The ReForest project has achieved several significant milestones in advancing agroforestry in Europe and is now approaching its final stages. The fully functional co-creation and engagement platform is being promoted to a wide range of stakeholders and serves as a central hub for community building and knowledge exchange. It actively integrates actors from other projects in agroforestry and agroecology, with a strong ongoing collaboration with the DigitAF project.
The project has successfully completed the Agroforestry Co-creation Guidelines and Factsheets, engaging all partners in community-building. These Factsheets, available in multiple languages via the platform, are directly accessible to farmers, advisors, and other practitioners. The innovation network and ongoing networking impact assessments demonstrate ReForest’s commitment to collaborative effort and locally adapted innovation.
The conceptual graphical model of agroforestry systems has been raod-tested, and work is underway to develop a dynamic management tool for tracking innovation impacts, now being adapted to individual Living Labs. Establishing the Living Labs has provided a strong foundation for data collection, knowledge typology reports, and socioeconomic value chain assessments. The agroforestry models used in the project are now fully parameterised with data from the Living Labs, ensuring context-specific and accurate simulations.
Development of the FarmTree Tool with climate projections, biomass-to-carbon indicators, biodiversity indicators, and multilingual support is nearing completion, enhancing the ability to assess agroforestry systems. In parallel, progress in dataset creation, neural network training, and remote sensing tool development is improving the prediction of carbon capture and biodiversity potential, we have successfully launched agroforestry carbon and biodiversity prediction tool.
The project has also developed a blueprint for agroforestry finance in Europe and is testing several business models to support the establishment and scaling of agroforestry enterprises. Further advances in mapping value chains, adapting the Public Goods Tool, and exploring consultancy business models add depth to the project’s outputs. Overall, ReForest’s achievements highlight agroforestry’s potential to integrates food systems, agriculture, forestry, and rural development for long-term sustainability.
