Dissemination

The specific aim of the dissemination activities is to promote knowledge sharing, greater awareness among peers and stakeholders, transparency and education. Exploitation of the results includes the use of results in further research activities, or in creating and providing a service, or in standardisation activities.

Dissemination events and activities promoting the projects output:

Key project outcomes of the H2020 project DIABOLO
DATE21 May 2019
AUTHORSMarkus Lier, Luke
TYPEOral Presentation
AUDIENCE Specialists in national forest inventory, forest monitoring experts, scientists, major end-users.
DESCRIPTION Presented at the international conference: “A century of national forest inventories – informing past, present and future decisions”. Held near Oslo, Norway, 20-23 May 2019. For more details go to https://nibio.pameldingssystem.no/nfi100years#/program
DIABOLO Policy Event and launch of policy brief
DATE 21 February 2019
AUTHORSMultiple speakers
TYPEOral Presentations
AUDIENCE European Commission DG Representatives, project workpackage leaders and representative end users
DESCRIPTION Project policy session aimed at delivery of outputs to key end-users. Held in Brussels. Read more …
DIABOLO Project Final Conference
DATE12-14 February 2019
AUTHORSMultiple speakers
TYPEOral Presentations and posters
AUDIENCE European Commission DG Representatives, project partners, other scientists and end users
DESCRIPTION Project final conference held at Koli, Finland.  Includes 24 posters made by partner NFIs in the consortium. For more details go to http://diabolo-project.eu/diabolo-project-final-conference/
DIABOLO Training to new NFIs and countries outside the consortium
DATE29 January 2019
AUTHORSMatthias Dees (ALU-FR)
TYPEOral Presentations
AUDIENCE 20 participants involved in preparation for the NFI and members of the national Forest Agency. Held in Tadshikistan
DESCRIPTION Part of WP6 activities to extend the reach of the project to potential end-users beyond the consortium.
DIABOLO Training to new NFIs and countries outside the consortium
DATE13 December 2018
AUTHORSMatthias Dees (ALU-FR)
TYPEOral Presentations
AUDIENCE 7 participants involved in preparation for the NFI and members of the national Forest Ministry
DESCRIPTION Held in Tbilisi, Georgia, part of WP6 activities to extend the reach of the project to potential end-users beyond the consortium.
DIABOLO Training to new NFIs and countries outside the consortium
DATE25-26 October 2018
AUTHORSMatthias Dees (ALU-FR), Pawan Datta (ALU-FR), Mathias Schardt (JR)
TYPEOral Presentations
AUDIENCE Approximately 30 participants involved in NFI, members of the national Forest Agency and local university
DESCRIPTION Held in Lviv, Ukraine, part of WP6 activities to extend the reach of the project to potential end-users beyond the consortium.
Eionet NRC Forests meeting
DATE17 – 18 September 2018
AUTHORSTuula Packalen
TYPEOral Presentation
AUDIENCE The EIONET NRC Forests meeting comprised participants from 22 countries. The following organisations and institutions were represented: DG ENV, DG CLIMA, DG JRC, FOREST EUROPE, EUFORGEN, UNECE, ICP-Forests, ENFIN.
DESCRIPTION Eionet is a partnership network of the European Environment Agency (EEA) and its 39 member and cooperating countries. The EEA is responsible for coordinating Eionet  together with national focal points (NFPs) in the member-countries, based in national environment agencies or environment ministries. The NFPs are responsible for coordinating networks of national reference centres (NRCs), bringing together experts from national institutions and other bodies involved in environmental information. The 1st EIONET NRC Forests aimed to bring the new NRC Forests together. Overall, this goes operationally to support the EEA in preparing a forest road map towards and beyond 2020.
Horizon 2020 – Forest information: the H2020 DIABOLO project
DATE14 June 2018
AUTHORSTuula Packalen
TYPEOral Presentation
AUDIENCE European Commission DG Representatives and delegations from most member states
DESCRIPTION Meeting of the Standing forestry Committee, Brussels. For more details on the role of the SFC go to https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/committees/forestry_en
Evaluación del estado de conservación de espacios de la red Natura 2000 a través del Inventario Forestal Nacional: un caso de estudio en encinares de la Comunidad de Madrid (Evaluation of the conservation status of Natura 2000 network spaces through the National Forest Inventory: a case study in holm oak forests of the Community of Madrid)
DATE26 – 30 June 2017
AUTHORSFernández, et al.
TYPEOral Presentation in Spanish
AUDIENCE Congress participants
DESCRIPTION VII Congreso Forestal Español. 26-30 June, Plasencia, Spain.For more details go to http://7cfe.congresoforestal.es/
Establecimiento de indicadores armonizados para la evaluación del estado de conservación de los hábitats forestales de la Red Natura 2000 (Establishment of harmonized indicators for the evaluation of the conservation status of the forest habitats of the Natura 2000 Network)
DATE26 – 30 June 2017
AUTHORSEspinosa, et al.
TYPEOral Presentation in Spanish
AUDIENCE Congress participants
DESCRIPTION VII Congreso Forestal Español. 26-30 June, Plasencia, Spain.For more details go to http://7cfe.congresoforestal.es/
DIABOLO H2020: Improvement of European forest information using data from national forest inventories. Presented in Spanish - DIABOLO H2020: Mejora de la información forestal europea empleando los datos de los inventarios forestales nacionales
DATE26 – 30 June 2017
AUTHORSIciar Alberdi, et al.
TYPEOral Presentation in Spanish
AUDIENCE Congress participants
DESCRIPTION VII Congreso Forestal Español. 26-30 June, Plasencia, Spain.For more details go to http://7cfe.congresoforestal.es/
IUFRO Congress Session dedicated to DIABOLO-ENFIN
DATE18-22 September 2017
AUTHORSMulti
TYPEOral Presentations
AUDIENCE Congress participants
DESCRIPTION Session focussed on Forest information for bioeconomy outlooks ……………………………………..
ALTERFOR Meeting - Closer look at the case study area
DATE28 October 2016
AUTHORSCharles Harper  
TYPEOral Presentation, based on standard slides prepared for dissemination of the project
AUDIENCE Meeting participants from Coillte, the Irish Forestry Board
DESCRIPTION Held Maam Cross, Connemara, Ireland. This presentation raises awareness about the DIABOLO project for the benefit of stakeholders participating in case study of the ALTERFOR project
Sharing experiences and ideas for added-value of forest information
DATE19-20 September 2016
AUTHORSMarkus Lier
TYPEweb: Short Article
AUDIENCE Invited experts
DESCRIPTION Held at the Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW), Vienna. For more information see https://www.luke.fi/en/news/sharing-experiences-and-ideas-for-added-value-of-forest-information/ See also below.
Workshop - Policy needs for and provision of forest information for policy making and practice in Europe
DATE19-20 September 2016
AUTHORSContributions during the workshop from: Tuula Packalen, Markus Lier, Daniela Kleinschmit, Klemens Schadauer, Sara Holmgren & Metodi Sotirov 
TYPEOral Presentations
AUDIENCE Invited experts
DESCRIPTION Held at the Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW), Vienna. For more information see http://diabolo-project.eu/diabolo-european-workshop-vienna-september-2016/
Fourth meeting of the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Monitoring Sustainable Forest Management
DATE14-16 September 2016
AUTHORSKari KORHONEN
TYPEOral Presentation
AUDIENCE Scientists, policy makers
DESCRIPTION Held in Zagrab, Croatia, part of a regular meeting of UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Monitoring Sustainable Forest Management. The presentation summarises the project aims for the meeting participants 
DIABOLO bridges the gap between forest information demand and supply in Europe
DATE15 May 2016
AUTHORSMarkus Lier, Tuula Packalen
TYPEShort Article
AUDIENCE web
DESCRIPTION The article summarises the project meeting held in Copenhagen. Available online at https://www.luke.fi/en/news/diabolo-bridges-the-gap-between-forest-information-demand-and-supply-in-europe/
Workshop on Mediterranean forest management and Natura 2000
DATE9-11 May 2016
AUTHORSInês Marques Duarte, Leónia Nunes, Susana Dias, Vasco Silva, Iciar Alberdi, Francisco Castro Rego
TYPEOral Communication
AUDIENCE researchers, private and public forest owners, foresters and nature policy officers 
DESCRIPTION This workshop was held in Luberon, France. Link to the presentation is here. Link to the workshop in general is here.
ALTERFOR Kick -off meeting
DATE6 April 2016
AUTHORSCharles Harper
TYPEOral Communication
AUDIENCE Participants of the ALTERFOR kick-off meeting: scientists, administrators
DESCRIPTION This kick-off meeting launched the sister project of DIABOLO. The Horizon 2020 project “ALTERFOR, Alternative models for future forest management” 
Luonnonvarakeskus johtaa 25 maan metsävarojen inventoinnin tutkimushanketta
DATESeptember 2015
AUTHORSTuula Packalen, Markus Lier, Klemens Schadauer, Alexandra Freudenschuss, Charles Harper
TYPETechnical Article
AUDIENCE forest owners, forest managers, users of biomass for energy
DESCRIPTION Title reads “Luke leads a research project with 25 National Forest Inventories involved”. Technical article in the popular trade magazine “Journal of the Regional council of North Karelia” available online at http://pohjois-karjala.fi/trendit;jsessionid=2C325B2B13C3CB07838173BAEE8212D2.node1
Investigating the value of harmonising national forest inventories across the EU
DATESeptember 2015
AUTHORSCharles Harper, Marie Doyle (based on text from DIABOLO project long summary)
TYPETechnical Article
AUDIENCE forest owners, forest managers, users of biomass for energy
DESCRIPTION Technical article in the popular trade magazine “Forestry and Energy Review” printed and distributed in Ireland.
The Horizon 2020 project DIABOLO tackles Europe’s social, ecological and economic challenges
DATEJune 2015
AUTHORSMarkus Lier, Tuula Packalen, Charles Harper
TYPEShort Article
AUDIENCE web: forest owners, forest managers, policy makers 
DESCRIPTION This short article based on the prepared summary for dissemination introduces the new project and may be found online at http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=40023, scroll down to “Forest Reporting”
Diabolo is now on Cordis
DATE5 May 2015
AUTHORSEuropean Commission
TYPEProject information
AUDIENCE web 
DESCRIPTION Project information provided by Cordis “Distributed, integrated and harmonised forest information for bioeconomy outlooks“. 
DIABOLO-tutkimushanke tuottaa entistä tarkempaa, yhtenäisempää ja oikea-aikaisempaa tietoa Euroopan metsävaroista
DATE28 April 2015
AUTHORSTuula Packalen, Markus Lier, Charles Harper
TYPEPress release – Finnish version of the article below
AUDIENCE web 
DESCRIPTION The press release was issued to coincide with the kick off meeting held in Joensuu. 
Diabolo project Press release
DATE27 April 2015
AUTHORSTuula Packalen, Markus Lier, Charles Harper
TYPEPress release
AUDIENCE web 
DESCRIPTION Press release “The Horizon 2020 research project DIABOLO will lead to more accurate, harmonised and timely information on European forest resources” to coincide with the kick off meeting held in Joensuu.
Diabolo project Press release on Luke's website
DATE27 April 2015
AUTHORSTuula Packalen, Markus Lier, Charles Harper
TYPEPress release
AUDIENCE web 
DESCRIPTION Press release “The Horizon 2020 research project DIABOLO will lead to more accurate, harmonised and timely information on European forest resources” to coincide with the kick off meeting held in Joensuu.