MoniFun is a compact project where the Work Packages (WPs) progress towards one common aim, the blueprint of EFMMS. The scientific and technical work is organized into four WPs:
1. Co-create EFMMS blueprint based on stakeholder needs
2. Expert indicator definitions & methods
3. Next generation mapping of forest multifunctionality
4. Harmonised estimation of multifunctionality indicators
The work done in these WPs is supported by two work packages which take care of project coordination, administration, dissemination, exploitation and communication.
The work started in WP1, where the first tasks were to map from stakeholders what kind of information should be monitored in EFMMS, and what kind of indicators have been suggested for such monitoring. The output of these analyses has been reported in Deliverables 2.1 (Set of factsheets describing indicators that address information needs), 2.2 (Report on forest-related information needs, uses & data sources), and the first batch of practice abstracts (D5.5).
These outputs from WP1 have been utilized in WP2, where experts on different fields are working to map relevant information sources and define operational indicators to be monitored in the EFMMS. This work is currently on-going, but the WP2 has already submitted D2.1 entitled "Detailed metadata on available data & information on the selected variables across target countries" in June, 2025.
The WPs 3 and 4 develop technical solutions for identified critical bottlenecks related to the monitoring of forest multifunctionality. WP3 works on developing maps and remote sensing material, whereas WP4 works on solutions based on domains, defined by forest properties, spatial location and time.
To enable starting of the work in WPs 3 and 4. WP2 has provided a short list of indicators to be monitored, and WPs 3 and 4 will work on these. We assume that once technical solutions for monitoring these indicators for a set of European countries has been developed, extension to the full list for the whole Europe is straightforward.
To support this work, a national forest inventory (NFI) data collection has been completed in WP4 and they will be combined with harmonized European level maps developed in WP3.
A new growth curve and an approach to fit domain-based curves using the measured past growth from NFI data was developed and published in 2025 using NFI data from Finland. It has been used for analysing the long-term trends in harvest removals and growth in Finland by using a recently developed Age Class Simulator. The same curve has been successfully fitted to the data of Norway and Germany, as well. Since M9 planning for a joint scenario modelling has been done by Luke and WR. E.g. modelling of future forest resources and related variables was done in draft form by WR with EFISCEN-space for 20 EU countries, testing also on the seven MoniFun demo countries.
