Insights from a World Forestry Day webinar by the BES Forest Ecology SIG Report written by Sunandani Chandel (co-chair, Forest Ecology Special Interest Group) The webinar “From Roots to Algorithms: Valuing Forests in a Changing Economy” provided a timely platform to examine how forests are increasingly understood not only as ecological systems, but also as integral to agroforestry landscapes, urban tree systems, and emerging financial frameworks. Organised by the British Ecol