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Applications Open: Summer School – Forests for the Future
Byadmin 20/03/202616/06/2026

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…

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Biodiversity | Environment | Forestry | News 2026

International Day of Forests: “Sustainable forest management combines resource use and biodiversity conservation”
Byadmin 20/03/202616/06/2026

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…

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International Women’s Day: Who are the women shaping our network?
ByRahel Könen 08/03/202616/06/2026

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 knowledge that better balances biodiversity, production, and social needs. When women are at the table, forest governance becomes more legitimate and democratic – reflecting the realities of all those who depend on and care for…

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Measuring and estimating carbon stocks and biodiversity potential in forests: exploring new tools
BySilvester Boonen 05/03/202616/06/2026

By Silvester Boonen, with Jonas Simons, Yannick De Win and Raghav Sharma In Belgium, we say, “meten is weten”, which translates to measuring is knowing. That idea quietly guided us on a crisp January morning in the Sonian Forest, where local researchers, forest managers, and practitioners gathered for a training event organised within the context…

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Biodiversity | Environment | Forestry | Marteloscope | News 2026

Five Students, One Mission: To Set-up a New Belgian Marteloscope
ByRahel Könen 25/02/202616/06/2026

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 a new marteloscope close to their Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech faculty in Belgium. But how does one set-up a 1-hectare forested, monitored, and mapped site, used to train forest managers, owners or students on the intersection of biodiversity conservation and timber production? We sat down…

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SimInForest Project – building an innovative approach to link marteloscope exercises to simulation models
Byadmin 02/02/202616/06/2026

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…

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Einrichtung eines Marteloskopenetzwerks in der westlichen Ukraine
Byadmin 23/01/202616/06/2026

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, 79057, Ukraine; lavnyy@gmail.com 2Professur für Angewandten Waldbau, Hochschule für Nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde; Schicklerstrasse 5, D-16225 Eberswalde, Germany; peter.spathelf@hnee.de Eine Hauptaufgabe der Waldbewirtschaftung ist es, zu entscheiden, wann, wo und welche Art von Eingriffen durchgeführt werden müssen. Was sind Faktoren,…

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Looking Back, Moving Forward: An Integrate Year in Reflection
Byadmin 07/01/202616/06/2026

As Ireland concludes its term as Chair of the Integrate Network, this address offers a moment to reflect on the past year and the shared progress made in advancing integrative forest management across Europe. Drawing on the experience of forest owners, the value of peer learning, and the use of practical tools to turn knowledge…

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Biodiversity | Environment | Forestry | News 2025

Integrate Network at a Glance: Watch Our New Trailer
Byadmin 19/12/202514/07/2026

On our homepage you’ll find a new Integrate Network promotional video that visually brings to life who we are and what we stand for, in the voices and perspectives of our members. The trailer showcases the breadth of our collaborative work – from integrative forest management and hands-on demonstration sites to the exchange of knowledge…

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From Clear-Cutting to Continuity: 11th Integrate Network Annual Meeting
BySilvester Boonen 17/12/202514/07/2026

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…

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