Forest soils for a climate-smart future: the relevance of soils in policy and practice for forest management in Europe
The final HoliSoils policy event will take place on Friday 10 October 2025 (9:30–12:30 CEST) in Brussels with a live stream available for online participants. The event will highlight major project results that are directly relevant to policy and practice of forest management strategies across Europe.
Bringing together researchers, policymakers and practitioners, the discussions will focus on how healthy forest soils contribute to climate-smart management, the objectives of the European Green Deal, and the EU Soil Monitoring Law.
Programme highlights
- Opening words – Jurij Krajcic (DG CLIMA – European Commission)
- Relevance of forest soils to EU climate policy – Raisa Mäkipää & Aleksi Lehtonen (Natural Resources Institute Finland – LUKE)
- Forest soils’ vulnerability to drought in the EU – Jorge Curiel (BC3 – Basque Center for Climate Change)
- Ability of soil models to quantify the impact of forest management on soils – Bertrand Guenet (French National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris – CNRS)
- Coffee break
- Effectiveness of climate-smart forest management strategies in Europe – Sara Filipek (Wageningen Environmental Research – WEnR)
- Synergies and trade-offs of climate-smart forest management practices for Europe – Sebastiaan Luyssaert (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- Panel discussion – Forest soils for a climate-smart future: the relevance of soils in policy and practice for forest management in Europe
- Final remarks
The event will conclude HoliSoils’ four and a half years of research, offering policy-relevant insights into soil monitoring, modelling and management to support sustainable forestry in Europe.
Join the event online on 10 October – Watch live on YouTube!
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