Krumm, F.; Schuck, A.; Rigling, A. (eds), 2020: How to balance forestry and biodiversity conservation – A view across Europe. European Forest Institute (EFI); Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf. 640 pp.

Forests cover about a third of the European land area and provide a multitude of ecosystem services. They are subject to constant change and increasing demands with respect to the ecosystem services they provide. As well as provision of timber, non-timber forest goods (e.g. berries and mushrooms), clean water, carbon sequestration, and protection against natural disasters, there is increasing emphasis being placed on conservation and promotion of biodiversity within forests. However, the state of biodiversity in European forests varies widely. This book strives to show the challenges that forest managers are faced with to fulfil the societal demands with regard to forests, and especially to integrate the promotion of biodiversity to forest management.

Daniel Kraus and Frank Krumm (eds), 2013: Integrative approaches as an opportunity for the conservation of forest biodiversity. European Forest Institute (EFI). 284 pp.

The protection of forests and forest-related biodiversity has received increasing attention both at the national and international levels. At the same time, increasing demands are being made on European forests with respect to the products and energy they can and do provide on a renewable, climate-friendly, and domestic basis. This book presents the results of EFI’s research project EFICENT, initiated by the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) in 2011. Its task was to look into these questions on a Central European scale, i.e. beyond national borders, and provide answers that are helpful for policy and practice.

The documentary “Wise use of our forest: the integrative approach” is available in different languages.