Marcus Lindner

Marcus Lindner

@marlind.bsky.social

Forest scientist at European Forest Institute, Bonn, Germany. Social-ecological resilience, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, Disturbance risk management, Sustainability, Forestry, Carbon Cycle, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity

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Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

The data set used here is from 2003 to 2018. Similar data are measured on many plots across Europe. See forwards-project.eu To better understand forest growth responses to climate change, extreme climate events and natural disturbances we need near-real-time monitoring of tree responses

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Tobias Kuemmerle
@tkuemmerle.bsky.social

Excellent policy brief by Lyla O'Brien and @marlind.bsky.social on our paper on priority actions to better protect and restore old-growth forests in Europe 👉 efi.int/publication/... @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social, @biogeoberlin.bsky.social

efi.intHow can we conserve primary and old-growth forests through the EU Nature Restoration Regulation?The EU Nature Restoration Regulation could help conserve Europe's last primary and old-growth forests.
Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

Based on our recent article, we wrote a policy brief: How can we conserve primary and old-growth forests through the EU Nature Restoration Regulation? EFI Policy Brief 21. European Forest Institute. doi.org/10.36333/pb21

Marcus Lindner@marlind.bsky.social

Fresh perspective article: Priority actions for the conservation of primary and old-growth forests in Europe. In the article, we examine how the recently adopted Nature Restoration Regulation could strengthen the long-term conservation of Europe’s remaining primary and old-growth forests.

wildcard-project.euPriority actions for the conservation of primary and old-growth forests in Europe - WildcardBlogpost by Lyla O'Brien

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EFI Mediterranean
@efimedfacility.bsky.social

What would you do if you inherited a #forest you'd never asked for? Most new landowners do nothing, and #wildfire risk spreads to whole communities. New research by Cecilia Fraccaroli (@efieuropeanforest.bsky.social) maps 80 ways to turn inaction into stewardship! 🌲🔥 efi.int/article/what...

efi.intFrom inaction to stewardship: incentives to cut wildfire riskRural abandonment has left land unmanaged and wildfire risk rising. EFI-led research maps the economic incentives that turn neglect into stewardship.
Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

I hope this will be picked up widely - such a relief to be able to see colours despite my deficiency!

Loukas Theodosiou@bioinformatician.bsky.social

After four years, several updates and a handful of CRAN releases, 𝗹𝘁𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗥-𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲, reached a version I feel genuinely good about sharing with the community. github.com/loukesio/ltc...

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Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

We have very few primary and old-growth forests left in Europe - these are so valuable and need improved protection! However, we continue to lose these rare forests and implementation of biodiversity protection targets of EU policies is not advancing fast enough.

Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

Important findings! disturbance - wildlife interactions will be very important, affecting future #forest #resilience

Tobias Kuemmerle@tkuemmerle.bsky.social

Disturbances are forecasted to intensify. 👉 can support wildlife & biodiversity ⚠ but will also increase browsing pressure & conflicts with forestry Forest & wildlife management must jointly plan disturbance dynamics under climate change

Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

Deadwood is shelter, food, and corridor. It is continuity. A blog post and video from LIFE SPAN suggests: build networks of habitat, learn to see microhabitats, and let managed forests carry more of the forest’s full life cycle – standing, falling, and returning. resilience-blog.com/2026/04/29/l...

resilience-blog.comLife in Deadwood - Resilience BlogBlogpost by Gesche Schifferdecker and Andrea Barzagli “Today, there is no longer discussion about the general value of deadwood. Now the discussion is only about
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Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

Collaborative planning will be key to social acceptability and long-term success. We encourage policymakers and land managers to adopt systematic conservation planning to better coordinate action across scales and strategically direct public investments and incentives toward priority areas. 5/6

Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

... This approach could help overcome major barriers to EU environmental policy implementation while promoting synergies among forest resource use policies. First PhD paper of Fabio Castelli @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.je... 6/6

sciencedirect.comNavigating trade-offs across ownership and ecological priorities in forest conservation planningForests play a central role in biodiversity conservation and the provision of ecosystem services. In Europe, recent policies place strong emphasis on …
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Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

We used North Rhine–Westphalia (NRW), Germany as case study and developed two pathways - prioritizing either large wilderness areas or habitat representation— implemented through five scenarios that differ in ownership structures, conservation objectives, and existing economic incentives ... 3/6

Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

Our results show clear trade-offs. Although wilderness-oriented scenarios maximize spatial compactness, they tend to represent fewer areas of high ecological value. The policy-based pathway captures more areas of high ecological value but requires substantial involvement of private forests. 4/6

Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

How to design spatially coherent and socially feasible strategies to expand strict forest protection under real-world ownership and policy constraints? We used systematic conservation planning to evaluate alternative scenarios for achieving the EU 10% strict protection target in forest areas. 2/6

Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

Collaborative planning will be key to social acceptability and long-term success. We encourage policymakers and land managers to adopt systematic conservation planning to better coordinate action across scales and strategically direct public investments and incentives toward priority areas. 5/6

Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

...This approach could help overcome major barriers to EU environmental policy implementation while promoting synergies among forest resource use policies. First PhD paper of Fabio Castelli @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.je... 6/6

sciencedirect.comNavigating trade-offs across ownership and ecological priorities in forest conservation planningForests play a central role in biodiversity conservation and the provision of ecosystem services. In Europe, recent policies place strong emphasis on …
Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

we used North Rhine–Westphalia (NRW), Germany as case study and developed two pathways - prioritizing either large wilderness areas or habitat representation— implemented through five scenarios that differ in ownership structures, conservation objectives, and existing economic incentives ... 3/5

Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

Our results show clear trade-offs. Although wilderness-oriented scenarios maximize spatial compactness, they tend to represent fewer areas of high ecological value. The policy-based pathway captures more areas of high ecological value but requires substantial involvement of private forests.

Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

How to design spatially coherent and socially feasible strategies to expand strict forest protection under real-world ownership and policy constraints? We used systematic conservation planning to evaluate alternative scenarios for achieving the EU 10% strict protection target in forest areas. 2/5

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ForestPaths Project
@forestpaths.eu

🤔 Do we know what Europe's wood ends up being used for? A new study from the @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social and @vito.be mapped the full flow of wood across all 27 EU member states in 2021 - from forest harvest all the way to end-of-life. forestpaths.eu/news/what-wo...

forestpaths.euWhat is wood used for in Europe? A ForestPaths analysis of wood flows across the EUWood plays a vital role in the EU's transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy. However, the climate mitigation potential of wood products depends on their final uses - something that has hi...
Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

Various policies have high expectations on forests, as carbon sinks, as biodiversity habitats, as source of renewal resources for the bioeconomy - future disturbance regimes will strongly affect all of these! Check out both the Science paper and our policy brief!

Rupert Seidl@rupertseidl.bsky.social

Policy implications: Together with @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social, we’ve also published a summary for policy makers alongside the scientific paper, highlighting important implications for European forest policy wrt forest planning, monitoring and management (7/10) Link: doi.org/10.36333/pb20

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Rupert Seidl
@rupertseidl.bsky.social

Replying to @rupertseidl.bsky.social

Insights 3: Disturbance change impacts Europe’s forest demography, reducing the share of old forests and increasing the share of young forests on the landscape. This could have profound implications for ecosystem services and biodiversity, and needs to be accounted for in forest policy. (6/10)

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Rupert Seidl
@rupertseidl.bsky.social

Replying to @rupertseidl.bsky.social

Insight 2: Fire is the main driver of increasing future disturbance, and the Mediterranean is particularly affected. However, future disturbance hotspots emerged across biomes, from Finland to Germany and Spain, in our simulations. Disturbance change is thus a challenge at the European scale. (5/10)

Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

The policy brief will be online friday morning... This is crucial evidence for several European policies!

Rupert Seidl@rupertseidl.bsky.social

Policy implications: Together with @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social, we’ve also published a summary for policy makers alongside the scientific paper, highlighting important implications for European forest policy wrt forest planning, monitoring and management (7/10) Link: doi.org/10.36333/pb20

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Rupert Seidl
@rupertseidl.bsky.social

Replying to @rupertseidl.bsky.social

Insight 1: In the coming decades, disturbances will continue to increase regardless of emissions pathway. If we effectively reduce emissions, we reach peak disturbance by mid century with declines thereafter. If emissions continue unabated, however, disturbances will continue to soar. (4/10)

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Rupert Seidl
@rupertseidl.bsky.social

Replying to @rupertseidl.bsky.social

Methodology 2: Key advances of our new approach are that amplifying interactions between individual disturbance agents are explicitly accounted for, and that climate - disturbance – vegetation feedbacks are explicitly simulated. (3/10)

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Katrin Heer
@katrinheer.bsky.social

Postdoctoral position in Forest Genetics at @uni-freiburg.de with a focus on local adaptation and/or stress reaction of trees. The position combines research and teaching (4 SWS), and offers the opportunity to develop an independent research profile (4+ years).

Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

We need to shift from reactive response to an Integrated Fire Management to enhance forest and landscape resilience

European Forest Institute@efieuropeanforest.bsky.social

🔥 A fire‑resilient Europe needs a new approach EFI’s latest Policy Brief calls for a shift toward Integrated Fire Management, as extreme wildfires continue to escalate with over 1 million hectares burned in the EU in 2025. 📄 Read the full Policy Brief: https://doi.org/10.36333/pb19

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HoliSoils Project
@holisoils.bsky.social

#ForestSoils are more than dirt beneath our feet: they regulate water, store carbon, & support #biodiversity 🌱 On 18 November, the #HoliSoils Webinar Series continues with a session dedicated to understanding & mapping forest soils across Europe! Sign up now ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

holisoils.euHoliSoils Webinar Series - Introductory lecture on forest soils, monitoring and mapping - HoliSoilsDon’t miss the HoliSoils webinar on 22 October (14:00–15:00 CEST) on monitoring forest soil biodiversity, ecosystem resilience, and microbial responses to management.
Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

Excellent resource!

ForestPaths Project@forestpaths.eu

🌲 The European Forest Disturbance Atlas by ForestPaths is now on Forest Information Systems for Europe! Using Landsat data (1985–2023), the maps track fires, storms, bark beetles & harvesting across 38 countries — open-source & updated annually. 🔗 Explore more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...

forestpaths.euForestPaths disturbance maps now available on FISEWith ForestPaths releasing the European Forest Disturbance Atlas - a dataset of annual forest disturbance maps across 38 European countries - it is also now featured on the Forest Information System f...
Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

Geospatial data from the Integrate Network Database (270 marteloscope sites in 27 European countries with more than 100,000 recorded trees) can now be accessed through an interactive map. resilience-blog.com/2025/10/06/n...?

resilience-blog.comNew features on interactive map reveal forest complexity: European-wide tool launches to help navigate geospatial data from the Integrate Network Database  - Resilience BlogMarteloscopes are a key tool of the Integrate Network Multi-Donor-Trust-Fund. Since the start of Integrate + in 2013, the network’s forerunner project*, this didactic training…

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Cornelius Senf
@corneliussenf.bsky.social

New paper in Nature Climate Change! What are the costs of increasing disturbances? Find out in this amazing contribution by @johannesmohr.bsky.social! Great to see this out and congrats Johannes on such a nice first PhD paper! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.comRising cost of disturbances for forestry in Europe under climate change - Nature Climate ChangeClimate change will raise the severity and frequency of forest disturbance, damaging the economic value of timber. Researchers show Europe’s timber-based forestry could lose up to €247 billion, yet in...
Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

Connecting recreational experience with knowledge on Integrative Forest Management. Nice blog post related to the #TRANSFORMIT project (transformforests.eu/about/) resilience-blog.com/2025/08/26/j...?

resilience-blog.comJogging through the forests of our future: How Europe is headed towards Integrative Forest Management - Resilience BlogArticle written by Florian Schnabel (University of Freiburg) I often go running in the hills surrounding Freiburg, Germany. The jogging trails stretch from the Rhine valley to…

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INTERCEDE project
@intercede.bsky.social

What happens when forests are valued not just for timber, but for clean water, biodiversity, and climate resilience? 🍃💧🦌 WWF Bulgaria , runs a pilot model for Payments for Ecosystem Services shows how nature can be part of the economic equation. Full story: intercede-project.eu/payments_fes...

intercede-project.euPayments for ecosystem services transform forest managementPilot project in the Western Stara Planina region demonstrates how Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) can transform forest management
Marcus Lindner
@marlind.bsky.social

very interesting study! Vaia is such a prominent wind storm case study. Very much appreciate that ungulate browsing was studied so widely, as forest resilience of the future stand will be strongly affected by high ungulate densities!

Enrico Tomelleri@etomelleri.bsky.social

Five years after VAIA: – Norway spruce dominates regeneration (67%), but only 26% of plots meet targets. – Browsing affects 25% of seedlings, especially Rowan, Willow, and Silver fir. Management should promote species diversity and control browsing. doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

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Fintan Kelly
@fintankelly.bsky.social

Researchers identify five steps to successful nature restoration - the need for policy coherence & adequate financial support to make Nature Restoration happen is clear yet the Commission have proposed an MFF/CAP that seem to deliver neither www.google.com/amp/s/phys.o...

share.googleResearchers identify five steps to successful nature restorationMany European ecosystems—whether it's forests, rivers, fields, or meadows—are in poor condition. Despite all conservation efforts, biodiversity continues to decline. However, experts are hopeful that ...