Project, 2024

MoniFun

Harmonised European forest multifunctionality monitoring

Europe's forests face a critical challenge: fragmented information hinders effective monitoring and management, and data silos limit the evidence available for climate and biodiversity policies. MoniFun is a Horizon Europe project funded under call HORIZON-CL6-2023-CIRCBIO-01 (Grant Agreement 101134991). It started on 1 January 2024 and is coordinated by Luonnonvarakeskus (Luke), Finland. It aims to co-create a harmonised European Forest Multifunctionality Monitoring System (EFMMS).

Through a multi-actor approach, MoniFun maps the information needs of different stakeholders, co-develops them into harmonised indicators with experts in forest multifunctionality, and co-creates a technical description of the EFMMS together with proposals for its permanent governance and funding.

The role of geoLAB

geoLAB is involved in multiple tasks of the project.