On Thursday, April 23, Dominik Saladin from Forst Baden-Württemberg visited with three foresters in training (Benedikt Debes, Louise Harms and...
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Martelscopes and the “Life Sciences Symposium 2026”
The Bio Valley College Network “Life Sciences Symposium” targets secondary school teachers and aims at enriching biology teaching with tried-and-tested...
How can a tool like the “Index of Biodiversity Potential” spread more widely?
From 15–16 April, 30 forest practitioners, researchers, and representatives from 12 European countries gathered in Binzen, Germany, for a very...
Training on tree microhabitats for the National Forest Inventory enters practice
By Lenka Lehnerová, Integrate Network member representative from Czech Republic On 24 March 2026, the final training session on tree microhabitats...
Applications Open: Summer School – Forests for the Future
Applications are now open for the Summer School “Forests for the Future: Strategies for Carbon Sequestration”! Date: 16–21 August 2026 Location:...
International Day of Forests: “Sustainable forest management combines resource use and biodiversity conservation”
The BOKU article for the International Day of Forests, written in German and accessible here, highlights how sustainable forest management...
International Women’s Day: Who are the women shaping our network?
Women’s voices are not optional in forest management – they are essential for its future. By bringing women’s expertise into integrative forest management, we can unlock...
Measuring and estimating carbon stocks and biodiversity potential in forests: exploring new tools
By Silvester Boonen, with Jonas Simons, Yannick De Win and Raghav Sharma In Belgium, we say, “meten is weten”, which...
Five Students, One Mission: To Set-up a New Belgian Marteloscope
For one semester, Simon Musin, Antoine Van Lede, Samuel Konsdorff, Louis Uytterhaegen and Tom Schriewer shared a mission: To figure out how to set up...
Establishing a Network of Marteloscopes in Western Ukraine
Guest article by Vasyl Lavnyy and Peter Spathelf, originally written in German and published here. One of the central tasks of forest...
SimInForest Project – building an innovative approach to link marteloscope exercises to simulation models
The marteloscope Sailershausen 2. Written by Andreas Schuck, Senior Researcher at the European Forest Institute Integrating multiple forest management objectives...
Einrichtung eines Marteloskopenetzwerks in der westlichen Ukraine
Guest article by Vasyl Lavnyy1, Peter Spathelf2 1Vize-Rektor für Forschung an der Nationalen Forsttechnischen Universität der Ukraine in Lviv, Dr. habil.; 103 General Chuprynka st., Lviv,...
Looking Back, Moving Forward: An Integrate Year in Reflection
As Ireland concludes its term as Chair of the Integrate Network, this address offers a moment to reflect on the...
Integrate Network at a Glance: Watch Our New Trailer
On our homepage you’ll find a new Integrate Network promotional video that visually brings to life who we are and...
From Clear-Cutting to Continuity: 11th Integrate Network Annual Meeting
It was a dark and murky evening as I paved my way through Harcourt Street in Dublin. That’s when I...
New Publication features Integrate Network – Forest Management in an Uncertain Future: The Role of Tree Diversity
70-year-old experimental plantation in Copera (Southern Alps, Switzerland) where the resilience to drought of more than 50 native and non-native...
Transforming Forests into Futures along 17 Key Indicators
Article by Dr. Stefanie Linser (BOKU) Across Europe, forests are expected to do more than ever: protect wildlife, cope with climate change,...
Integrate Network involved in award-winning project
The Integrate Network congratulates the German Research Institute for Post-Mining Landscapes (FIB) for winning first place in the “Wissen der...
Irish Press Release on Integrate Network Annual Meeting
Michael Healy-Rae TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, delivers a warm welcome address...
“Because we can”: Reflections from the Integrate Network World Café in Dublin
In early October, the Integrate Network representatives gathered in Dublin, Ireland, for their annual meeting – a few autumn days...

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