What does it take to become a Healthy Forest Region?

Date: 08.04.2025
Developing a new concept within a three-year project — one that other regions can adopt — is a major challenge. It is about developing a concept that redefines the value of regional forests. But where to begin? How to proceed?

Through a series of ambitious “Cupcake Workshops,” we moved closer to answering these questions by outlining the essential criteria a region must fulfill to become a Healthy Forest Region. In doing so, we also created an initial visual representation of what such a region could look like in practice.

We reached the preliminary conclusion that an HFR should have:

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  1. Defined border
  2. Minimum of forest cover
  3. Forest that comes close to the HFR definition of a healthy forest
  4. Minimum of protected forest area
  5. Integration of people living with and/or from the forest
  6. At least one actor to introduce the HFR Concept and promote its regional implementation.