European Forest Institute: Difference between revisions

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|membership = 2830 member states

|leader_name = MarcRobert PalahíMavsar

|formation = 1993 as a [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]] and 2005 as an [[international organization]] <ref>EFI started its activities in 1993 as an independent, international and non-governmental institution (Association). In 2005 EFI received the legal status of international organization. The ''Convention on the European Forest Institute'' and ''Host country agreement'' are available on the website of the [http://formin.finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?nodeid=35662&contentlan=2&culture=en-US#European_Forest_Institute_EFI_2003 Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs]</ref>

It has 2930 Member Countries, and c. 115130 member organizations from 37 different40 countries working in diverse research fields. EFI provides forest-related knowledge around three interconnected and interdisciplinary themes: [http://www.efi.int/portal/research/bioeconomy/ bioeconomy], [https://www.efi.int/resilience resilience] and [https://www.efi.int/governance governance].

EFI' s headquarters is located in [[Joensuu]], Finland, and also it has offices in AustriaBarcelona, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, SpainBonn and Sweden,Brussels as well as projectan officesAsia Regional Office in Malaysia and China. It employs a staff of over 100 experts.

The [[Treaty|Convention]] on the European Forest Institute has been ratified by total of 2830 European countries<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.efi.int/portal/about_efi/organisation/country_members___council/ |title=List of EFI Country members] |access-date=16 March 2011 |archive-date=11 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811182048/http://www.efi.int/portal/about_efi/organisation/country_members___council/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> by the summerspring of 20182022, namely Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. These countries each have a seat in the highest [[decision-making]] body in EFI's organisation, the Councilcouncil.

EFI currently has approximately 110130 [http://www.efi.int/portal/members/member_organisations/ member organisations] from more than 3740 countries. The benefits of associate and affiliate membership include voting rights for important decisions, access to the EFI network, news and announcements related to European forest research, visibility on the EFI website, and opportunity to receive EFI publications and publish announcements in various EFI Network News free of chargechannels.

EFI conducts [http://www.efi.int/portal/research/ research] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002193509/http://www2.efi.int/portal/research/ |date=2 October 2018 }} and provides policy support on forest related issues. Further, it facilitate and stimulates forest related networking as well as promotes the supply of unbiased and policy relevant information on forests and forestry. It also advocates for forest research and for scientifically sound information as a basis for policy-making on forests.

EFI excels in carrying out [http://www.efi.int/portal/research/projects/ projects] at the European level, and has a track record of over 30 projects carried out for the European Commission DGs during the past few years. EFI puts increasing emphasis on cross-sectoral approaches in its research and development activities. It is thus in a good position to have efficient access to social, economic and environmental expertise covering all of Europe’sEurope's bio-geographical regions. The work in the field of policy support includes enhanced support for decision takers and policy makers. For example, the high-level forum on forests, [http://www.efi.int/portal/policy_advice/thinkforest/ ThinkForest], brings together high-level policy makers and leading European forest scientists to generate science-policy dialogue on strategic forest-related issues. EFI is quickly becoming a leading science-policy platform providing forest-related knowledge to build a sustainable future: connecting knowledge to action.