About the Forest Knowledge Gateway
The Forest Knowledge Gateway is a curated science and practice based knowledge platform designed to support forest restoration, climate change adaptation, biodiversity conservation and integrative forest management across Europe and beyond.
Knowledge Pathways: Thoughtfully designed for four key forest stakeholder groups (Landowners & Practitioners, Planners & Implementers, Policy Actors, and Funders & Investors) the platform guides you through Knowledge Pathways, offering a targeted synthesis of the most relevant information, resources, and tools to support your specific needs. The Knowledge Pathways, built around common barriers and enablers, serve as a living guidance tool for stakeholders across Europe.
Online Guidelines: A set of Online Guidelines, covering areas such as Monitoring, Forest Restoration Practices, and Upscaling, provides more in-depth support for users seeking practical, topic-specific guidance.
Resources: The Gateway hosts a continuously updated library of curated resources, which can be explored through a detailed taxonomy organized by topic, restoration or forest management purpose, geographic region and more. The resources library acts as a knowledge hub: a searchable, organized repository of publications, stories, practices, and analytical tools to support forest restoration and integrative management across multiple dimensions and with diverse means, tools and methods.
Marketplace: The Marketplace section provides direct access to the second main platform developed by SUPERB, the Restoration Marketplace. This platform facilitates to match nature positive projects with potential funders. The Marketplace was co-developed with the SUPERB sister project MERLIN and implemented by OPPLA.
AI support: On the very top of each page, you will find an option to translate the website into all official EU languages, based on AI-generated translations. You can also find more support by interacting with our “Frog bot”, an AI-powered assistant whose goal is to help users quickly find relevant information, resources, and guidance on the Gateway. Our “Frog bot” can answer questions, provide links to internal materials, and guide users to the most suitable pages or tools based on their needs. It supports multiple languages, offers concise responses for simple queries, and can handle more complex scenarios by synthesizing content from the Gateway’s database.
Background: The Forest Knowledge Gateway is developed as part of the EU Horizon2020 project SUPERB and the HorizonEurope project TRANSFORMIT and is led by the European Forest Institute. This platform is a joint initiative developed in close collaboration with a wide range of research and practice organisations, co-designed with key stakeholders and supported by policy actors.
About SUPERB:
SUPERB (Systemic solutions for upscaling of urgent ecosystem restoration for forest-related biodiversity and ecosystem services) is one of the biggest ever EU-funded forest-focused projects (2021-2025, 20Mio. € EU-funding) with the overall goal to create an enabling environment for large-scale forest restoration across Europe. By combining scientific research with practical knowledge and considering broad societal interests, SUPERB is driving large-scale forest restoration while addressing climate adaptation. The project features 12 practical demonstration sites in different European regions, tackling diverse environmental challenges and restoration needs. Collaborating with diverse stakeholders, SUPERB promotes best practices and innovative solutions to protect as well as sustainably manage forests, enhance biodiversity, and ensure the provision of ecosystem services for both, nature and people.
About TRANSFORMIT:
TRANSFORMIT (Transforming Forest Management for multiple ecosystem services and nature conservation via the Integrative approach) aims to merge societal demands with biodiversity conservation through an integrative approach. To achieve this, the project expands on existing practical and scientific knowledge related to Integrative Forest Management (IFM) and fosters synergetic collaborations through seven Living Labs. Connecting 16 institutions from 12 different countries, and coordinated by the European Forest Institute, TRANSFORMIT’s serves as catalyst for knowledge exchange, capacity building, and collaboration among forest managers, researchers, policymakers, and local communities.
Your contribution
If you posses relevant scientific or practical knowledge that you would like to share forest restoration IFM actors, please do not hesitate to propose your resources for inclusion in the Forest Knowledge Gateway.
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