | Project website |
Forests are the world’s largest and most important terrestrial ecosystems. Their role in preserving biodiversity and combatting global warming is therefore incontestable. The EU-funded CLIMB-FOREST project aims to strengthen the European forestry sector’s capacity to mitigate climate change. To that end, it will create a set of working packages centring on mapping current forest management and carbon sequestration in Europe and quantifying biogeochemical and biophysical processes in European forests. Moreover, it will create an innovative model of all relevant actors, encouraging knowledge transfer. Project outcomes will be disseminated across the entire forestry sector, aiming at a paradigm shift in the policymaking process and encouraging the adoption of new management strategies that will keep forests at the forefront of the green transition.