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.
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.
The Integrate Network will contribute to the upcoming FOREXT Fridays webinar on 26 June 2026, showcasing how Marteloscopes support integrative forest management by helping practitioners balance biodiversity conservation and forest use objectives.
During April and May various Marteloscope workshops are already taking place in Ireland, organised by Teagasc Forestry Development Department (National Forest Extension Agency) in collaboration with the Forestry Division of the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM).
The Integrate Network hosts and manages nearly 300 demonstration sites (so called “marteloscopes”) in 27 European countries. In April 2026, a first site was added to North America, namely Canada.
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 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…