At the end of April 2026, the SimInForest project carried out its first internal field training exercise at the Křivoklát marteloscope in the Czech Republic.
Andreas Schuck from EFI and the Integrate Network Secretariat took part in the final conference of the Life+ LIFE SPAN project in Cansiglio Forest in the Trevisio Region of Italy.
“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…
The 5th ANW (Working Group on Natural Forest Management) University Days concluded with a practical exercise on two newly established marteloscopes in the teaching forest district of Tharandt Forest.
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,…
The marteloscope Sailershausen 2. Written by Andreas Schuck, Senior Researcher at the European Forest Institute Integrating multiple forest management objectives and increasing forest resilience despite the uncertainties of our climatic and socioeconomic future is a challenge for forest managers. Marteloscopes are field plots in which every tree has been mapped and measured. They are thus…
It was a dark and murky evening as I paved my way through Harcourt Street in Dublin. That’s when I suddenly found myself in a pub – not the kind where a lad or lass would sing a folk song – but rather a cosy, wooden, meeting room turned pub, where I’d stumble across familiar…
Michael Healy-Rae TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, delivers a warm welcome address to open the 11th Integrate Network Annual Meeting. Minister Healy-Rae is pictured addressing delegates during a visit to the forest at the Teagasc National Research Centre in Oak Park, where participants explored the local marteloscope…
In early October, the Integrate Network representatives gathered in Dublin, Ireland, for their annual meeting – a few autumn days brought together forest owners, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from across Europe. They came with a shared mission: to learn from each other’s successes and challenges in Integrative Forest Management (IFM) practices. Among the many productive…