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Mooswald Marteloscope: Forest Management Discussions and Training Visions for the Future
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…
Martelscopes and the “Life Sciences Symposium 2026”
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.…
How can a tool like the “Index of Biodiversity Potential” spread more widely?
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…
Training on tree microhabitats for the National Forest Inventory enters practice
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…
Applications Open: Summer School – Forests for the Future
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…
International Day of Forests: “Sustainable forest management combines resource use and biodiversity conservation”
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…
International Women’s Day: Who are the women shaping our network?
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…
Measuring and estimating carbon stocks and biodiversity potential in forests: exploring new tools
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…
Five Students, One Mission: To Set-up a New Belgian Marteloscope
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…