Project overview
Transnational Cooperation on nature-based solutions for restoring degraded forests of Central Europe
Forests in central Europe are suffering from climate change, physical disturbances and unsustainable management. To reverse their decline requires joint restoration efforts beyond borders but there are no commonly agreed restoration definitions and guidelines, yet. The RE-ENFORCE project addresses this absence by drafting a transnational restoration strategy, based on experiences made in pilot actions with a newly developed, web-based decision support system. The partners also introduce innovative financing options like carbon markets, which will help securing a participatory, long-term approach to forest restoration.
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2,60m €
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Project Budget
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80%
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of the Budget is funded by ERDF
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8
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Countries
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9
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Regions
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9
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Partners
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6
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Pilots
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About the project
Project partnership
Project partners
Lead partner
Austrian Research Centre for Forests
Institut für Waldwachstum, Waldbau und Genetik
Project partner
Croatian Forest Research Institute
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Department of Forest Planning, Forest Research, Information Systems / Division Forest Research
Duna-Dráva National Park Directorate
Fertő-Hanság National Park Directorate
Forest Research Institute
TESAF
Slovenian Forestry Institute
Roadmap
Step 1 — The Challenge
Forests across Central Europe are facing severe droughts, pest outbreaks, and storms. Local forest actors struggle to preserve forest health and ecosystem services under accelerating climate change.
Step 2 — Fragmented Responses
Forest organizations often work in isolation, employing disparate methods and datasets amid multiple drivers of forest degradation. Such fragmentation hampers knowledge exchange and undermines collective capacity to respond to regional and transboundary challenges.
Step 3 — The Idea
What if forest actors could join forces across borders—sharing experiences, tools, and knowledge to strengthen the resilience of Central European forests?
Step 4 — The RE-ENFORCE Solution
RE-ENFORCE connects forest administrations, research institutions, and practitioners to co-create and test solutions for forest resilience. It promotes integrated adaptation strategies and builds a shared framework for monitoring and decision-making.
Step 5 — How It Works
Through pilot actions in diverse Central European regions, RE-ENFORCE tests innovative tools, modelling approaches, and adaptive practices, drafting a transnational restoration strategy, based on experiences made in pilot actions. It develops a web-based decision support system.
Step 6 — Results in Motion
In RE-ENFORCE pilot regions, partners test resilience assessment tools and adaptive measures directly in the field. They involve forest managers and local stakeholders to co-develop practical guidelines that support evidence-based decisions for more resilient and multifunctional forests.
Step 7 — Lasting Impact
RE-ENFORCE will deliver a tested Forest Resilience Toolbox and a transferable framework for assessing and strengthening forest resilience. These outcomes will enhance regional governance, support data-driven decision-making, and empower Central European actors to manage forests adaptively in a changing climate.
News
Events
Pilot actions
Outputs
Transnational strategy for the restoration of degraded forest ecosystems
Transnational cooperation for demonstrating Nature based solutions for restoring degraded forests
Transnational guidelines for restoring degraded forests through Nature-Based Solutions
Project videos
Project documents
🚀🌲 RE-ENFORCE UAV mission update: Monitoring forest recovery from above – now on film!
RE-ENFORCE
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