Project Forest Pioneer
Challenges of forest management in Luxembourg. Systems considerations and citizen science to assess and promote regenerative practices.
Initiative phase: Concept phase
Luxembourg is rich in forests. At 92,000 hectares, they make up more than a third of the territory. Nevertheless, our forests are under increasing pressure. In 2022, a government inventory shows that only 15% of the trees surveyed in Luxembourg show no damage, almost 23% are slightly damaged and around 62% are severely damaged or dead. The effects of climate, economic, technological and environmental change make their future uncertain. Over half of the forest is privately owned. However, forest health as a basis for healthy living is everyone's business. The "Forest Pioneer" project is working with various stakeholders to analyse the parameters for sustainable forest management.
Name of Organization
- Universität Luxemburg
- sustainability@uni.lu
Address & geo
- University of Luxembourg, Kirchberg Campus
- Rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi 6
- 1359 Luxembourg
Contact person
- Sophie Zuang
- sophie.zuang@uni.lu
Participation opportunities
Engaged citizen Part time volunteers Expertise/knowledgeInstitution type/carrier
Research facility
Institution-Name
University of Luxembourg
How is your initiative financed?
University of Luxembourg audacity Programm
Participation opportunities
Pupils, forest professionals, forest owners, citizens
What’s needed
Engaged citizen Part time volunteers Expertise/knowledgeObjectives
Through the Forest Pioneer project, we want to develop structures, spaces and processes for social learning for the sustainable management of forests in collaboration with various stakeholders. The aim is to jointly collect and evaluate data in order to better understand which type of regenerative initiatives lead to success under which conditions - whether in private or public forests.
We develop concepts and methods for networked thinking in order to consider the complex forest system, including its ecological, social and technological components, from different perspectives in participatory processes.
Impact
As part of the project, interviews and workshops will be conducted using these methods. As a result, we hope that together we will develop a better understanding of the situation and gain sustainable knowledge for forest regeneration. We are particularly interested in the potential of citizen science for participatory forest data collection.
Target audience
Forest owners
Communities
ANF
Foresters
Environmental organisations