The European Union recently published new guidelines to “to promote biodiversity-friendly and adaptive forest management as part of a common framework for closer-to-nature forest management“.Although it is relatively common in Central Europe, it has been sparsely adopted in Southern Europe and remains limited to local experiences. The activities of the LIFE GoProForMED project converge with what is hoped for by the...
24 October 2023 from 10:00 – 11:30 CETOnline in Zoom Register via www.eventbrite.fi/e/implementing-closer-to-nature-forest-management-tickets-723375053257 Closer-to-Nature Forest Management is a concept proposed in the EU Forest Strategy for 2030. The idea is to provide a vision and direction for managed forests in Europe which improves their conservation values as well as their climate resilience. The EU Forest...
Today forests are under increasing pressure: on one side society increasing demand for productivity and multipurpose use on the other increasing pressure from climatic extremes and intensification of disturbance. There is now a growing need for integrated approach to forest management and for close-to-nature solutions to enable the multipurpose value of our forest and to...
Are you a Postgrad interested in “Forest Management and Biodiversity Across Europe”? If yes, then join this PhD training school in Bialowieza, Poland, organized by the Forestry subject area of the Euroleague of Life Science (ELLS) together with the Graduate School in Production Ecology & Resource Conservation of Wageningen University from 10-17 September 2023. This...
The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) together with the Integrate Secretariat planned and realized their booth on integrated forest management at the International Green Week (IGW), which took place 20-29 January 2023 in Berlin. The booth was part of the subject area on biodiversity, one of four subject areas presenting the Ministry’s political...
By Giovanni Santopuoli. This was the topic of the event organized by a team of early researchers from University of Molise leading by Giovanni Santopuoli in occasion of the National Trees Day (21st November 2022). The event was realised, in cooperation with the Reparto Carabinieri Biodiversità of Isernia, within the new Marteloscope located at Collemeluccio...
When having a walk in the forest to recreate: what forest types do you prefer and what scenery do you like most? Do you like conifer trees or for instance oaks and beech – or a mixture between both? What would you imagine when you think of an attractive forest, and what is the opposite...
On the 9th of September, the Czech state forest enterprise Lesy České Republiky (LČR) organized a joint meeting with colleagues from Germany’s Sachsenforst state forests at the Křivoklát forest, in Central Bohemia. At the Marteloscope Křivoklát area, foresters from Saxony got to know the integrated approach to forest management of the Křivoklát area. The training...
Initially brought to life in 2016, the Integrate Network has continuously grown and sharpened its profile throughout Europe. It is a great pleasure to inform about the future of the network by announcing the Establishment of the Integrate Network Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF)! With a voting process conducted by its members, the network has reached...
Interview with Lisa Hafer, WaldHaus Freiburg, on the role of forest education Forestry isn’t a topic usually taught in schools, and despite its relevance to climate change mitigation and adaptation, the dilemmas of a forester might sometimes seem too intricate and technical to explain to a general audience. In Germany, however, since Education for Sustainable...
