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The Future Forest Initiative connects and supports visionaries and pioneers to develop innovations in harmony with nature - with an intact forest as a symbol of a healthy planet.
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INNOVATION-CAMPUS
The most important event for innovations in the context of forest and climate at Blankenburg Castle (Harz)!
Our stakeholders
Startups
Forestry
Investors
Corporates
Forests as focal point of our activities
The Future Forest Initiative connects committed people and organisations who have recognised that nature and human needs must be reconciled. Together, we support visionaries and pioneers with expertise and capital to test innovations in a real environment and drive them forward vigorously.
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Unser Batch#2 steht fest!
Keynote Speaker Forum 2025
From Richard David Precht to Christian Felber, initiator of the Economy for the Common Good, and Dr Christian Patermann, father of the European bioeconomy, to Joey Kelly. Our speakers are among the leading voices when it comes to innovation in the regenerative forest economy.
Future Forest Forum 2023
It's official: Batch #4 is set!
Official kick-off for our Validation Sprint 2025 - Welcome Batch #4!
From satellite-based forest monitoring to reforestation with algae, our new cohort covers the entire value chain of nature-based innovation.
Community Event
Biodiversity Residency
As part of our Biodiversity Residency in May, we are working with leading start-ups to develop technical solutions for monitoring the eight biodiversity indicators defined in the EU Nature Conservation Act - practical, cost-effective, accurate and scalable.
About our Biodiversity Residency
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Supported by Landwirtschaftlichen Rentenbank on behalf of the Federal Ministry.


You too can become a driver of real innovation!

Since September 2024, the Future Forest Innovation Hub is part of the Digital Hub Initiative of Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection.
The new Digital Hub Life Science & Bioeconomy with locations in Halle (Saale) and Blankenburg (Harz) combines the strengths of research, development, start-up funding, business and financing into an integrated transformation system along the industrial value chains on a shared platform. In line with the mission statement ‘Healthy ecosystems and healthy people for a future-proof and sustainable economy’, the hub accelerates digital solutions for complex systems and combines the infrastructure of the metropolitan region with the potential of rural areas.
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In our newsletter we summarize all the important information. To ensure you do not to miss the next event, we will invite you personally. You will also get early bird access!