forest management

Biodiversity | event | Marteloscope | News 2023

Discussions on Mediterranean mixed forest silvicultural scenarios: the Collemeluccio Marteloscope
Byadmin 19/04/202314/07/2026

Forest technicians, master students, forest researchers, and carabinieri forestali visited the Collemeluccio (Italy) Marteloscope on the International Day of Forests (21 March 2023) to discuss silvicultural scenarios of a Mediterranean mixed forest. Colemeluccio forest is a mixed conifer and broadleaves forest representing one exceptional refugia of silver fir Mill. belonging to the Apennine Mountains. There…

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Biodiversity | Marteloscope | News 2023 | Research

New Integrate Network Flyer 2023
BySantiago Alarcon 09/03/202314/07/2026

New year, new flyer. With the changes that the years have brought to the management of our network, we wanted to update the image we present to the forestry community in Europe and the world. In this new presentation we included the Integrate triangle that associates the three fundamental pillars on which we base our…

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Biodiversity | event | Marteloscope | News 2022

Practical marteloscope excercise at Monte de Valsaín (Spain)
Byadmin 05/12/202214/07/2026

By Miguel Ramírez López (Tragsatec/MITECO). On the 20th of October, as part of the 8th Annual Meeting of the European Integrate Network, a practical exercise was performed at Monte de Valsaín marteloscope using the I+ software by 46 participants coming from 13 different European countries, including 2 representatives from the European Commission. After a first…

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Biodiversity | News 2022

Czech Marteloscope visit with EU Forest Directors
ByGesche Schifferdecker 31/10/202214/07/2026

From 19 to 21 October 2022, the traditional meeting of the EU Forest Directors took place in Czech Republic. Delegates from 20 EU Member States, representatives of the European Commission and representatives of international organizations such as the European State Forest Association (EUSTAFOR), Forest Europe and the Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) attended the meeting….

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News 2022 | Uncategorized

Establishing a dialogue between forest management and nature conservation in Central Bohemia
Byadmin 23/09/202214/07/2026

On the 9th of September, the Czech state forest enterprise Lesy České Republiky (LČR) organized a joint meeting with colleagues from Germany’s Sachsenforst state forests at the Křivoklát forest, in Central Bohemia. At the Marteloscope Křivoklát area, foresters from Saxony got to know the integrated approach to forest management of the Křivoklát area. The training…

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Biodiversity | Information | News 2022 | Research

Improving forest resilience and enhancing biodiversity in European Forests: findings, experiences, and prospects
BySantiago Alarcon 20/07/202214/07/2026

For two days, on June 28-29, over 50 marteloscope managers, researchers, and further forestry experts from more than 12 European countries participated in a workshop in Bonn to discuss technical, practical, learning, training, and research issues related to the conservation of microhabitats and biodiversity at marteloscope-monitored sites all over Europe. The first day of the…

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Biodiversity | News 2022

Equipping Irish forest practicioners & students to manage diverse forests
ByGesche Schifferdecker 10/06/202214/07/2026

A new forest training network aims to enhance confidence and ability in managing a diverse range of forests in Ireland, writes Jonathan Spazzi, Teagasc Forestry Development Officer. Teagasc has partnered with EFI to make marteloscope training programmes and resources available to forest owners, foresters, students and other user groups

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Biodiversity | News 2022

New publication on Closer-to-Nature Forest Management
ByGesche Schifferdecker 25/04/202214/07/2026

From Science to Policy 12 Closer-to-Nature Forest Management is a concept proposed in the EU Forest Strategy for 2030, which aims to improve the conservation values and climate resilience of multifunctional, managed forests in Europe. Building on the latest scientific evidence, this recently published report proposes a definition of the concept, a set of seven…

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Biodiversity | News 2022

New marteloscope in Lazio, Italy
Byadmin 13/04/202214/07/2026

In Italy, marteloscopes are one of the most useful tools to communicate and teach how conservation of biodiversity can be integrated in traditional forestry practices. In the past years, the Pennataro (south Italy) marteloscope, developed by University of Molise, was used as an outdoor laboratory to implement teaching activities with students and forest practitioners.In the…

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Biodiversity | News 2022

“Dehesa de Valsalobre” Marteloscope: getting ready for its inauguration
Byadmin 12/04/202214/07/2026

Recently, Spanish members of the Integrate network including the managers of the “Dehesa de Valsalobre” forest, had a meeting in this marteloscope to explore the potential of the I+Trainer app performing some simulation exercises. This was a great test of the latest version (v.0.7.9.4 beta) of the software, which includes useful new features (e.g. the…

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