Facts about PathFinder
The four-year PathFinder has a budget of Euro 6.3 million and consists of 23 research partners and coordinated by NIBIO’s Research Professor Johannes Breidenbach.
Duration: September 2022 – August 2026
The PathFinder project is divided into six work packages:
- Field data collection – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain
- A mapping and estimation platform for LULUCF and biodiversity monitoring – Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE)
- Forest and land management scenarios – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUA), Netherlands
- Policy and pathway assessment – Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg (ALU), Germany
- Communication, dissemination, and exploitation – European Landowners’ Organization (ELO), Belgium
- Project management – Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Norway
PathFinder receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe (HORIZON) Research & Innovation Programme (ID No 101056907).
Twitter: @EuPathFinder
Project partners
- NIBIO – Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research https://nibio.no/en
- Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg https://uni-freiburg.de/en/
- CICERO – Center for International Climate Research https://cicero.oslo.no/en
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas https://www.csic.es/en
- Croatian Forest Research Institute https://www.sumins.hr/en/
- Czech Forest Management Institute http://www.uhul.cz/home
- ELO - European Landowners Organization https://www.europeanlandowners.org/
- Federal Research and Training Center for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape https://www.bfw.gv.at/
- Finnish Meteorological Institute https://en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/
- IEFC – Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée https://www.iefc.net/
- INBO - Research Institute for Nature and Forest https://www.vlaanderen.be/inbo/en-gb/homepage/
- JRC – Joint Research Center https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
- LUKE - Natural Resources Institute Finland https://www.luke.fi/en
- IGN - National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information https://www.ign.fr
- Slovenian Forestry Institute https://www.gozdis.si/en/
- Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems https://www.thuenen.de/en/wo/
- Treemetrics https://treemetrics.com/
- University of Bristol https://www.bristol.ac.uk/
- University of Göttingen https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/1.html
- University of Helsinki https://www.helsinki.fi/en
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam https://vu.nl/en
- VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. https://www.vttresearch.com/en
- WSL - Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forests Snow and Landscape Research https://www.wsl.ch/en/index.html
Contact Person
Research Professor Johannes Breidenbach, johannes.breidenbach@nibio.no
Telephone: (+47) 974 77 985
Twitter: @Jo_Breidenbach
https://nibio.no/en/projects/PathFinder
PathFinder Project Illustration, Image Credit: NIBIO
PathFinder Kick-Off Group Photo, Photo: Erling Fløistad, NIBIO.