Integrated pest Management aPproAches for reSilienT fOrests (IMPASTO)
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Coordinator | Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet - Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet SLU Inst f sydsvensk skogsvetenskap |
Funding from Vinnova | SEK 300 000 |
Project duration | June 2025 - February 2026 |
Status | Ongoing |
Venture | Global cooperation 2025 |
Call | Planning grant for international proposal 2025 |
Purpose and goal
EU grant proposal to Emerging and future risks to plant health (HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-FARM2FORK-01- two-stage). The project IMPASTO is designed to address emerging and future risks to forest health from pests and pathogens (PnPs). The aims are to improve the knowledge of environmental, biological and social drivers of PnPs invasions, and how they are influenced by climate change; Enhance preparedness using novel technological tools and solutions to detect, identify, survey, eradicate and control PnPs; Develop economic and environment IPM solutions for PnPs and support forest health policies and practices.
Expected effects and result
With multi-actor and international collaboration, IMPASTO will develop knowledge and new tools and IPM measures to lessen our reliance on plant protection products. Focusing on PnPs that cause significant losses to EU forests, we will develop and refine IPM based practices. From active participation of stakeholder partners in forestry, we will support co-development of IPM management tools and practices to efficiently reduce short- and long-term economic and environmental losses from PnPs.
Planned approach and implementation
The purpose of the grant is to gather a consortium of academic and forestry partners in a physical meeting in fall 2025 to co-develop the project for EU grant proposal to "Emerging and future risks to plant health". The planned workshop will have representation of each stakeholder partner to effectively co-design and co-produce results to achieve a high impact. Co-production during our workshop is needed to address stakeholder needs and will allow us to tailor the IPM knowledge to the wider policy landscape, promoting changes in practice.