In a rotating chairmanship, each year, the members vote for the chair and the composition of the Steering Committee, consisting of the recent, current and future chair as well as two additional Members based on geographical balance. This approach provides chair countries amongst others with the initiative to take up relevant topics during their chairmanship...
The need to embark on a transition in forestry practices is now obvious to most of us. However, it is not always easy to know how to move towards alternatives that combine the profitable production of quality wood with the enhancement of biodiversity and the protection of ecosystem services. Co-financed by the European Union, ForestMoocForChange...
Dauerwald trotzt dem Klimawandel Auswirkungen naturnaher Waldwirtschaft auf Beobachtungsflächen untersucht Der naturnah bewirtschaftete, gemischte Dauerwald könnte sich im Klimawandel gegenüber dem traditionell bewirtschafteten Altersklassenwald als erfolgversprechenderer Ansatz erweisen. Anlass zu dieser Einschätzung geben die Untersuchungsergebnisse des vom Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft geförderten wissenschaftlichen Projektes „Dauerwald“. Die Projektbeteiligten der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Naturgemäße Waldwirtschaft Deutschland e. V....
The current Integrate Chair, Michel Leytem, was invited to the Forest Europe High-Level Policy Dialogue on 9 November in Berlin. Together with Alessandra Stefani (Director General of Italy), Þröstur Eysteinsson (EUFORGEN representative), and Juha S. Niemelä (EUSTAFOR representative), Boris Erg (IUCN European office representative) and Marcus Lindner (EFI senior researcher), they built the the high-profile...
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...
Author: Bruno Marić The marteloscope network is constantly growing: While there exist several training sites in the Western Balkan region, namely in Serbia, the first training site was recently established in Bosnia Herzegovina. Following the set-up a training event was conducted on October 6th, 2023, in Kupres. It focussed on the practical implementation of guidelines...
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...
Recently there has been broad political interest in alternative forest management systems, in response factors that call for a rethinking of production-oriented forestry, including biodiversity concerns, resilience issues and socio-economic changes. The EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 for example calls for the development of nature-oriented forestry practices to safeguard biodiversity and rural livelihoods. Moreover, it sets...
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...
From October 4 to 6 the current Chair of the Network, invites it’s members and friends to Luxembourg for the 9th Annual Meeting with the purpose to discuss integrative forest management. This year’s discussions will be focused on how different forest functions and ecosystem services can be integrated in forest management. For more questions: info(at)integratenetwork.org...
