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NFZ.forestnet is a European research and higher education network which gathers French, German and Swiss institutions working on forestry, forest ecosystem and forest-related products. It aims at creating and developing collaborative research and education projects.

NFZ.forestnet was created in 2006. The network is composed of 7 institutions, universities and research centres, in Nancy (AgroParisTech, INRAE, IGN, Université de Lorraine)Freiburg (Forest Research Institute of Baden-Württemberg, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg - Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources) and Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) - Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)).

All in all, 700 researchers and professors work in NFZ.forestnet member institutions.

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07 January 2025

By: NFZ.forestnet

Meriem Fournier, new Chair of NFZ.forestnet

After two years, the chair of the NFZ.forestnet rotated again.

All members of the European Forest Research Network proudly welcome the continuation of the NFZ.forestnet. They adopted the extension of the Framework Agreement for another five years during their biannual meeting in November 2024.

In 2016, NFZ.forestnet is celebrating its 10th anniversary ! The summer school programme was the first multifaceted project to be developed within NFZ.forestnet. NFZ summer schools take place every year, and are organized by one of the three partner countries. Discover these highlights through videos !

In 2016, NFZ.forestnet is celebrating its 10th anniversary ! Discover through videos, what is this network, what are the projects involved and retrace its history over the past decade...

The NFZ.forestnet European network for forest research and higher education offers international summerschools

During the 2015 NFZ summer school in the Swiss Alps, a short video clip captured the spirit of these annual events aimed at PhD students - they are both smart and fun. PhD students from all countries with various backgrounds ranging from socio-economics and policy to ecology, sylviculture, agro-forestry, and wood sciences, to name only a few, learn about and discuss topical themes in an interdisciplinary setting. Subject-specific summer schools offer high level and in depth exchanges about data collection, analysis and interpretation methodologies.  All summer schools include lectures, poster sessions, excursions and group work with presentations. NFZ summer schools are alternately organized each year by one of the three partner countries.