The ForestWard Observatory to Secure Resilience of European Forests

Información del proyecto

FORWARDS

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 101084481

DOI

10.3030/101084481

Fecha de la firma de la CE 13 Octubre 2022

Fecha de inicio 1 Noviembre 2022

Fecha de finalización 31 Octubre 2027

Financiado con arreglo a

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Coste total

€ 14 617 660,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 14 617 659,75

Coordinado por

SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET
Sweden

CORDIS proporciona enlaces a los documentos públicos y las publicaciones de los proyectos de los programas marco HORIZONTE.

Los enlaces a los documentos y las publicaciones de los proyectos del Séptimo Programa Marco, así como los enlaces a algunos tipos de resultados específicos, como conjuntos de datos y «software», se obtienen dinámicamente de OpenAIRE .

Resultado final

Documents, reports (4)

Data assimilation routines and processing tools

D3.2 Data assimilation routines and processing tools (M36). Report describing the improved data assimilation routines, extended model and processing tools and their access.

Report on forest manager/owners and society on CSF and restoration

D4.2 Report on forest manager/owners and society on CSF and restoration (T4.4)(M30). A report presenting wider pan-European perspectives on CSF and restoration with a synthesis of review, survey results and interviews.

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.

Publicaciones

Peer reviewed articles (26)

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

Autores: Saverio Francini, Agnese Marcelli, Gherardo Chirici, Rosa Maria Di Biase, Lorenzo Fattorini, Piermaria Corona
Publicado en: Sensors, Edición 24, 2024, ISSN 1424-8220
Editor: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/S24123947

Sensors

Autores: Saverio Francini; Agnese Marcelli; Gherardo Chirici; Rosa Maria Di Biase; Lorenzo Fattorini; Piermaria Corona
Publicado en: Sensors, 2024, ISSN 1424-8220
Editor: 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)

Autores: Francesco Parisi, Adriano Mazziotta, Gherardo Chirici, Giovanni D’amico, Elia Vangi, Saverio Francini, Davide Travaglini
Publicado en: Forests, Edición 15, 2024, ISSN 1999-4907
Editor: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/F15071085

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

Autores: Sietse van der Woude, Johannes Reiche, Frank Sterck, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Marleen Vos, Martin Herold
Publicado en: Remote Sensing, Edición 16, 2024, ISSN 2072-4292
Editor: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/RS16091553

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

Autores: 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
Publicado en: Ecological Modelling, Edición 505, 2025, ISSN 0304-3800
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ECOLMODEL.2025.111112

Remote Sensing

Autores: Saverio Francini; Alice Cavalli; Giovanni D’Amico; Ronald E. McRoberts; Mauro Maesano; Michele Munafò; Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza; Gherardo Chirici
Publicado en: Remote Sensing, 2023, ISSN 2072-4292
Editor: 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

Autores: Cesar Alvites, Hannah O'Sullivan, Saverio Francini, Marco Marchetti, Giovanni Santopuoli, Gherardo Chirici, Bruno Lasserre, Michela Marignani, Erika Bazzato
Publicado en: Environmental Modelling & Software, Edición 183, 2025, ISSN 1364-8152
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVSOFT.2024.106268

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

Autores: 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
Publicado en: Forests, Edición 15, 2025, ISSN 1999-4907
Editor: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/F15122261

Five decades of ecological and meteorological data enhance the mechanistic understanding of global change impacts on the treeline ecotone in the European Alps

Autores: Lia Lechler, Christian Rixen, Peter Bebi, Mathias Bavay, Mauro Marty, Ignacio Barbeito, Melissa A. Dawes, Frank Hagedorn, Frank Krumm, Patrick Möhl, Marcus Schaub, Esther R. Frei
Publicado en: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Edición 355, 2024, ISSN 0168-1923
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2024.110126

Decreasing Stem Growth in Common European Tree Species Despite Earlier Growth Onset

Autores: Arun K. Bose, Sophia Etzold, Katrin Meusburger, Arthur Gessler, Andri Baltensweiler, Sabine Braun, Nina Buchmann, J. Julio Camarero, Matthias Haeni, Ansgar Kahmen, Richard L. Peters, Frank J. Sterck, Simon Tresch, Lorenz Walthert, Roman Zweifel
Publicado en: Global Change Biology, Edición 31, 2025, ISSN 1354-1013
Editor: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/GCB.70318

Is climate-smart forestry affected by thinning intensity and tree species composition? A case study in long-term experimental plots of central Europe

Autores: Diana Alfieri, Astor Toraño Caicoya, Roberto Tognetti, Giovanni Santopuoli
Publicado en: Journal of Environmental Management, Edición 394, 2026, ISSN 0301-4797
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2025.127603

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

Autores: Costanza Borghi; Saverio Francini; Ronald E. McRoberts; Francesco Parisi; Fabio Lombardi; Susanna Nocentini; Alberto Maltoni; Davide Travaglini; Gherardo Chirici
Publicado en: European Journal of Forest Research, 2023, ISSN 1612-4677
Editor: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-023-01620-6

gediDB: A toolbox for processing and providing Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) L2A-B and L4A-C data

Autores: Simon Besnard, Felix Dombrowski, Amelia Holcomb
Publicado en: Journal of Open Source Software, Edición 10, 2025, ISSN 2475-9066
Editor: The Open Journal
DOI: 10.21105/JOSS.08593

Monitoring fine-scale natural and logging-related tropical forest degradation using Sentinel-1

Autores: Anne-Juul Welsink, Chloé Dupuis, Laura Cue La Rosa, Monne Weghorst, Jens van der Zee, Sietse van der Woude, Marielos Peña-Claros, Martin Herold, Kurt Fesenmyer, Johannes Reiche
Publicado en: Remote Sensing of Environment, Edición 328, 2025, ISSN 0034-4257
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.RSE.2025.114878

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

Autores: Francini, Saverio; Chirici, Gherardo; Chiesi, Leonardo; Costa, Paolo; Caldarelli, Guido; Mancuso, Stefano
Publicado en: Nature Cities, 2024, ISSN 2731-9997
Editor: Springer
DOI: 10.1038/S44284-024-00049-1

An assessment approach for pixel-based image composites

Autores: Saverio Francini; Txomin Hermosilla; Nicholas C. Coops; Michael A. Wulder; Joanne C. White; Gherardo Chirici
Publicado en: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2023, ISSN 1872-8235
Editor: 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

Autores: Saverio Francini, Mart-Jan Schelhaas, Elia Vangi, Bas Lerink, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Ronald E. McRoberts, Gherardo Chirici
Publicado en: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Edición 131, 2025, ISSN 1569-8432
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JAG.2024.103935

Mapping old-growth forests using airborne lidar data and satellite images: how do plot size and rarity affect accuracy?

Autores: Janne Räty, Mari Myllymäki, Mikko Peltoniemi, Aleksi Lehtonen, Petteri Packalen
Publicado en: Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Edición 55, 2025, ISSN 0045-5067
Editor: Canadian Science Publishing
DOI: 10.1139/CJFR-2024-0283

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

Autores: Saverio Francini, Elia Vangi, Giovanni DAmico, Costanza Borghi, Guido Cencini, Cecilia Monari, Catherine Zolli, Gherardo Chirici
Publicado en: European Journal of Remote Sensing, Edición 57, 2024, ISSN 2279-7254
Editor: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/22797254.2024.2334717

Deciphering tree drought responses across species: linking leaf water potentials with remote sensing greenness and photoprotection dynamics

Autores: Petra D’Odorico, Dominic Fawcett, Richard Peters, David Steger, Tobias Zhorzel, Günter Hoch, David Basler, Christian Ginzler, Michael Eisenring, Gaétan Glauser, Roman Zweifel, Arthur Gessler, Ansgar Kahmen
Publicado en: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Edición 375, 2026, ISSN 0168-1923
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.AGRFORMET.2025.110856

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

Autores: Costanza Borghi, Saverio Francini, Giovanni D’Amico, Ruben Valbuena, Gherardo Chirici
Publicado en: Land, Edición 14, 2025, ISSN 2073-445X
Editor: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/LAND14030567

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

Autores: 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
Publicado en: Forest Ecology and Management, Edición 585, 2025, ISSN 0378-1127
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.FORECO.2025.122645

Global covariation of forest age transitions with the net carbon balance

Autores: Simon Besnard, Viola H. A. Heinrich, Nuno Carvalhais, Philippe Ciais, Martin Herold, Ingrid Luijkx, Wouter Peters, Daniela Requena Suarez, Maurizio Santoro, Hui Yang
Publicado en: Nature Ecology & Evolution, Edición 9, 2025, ISSN 2397-334X
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41559-025-02821-5

StrucNet: a global network for automated vegetation structure monitoring

Autores: 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
Publicado en: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, Edición 9, 2023, ISSN 2056-3485
Editor: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/RSE2.333

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

Autores: Diana Alfieri, Roberto Tognetti, Giovanni Santopuoli
Publicado en: Journal of Environmental Management, Edición 368, 2025, ISSN 0301-4797
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122002

Remote Sensing

Autores: van der Woude, Sietse; Reiche, Johannes; Sterck, Frank; Nabuurs, Gert-Jan; Vos, Marleen; Herold, Martin
Publicado en: Remote Sensing, 2024, ISSN 2072-4292
Editor: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/RS16091553

Other (2)

EIP-AGRI Practice Abstract: A European remote sensing system for the early detection and mapping of forest vulnerabilities and risks

Autores: University of Florence
Publicado en: 2025
Editor: EIP Agri
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19744078

EIP-AGRI Practice Abstract: A tool for identifying forest areas in Europe exposed to systematic stress due to climate change

Autores: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest; Snow and Landscape Research
Editor: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19744000