The challenges of setting aside forests for conservation, the importance of data on species and their ecology in the selection of sites and the issue of forest restoration and tools to stimulate old growth elements and diversification of even aged forest stands. Click here to change this text
In light of the upcoming publication of the book Production, conservation and other forest functions - how to balance forest management across Europe, the Swiss Federal Office of Environment (BAFU), the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), the cantonal "Amt für Wald beider Basel, EFI and WSL are organising a conference to discuss these...
The best approach of how to advance forest biodiversity conservation in Europe is currently at the center of the EU forest policy debate, also in relation to the new EU Forest Strategy. This Integrate webinar investigates the role integrated forest management approaches are playing, and can play, in achieving European biodiversity conservation objectives in the interplay with other forest-related policy objectives. The webinar brings together forest policy experts from the...
How should we best manage our forests? This is the guiding question behind the virtual communication workshop series the secretariat of the European Integrate Network is initiating. Being aware that there is no single answer to this question, in our first training on “Building a Narrative”, we would like to engage with you to develop...
Do you want to find out why journalists tend to take certain perspectives when it comes to how we use our forest? Why do they echo specific voices while others remain unheard? Do you want to learn how to communicate better with the media and what makes information newsworthy? In our second Integrate Communications Workshop,...
IUCN and EFI have joined forces to present an open, high-level webinar and exchange on the New EU Forest Strategy for 2030. The webinar on 22nd September, organised via the SINCERE project and Integrate Network, will bring together key stakeholders interested in and contributing to the implementation of the Forest Strategy, to reflect on the...
The 2-day virtual conference combines the findings and experiences from two European-wide research and innovation projects, SINCERE and NOBEL. After a keynote by Michael Jenkins, President and CEO of Forest Trends on "Promoting ecosystem services: global state of the art" we will together with speakers from science, practice, policy, and business present a comprehensive overview of the situation for...
This invitation-only event brought together Integrate Network members from all over Europe to discuss biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation and sustainable forest use in Europe. With a particular focus on Switzerland, we learned about local approaches of integration of biodiversity into forest management during the excursion to Boudry forest. Finally, we discussed the future funding...
With this virtual event, we follow up on our webinar on the EU Forest Strategy held on 22 September 2021, where we discussed the pathways for action for strengthening the important role of forests in achieving Europe’s biodiversity, ecosystem services, and climate change targets. Questions to be addressed in this webinar are: How are climate change adaptation and...
European Forest Institute in cooperation with the European Integrate Network is organising a workshop which brings together demonstration site managers and other engaged actors to exchange experiences on utilising marteloscopes for training, education, communication and for research. The workshop will cover the following themes to which we will ask participants to actively contribute: • Sharing...
Momentum and purpose The Spanish Chair is inviting members of the Integrate Network to Madrid for the 8th Annual Meeting Integrate Network on the verge of self-sustainability We will become aware of and reflect on the new structure and funding scheme of the network. Welcoming Mediterranean forests biodiversity A significant part of the meeting will...
How can we manage our forests in the best way – both beneficial for nature and people? How can we integrate different forest functions and ecosystem services, and address trade-offs in forest management? How can we improve the communication and knowledge exchange between stakeholders who have “skin in the game” and potentially conflicting interests? The...
