Tue 4th November 2025 in News

Apply Now: DSS4ES & OptForEU Joint Training School

Forests serve a multitude of purposes and address many different, often conflicting, goals to satisfy the needs of forest owners and society at large.The need for enhanced forest decision support systems (DSSs) is becoming more and more important related to the future role of European forests. The Training School on decision support in providing Forest Ecosystem Services for Climate Resilience and Decarbonisation in Brasov, Romania (19.04.-24.04.2026) intends to focus on several aspects related to the development and application of forest management DSS. The aim is to make applicants familiar with the challenges of DSS development, give insight to existing DSS cases and allow them to learn about projects focusing on decision support systems. The training school will concentrate on the theory of decision sciences, case studies and practical training examples. It will include topics related to the forest management for providing forest ecosystem services, in particular focusing on challenges related to spatial planning; predicting forest dynamics under climate change and modelling trade offs of different ecosystem services. Through interactive discussions, practical design workshops and modelling the students will be exposed to the interdisciplinary nature of developing DSS for forest management. There is the option that the COST Action DSS4ES will reimburse the costs for selected participants’ travel, accommodation and subsistence.

Please apply for the training school now - all details on the application procedere can be found here (deadline 20.01.2026): https://optforeu.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/OptFor-EU_-Training-School-2026-Form.docx

 

 

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