A Portuguese Forest Living Lab Platform for Soil Health, Data and Uptake

RAIZ is a forest and paper research institute developing eucalypt science, forest management supporting tools and knowledge transfer networks.

We are looking for a consortium or partners to develop Horizon Europe Mission projects.

We bring a real-world Portuguese forest Living Lab platform, combining sites, data and users to support co-creation, testing, validation and uptake of solutions under the EU Soil and Climate Adaptation Missions.

What we provide

• Operational forest sites for Living Labs

  • Access to approximately 110,000 hectares of managed forest sites across Portugal

  • Real production conditions, ready for pilots and field demonstrations

  • Soil and plant material analyses with in-house laboratory support

• Strong territorial and pedo-climatic diversity

  • Wide range of soil types

  • North–South bioclimatic gradient

  • Ideal for Living Labs in Atlantic biomes and managed forests

• Long-term datasets

  • Forest inventory data (2002–2023)

  • Productivity and management records

  • Comparable datasets across regions

• AI & decision-support testing environments

  • Real-world validation of AI-based tools

  • Scenario analysis and decision-support systems

  • User feedback from forest managers and producers

• Built-in uptake through an existing producer network

  • Capillary network of forest producers and owners’ associations

  • Co-creation, training and dissemination

  • Strong uptake potential beyond the project lifetime