The ForestWard Observatory to Secure Resilience of European Forests

Project Information

FORWARDS

Grant agreement ID: 101084481

DOI

10.3030/101084481

EC signature date 13 October 2022

Start date 1 November 2022

End date 31 October 2027

Funded under

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Total cost

€ 14 617 660,00

EU contribution

€ 14 617 659,75

Coordinated by

SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET
Sweden

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (2)

Plan for Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation

D6.1 PCDE. (T6.2)(M06). Plan for Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation of Results.

Impact Evaluation Plan

D6.2 Impact Evaluation Plan (IEP) (T6.1)(M07). Evaluation of progress toward impact indicators.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (18)

Per-Pixel Forest Attribute Mapping and Error Estimation: The Google Earth Engine and R dataDriven Tool

Author(s): Saverio Francini, Agnese Marcelli, Gherardo Chirici, Rosa Maria Di Biase, Lorenzo Fattorini, Piermaria Corona
Published in: Sensors, Issue 24, 2024, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/S24123947

Sensors

Author(s): Saverio Francini; Agnese Marcelli; Gherardo Chirici; Rosa Maria Di Biase; Lorenzo Fattorini; Piermaria Corona
Published in: Sensors, 2024, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/S24123947

Effects of Forest Management on Beetle (Coleoptera) Communities in Beech Forests (Fagus sylvatica) in the Apennines of Central Italy (Tuscany)

Author(s): Francesco Parisi, Adriano Mazziotta, Gherardo Chirici, Giovanni D’amico, Elia Vangi, Saverio Francini, Davide Travaglini
Published in: Forests, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 1999-4907
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/F15071085

Sensitivity of Sentinel-1 Backscatter to Management-Related Disturbances in Temperate Forests

Author(s): Sietse van der Woude, Johannes Reiche, Frank Sterck, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Marleen Vos, Martin Herold
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 16, 2024, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/RS16091553

Combining national forest inventories reveals distinct role of climate on tree recruitment in European forests

Author(s): Louis A. König, Frits Mohren, Mart-Jan Schelhaas, Julen Astigarraga, Emil Cienciala, Roman Flury, Jonas Fridman, Leen Govaere, Aleksi Lehtonen, Adriane E. Muelbert, Thomas A.M. Pugh, Brigitte Rohner, Paloma Ruiz-Benito, Susanne Suvanto, Andrzej Talarczyk, Miguel A. Zavala, Jose Medina Vega, Igor Staritsky, Geerten Hengeveld, Gert-Jan Nabuurs
Published in: Ecological Modelling, Issue 505, 2025, ISSN 0304-3800
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ECOLMODEL.2025.111112

Remote Sensing

Author(s): Saverio Francini; Alice Cavalli; Giovanni D’Amico; Ronald E. McRoberts; Mauro Maesano; Michele Munafò; Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza; Gherardo Chirici
Published in: Remote Sensing, 2023, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/RS15061638

Canopy height Mapper: A google earth engine application for predicting global canopy heights combining GEDI with multi-source data

Author(s): Cesar Alvites, Hannah O'Sullivan, Saverio Francini, Marco Marchetti, Giovanni Santopuoli, Gherardo Chirici, Bruno Lasserre, Michela Marignani, Erika Bazzato
Published in: Environmental Modelling & Software, Issue 183, 2025, ISSN 1364-8152
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVSOFT.2024.106268

Near-Real-Time Detection of Insect Outbreaks in Urban Trees Using a PlanetScope Time Series

Author(s): Valentina Falanga, Saverio Francini, Francesco Parisi, Alice Cavalli, Paolo De Fioravante, Benedetta Cucca, Giovanni D’Amico, Gherardo Chirici, Bruno Lasserre, Marco Ottaviano, Michele Munafò, Marco Marchetti
Published in: Forests, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 1999-4907
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/F15122261

Country-wide assessment of biodiversity, naturalness and old-growth status using national forest inventory data

Author(s): Costanza Borghi; Saverio Francini; Ronald E. McRoberts; Francesco Parisi; Fabio Lombardi; Susanna Nocentini; Alberto Maltoni; Davide Travaglini; Gherardo Chirici
Published in: European Journal of Forest Research, 2023, ISSN 1612-4677
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-023-01620-6

Global spatial assessment of potential for new peri-urban forests to combat climate change

Author(s): Francini, Saverio; Chirici, Gherardo; Chiesi, Leonardo; Costa, Paolo; Caldarelli, Guido; Mancuso, Stefano
Published in: Nature Cities, 2024, ISSN 2731-9997
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1038/S44284-024-00049-1

An assessment approach for pixel-based image composites

Author(s): Saverio Francini; Txomin Hermosilla; Nicholas C. Coops; Michael A. Wulder; Joanne C. White; Gherardo Chirici
Published in: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2023, ISSN 1872-8235
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.ISPRSJPRS.2023.06.002

Forest species mapping and area proportion estimation combining Sentinel-2 harmonic predictors and national forest inventory data

Author(s): Saverio Francini, Mart-Jan Schelhaas, Elia Vangi, Bas Lerink, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Ronald E. McRoberts, Gherardo Chirici
Published in: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Issue 131, 2025, ISSN 1569-8432
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JAG.2024.103935

Field-independent carbon mapping and quantification in forest plantation through remote sensing

Author(s): Saverio Francini, Elia Vangi, Giovanni DAmico, Costanza Borghi, Guido Cencini, Cecilia Monari, Catherine Zolli, Gherardo Chirici
Published in: European Journal of Remote Sensing, Issue 57, 2024, ISSN 2279-7254
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/22797254.2024.2334717

Advancements in Forest Monitoring: Applications and Perspectives of Airborne Laser Scanning and Complementarity with Satellite Optical Data

Author(s): Costanza Borghi, Saverio Francini, Giovanni D’Amico, Ruben Valbuena, Gherardo Chirici
Published in: Land, Issue 14, 2025, ISSN 2073-445X
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/LAND14030567

Carbon allocation to roots of suppressed Norway spruce increases immediately after selection harvest

Author(s): Aleksi Lehtonen, Juha Heikkinen, Chainey A. Boroski, Olli-Pekka Tikkasalo, Katja T. Rinne-Garmston, Elina Sahlstedt, Mika Korkiakoski, Anna Kärkönen, Anna Lintunen, Harri Mäkinen, Mikko Peltoniemi, Gonzalo de Quesada, Yann Salmon, Giles Young, Raisa Mäkipää, Ram Oren
Published in: Forest Ecology and Management, Issue 585, 2025, ISSN 0378-1127
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.FORECO.2025.122645

StrucNet: a global network for automated vegetation structure monitoring

Author(s): Kim Calders, Benjamin Brede, Glenn Newnham, Darius Culvenor, John Armston, Harm Bartholomeus, Anne Griebel, Jodie Hayward, Samuli Junttila, Alvaro Lau, Shaun Levick, Rosalinda Morrone, Niall Origo, Marion Pfeifer, Jan Verbesselt, Martin Herold
Published in: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, Issue 9, 2023, ISSN 2056-3485
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/RSE2.333

Exploring climate-smart forestry in Mediterranean forests through an innovative composite climate-smart index

Author(s): Diana Alfieri, Roberto Tognetti, Giovanni Santopuoli
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 368, 2025, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122002

Remote Sensing

Author(s): van der Woude, Sietse; Reiche, Johannes; Sterck, Frank; Nabuurs, Gert-Jan; Vos, Marleen; Herold, Martin
Published in: Remote Sensing, 2024, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/RS16091553