Project overview
Healthy Forest Regions: Supporting Healthy Forest ecosystems for human well-being in forest Regions
Forests are complex ecosystems that store carbon, preserve soils and nurture many animal and plant species. But negligence and unsustainable forest management practices endanger their health and risk biodiversity loss. The HealthyForestRegions project develops concepts to strengthen the commitment of key policy stakeholders to better safeguard forest ecosystems. The partnership also tests new tools and solutions for the transition to ecosystem-based forest management in six regions.
2,78m €
Project Budget
80%
of the Budget is funded by ERDF
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About the project
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Project partners
Lead partner
Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development
Faculty of Forest and Environment, Centre for Econics and Ecosystem Management, Centre for Econics and Ecosystem Management
16225 Eberswalde
Project partner
Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences (FFWS)
1330 Kočevje
Roadmap
Project Kick-off Meeting in Angermünde - 31.05.2023
The HealthyForestRegions project team met for the first time in person in Angermünde to kick-off the Project. All partners jointly achievedfirst stepsin the initial project phase. The Project was introduced to a wider audience, including associated partners and further interested groups. The project partners received the Partnership Agreements from the lead partners. All Partners agreed on the definition and deliniation of the six project target regions.
International Online Workshop on Interpretation of Ecosystem Services - 25.09.2023
Online Meeting of the project partners, for a deeper knowledge of the countries and regions, cooperating in the project. Exchange and generate knowledge about the interpretation of healhty forests and the Ecosystem Services they provide for human well-beeing.
Regional Workshops on Interpretation of Forest Ecosystem Services - 23.10.2023
Meeting of the czech partners of the HealthyForestRegions project. LAG Frýdlantsko, prepared a regional workshop on interpretive planning for key players in the area, focused on communicating the value of functional forest and their Ecosystem Services contributing to human health and well-being. Representatives of all the above-mentioned key organisations met at the environmental education centre in one of the participating municipalities to discuss possible ways of presenting the natural heritage in the region with the participation of representatives from the Association for the Interpretation of Local Heritage of the Czech Republic.
Regional Workshop on Prioritization of Ecosystem Services 20.03.2024
What is the value of a healthy forest? One approach to come closer to an answer is looking at the ecosystem services of a forest – which are benefits that gain people from an ecosystem like a forest. Among those benefits are clean water, wood, binding of carbon and human recreation. How to prioritize the ecosystem services was topic of the workshop that took place in the project target region Poloniny in Slovakia in March 2024. Therefore, different people and organisations, affected by the project (called stakeholders), were invited to identify their economic, ecological and social perspectives. Of course, a discussion was not lacking: Which benefit is more important to whom and why and is it possible to put a price on that value contributing to human well-being?
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