Representatives from the TRANSFORMIT project consortium joined forest scientists from around the world this month in Beijing, at the International Workshop on Integrative Forest Management (IFM) and Biodiversity Conservation, organised by TRANSFORMIT’s Chinese partner project Inteforma.
On April 15th and 16th 2026, 30 forest practitioners, forest owners, researchers, trainers, and students from 12 European countries gathered in southwest Germany for two intensive days dedicated to one deceptively simple question: How can we better understand the biodiversity potential of forests – in a way that supports real management decisions? The answer, or at least part…
“Indicators should be implementable, measurable, and aligned with other standards so they can ultimately support forest restoration and Integrative Forest Management across Europe,” said Gesche Schifferdecker as she wrapped up the webinar. Co-organized with TRANSFORMIT project, our webinar “From Indicators to Action – Bridging Science, Policy and Practice in Forest Restoration and Integrative Forest Management” brought…
With a rotating chairmanship, each year, our member countries 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.
On Thursday, April 23, Dominik Saladin from Forst Baden-Württemberg visited with three foresters in training (Benedikt Debes, Louise Harms and Daniel Zeggl) the Freiburg City Forest Enterprise and there the Mooswald with the forest district manager Markus Müller, who is also the managing director of the WaldHaus Freiburg. Dominik being Deputy Forest Head for the Southern Black Forest…
The Bio Valley College Network “Life Sciences Symposium” targets secondary school teachers and aims at enriching biology teaching with tried-and-tested modern experiments, working techniques, and up-to-date specialist knowledge. The programme centres on two specialist lectures and two 90-minute workshops, during which teachers engage in practical work and gain hands-on experience. In an exchange forum, ideas,…
From 15–16 April, 30 forest practitioners, researchers, and representatives from 12 European countries gathered in Binzen, Germany, for a very special two-day workshop – the first-ever “Train the Trainers” event on IBP, organised by the Integrate Network in collaboration with the EU Horizon TRANSFORMIT Project. We specifically invited a small group of participants to allow…
By Lenka Lehnerová, Integrate Network member representative from Czech Republic On 24 March 2026, the final training session on tree microhabitats for staff of the Czech National Forest Inventory (NFI), carried out by the Czech Forestry Institute (NLI), took place – marking an important step towards integrating biodiversity-related indicators into large-scale forest monitoring. Starting this year,…
Applications are now open for the Summer School “Forests for the Future: Strategies for Carbon Sequestration”! Date: 16–21 August 2026 Location: Congressi Stefano Franscini at Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland Application Deadline: 30 April 2026 The Summer School is organized by the ETH-Domain Joint Initiative SCENE – Swiss Center of Excellence on Net Zero Emissions, the TriNational…
The BOKU article for the International Day of Forests, written in German and accessible here, highlights how sustainable forest management can reconcile wood production, climate protection, and biodiversity conservation, using the Austrian Living Lab Wegscheid as a real-world testbed for new integrative practices. It showcases how integrative forest management approaches – such as ecological landscape…