About the platform

TEAMING UP 4 FORESTS

Partners

Teaming Up 4 Forests is a platform initiated by IUFRO and Mondi in 2021. We aim at integrating new industry partners in the future to gain new insights, expand our network and broaden our reach in the forest-based sector.

This platform is the outcome of continued cooperation since 2017 and underscores our strong commitment to the important role of forest-related business and science in advancing action towards sustainable development

International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)

The International Union of Forest Research Organizations is the only worldwide organization devoted to forest research and related sciences. It offers a global network for voluntary cooperation and connects more than 630 Member Organizations in more than 115 countries worldwide. Its members are research institutions, universities, and individual scientists as well as decision-making authorities and other stakeholders with a focus on forests and trees. IUFRO aims to contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations.

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Mondi

Mondi is a global leader in packaging and paper, contributing to a better world by making innovative packaging and paper solutions that are sustainable by design. Our business is integrated across the value chain – from managing forests and producing pulp, paper and plastic films, to developing and manufacturing effective industrial and consumer packaging solutions.

Sustainability is at the centre of our strategy and intrinsic in the way we do business. Our sustainability framework Mondi Action Plan 2030 („MAP20230“) is designed to tackle sustainability issues across the value chain. Part of its commitments include maintaining zero deforestation in its wood fibre supply and sourcing from resilient forests, as well safeguarding biodiversity.

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As Mondi, this platform allows us to actively collaborate with the scientific community in a structured way to address climate change challenges, gain broad access to research, and convert this into practical applications and improved operations.

Think Tank Meetings

Get informed. At our Think Tank Meetings, we identify forest relevant research priorities and exchange and synthesize knowledge of priority themes.

Scientific studies

Gain knowledge. We conduct studies and provide reports of synthesized information as well as summaries for business representatives.

Stakeholder Dialogues

Discuss, share and inform. Through our Stakeholder Dialogues, we discuss priority themes with stakeholders and inform various platforms and processes.

Workshops, seminars and field trips

Connect, exchange and learn. We offer workshop series to connect early-career researchers and business professionals and provide opportunities for exchange and mutual learning.

What we do

We aim to identify science based future pathways for response measures on key challenges. Providing information through Think Tank Meetings and Studies will form the basis. Stakeholder Dialogues will share and discuss findings of studies and Think Tank Meetings and aim to identify options for the way forward. Workshops, seminars and fieldtrips aim to provide opportunities for training and mutual learning among young scientists and business professionals.

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Together we address key challenges of climate change, adaptation measures, ecosystem and biodiversity protection, sustainable development and potential trade-offs.

Meet our Team

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Nelson Grima

Coordinator

Nelson oversees the design and implementation of
platform activities.

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Laura Walther

Project Manager

Laura is responsible for the management and implementation
of platform activities.

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Alexander Buck

Steering Group

Alexander Buck, IUFRO Executive Director, co-leads the
platform aspart of the Steering Group and mobilizes
scientific expertise from the IUFRO network.

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Dirk Längin

Steering Group

Dirk Längin, Group Head of Fibre Sourcing at Mondi,
co-leads the platform as part of the Steering Group
and shares experiences of the forest-based industry.

Our principles

Teaming Up 4 Forests is guided by a number of general principles that we apply to all our activities.

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Value

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Scientific credibility

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Independence

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Transparency and inclusiveness

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Sustainability

Our Latest News

‘What enables productive and biodiverse forestry in practice? Institutions, incentives and knowledge’

Knowing how a forest could be managed for biodiversity, wood production and other functions does not mean those choices will happen in practice. Forest owners and managers make decisions within a wider system. Rules determine what they are permitted or required to do. Economic and other incentives affect which options are realistic or attractive. Research,...

‘What does forest resilience mean in a changing climate?’

A resilient forest is not simply one that survives disturbance or returns to a previous condition. Stability can come from the forest’s own ecological processes, allowing it to absorb disturbance and recover. But it can also be maintained through repeated management intervention designed to protect a particular forest condition or level of wood production. Both...

‘Why biodiversity and wood production need to be considered across the wider forest landscape’

Wood production and biodiversity conservation can be organised in different ways across a forest landscape. Some areas may have one dominant objective, while others are managed for several objectives at the same time. Our latest Teaming Up 4 Forests study, Productive and Biodiverse: Managing Europe’s Forests for Economic and Ecological Outcomes, examines how these approaches...

‘Our new synthesis study on productive and biodiverse forestry: three key findings’

Today, we are excited to share our latest Teaming Up 4 Forests study Productive and Biodiverse, a new synthesis study examining how Europe’s forests can continue to supply wood while maintaining or improving biodiversity. The study finds that productive and biodiverse forests are achievable in Europe. But achieving both depends less on finding a single...

‘What counts when assessing the climate impact of forests and wood?’

Forests remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store carbon in living biomass and soils. But that is only part of their relationship with the climate. When trees are harvested, carbon remains stored in wood products after it leaves the forest. How long it stays there depends on what the wood becomes and how long...