Tag: integrated forest management

Where tradition meets transformation – Walking Austria’s forest floor at this year’s 10th Annual Integrate Network Meeting
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Where tradition meets transformation – Walking Austria’s forest floor at this year’s 10th Annual Integrate Network Meeting

“Autumn arrives, and our Integrate Meeting already comes along”, opens Bernhard Wolfslehner (EFI) this year’s Integrate Network Annual Meeting with a vivid reminder of our get-together in Luxembourg, “when we were watching bats and having a drink in a cave”. As is tradition by now, around 40 Integrate Members and other colleagues from within the network and beyond gathered end of October to discuss the European state of the art of Integrative Forest Management. This year, the current Integrate chair, Georg Frank, invited members to his home country Austria to draw attention to private forest ownership and to discuss integrative case studies and local measures for biodiversity enhancement.

Using marteloscopes as training tool for conveying forest management practices – case example retention forestry
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Using marteloscopes as training tool for conveying forest management practices – case example retention forestry

A new article was published by Jan Kadavý from the Department of Forest Management and Applied Geoinformatics, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno (Brno, Czech Republic) and his colleges, addressing the use of marteloscopes for teaching and training related to the application retention forestry. In the following paragraph we present the...

Marteloskop-Übung im Tharandter Wald
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Marteloskop-Übung im Tharandter Wald

Gastbeitrag von Erik Nestler (ANW Hochschulgruppe Tharandt) Die Anforderungen an unseren Wald und die Herausforderungen, denen sich Förster:Innen stellen müssen, nehmen stetig zu. Um den harmonischen Einklang zwischen Ökonomie, Ökologie und den Bedürfnissen der Waldbesuchenden zu schaffen, sind bei der Auszeichnung von Beständen sowohl Erfahrung als auch Übung essenziell. Der 120 Jahre alte, von Buchen...

Managing forests virtually
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Managing forests virtually

Did you know that there are over 240 special one-hectare forest sites called marteloscopes in 26 countries that are used for field-based training and education of forestry professionals, students, forest owners, policy makers and even the broader public? This unique set of sites is brought together by the Integrate Network, facilitated by EFI. In a marteloscope,...

‘ForestMoocForChange’: Communicating new integrated forest management systems to over 12.000 learners! 
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‘ForestMoocForChange’: Communicating new integrated forest management systems to over 12.000 learners! 

Can we integrate online training formats with in-forest marteloscope workshops?  Article by Jonathan Spazzi New integrated forest management systems seek to combine the profitable production of quality timber with the enhancement and protection of biodiversity and ecosystem services. To date, lack of knowledge and expertise of management options have been one of the main hurdles...

“Network of Networks” meeting upcoming
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“Network of Networks” meeting upcoming

Invite only: World Café on “How to adapt Forest Management to integrate multiple objectives” on 18 September from 2pm to 5pm at Universitätsclub Bonn, Germany. As part of the new Horizon Europe project TRANSFORMIT, the European Forest Institute will provide a platform for both international and regional networks and people to engage in dialogue on different...

MOUNTAINSIDE: New “classroom in the forest” was inaugurated in Italy 
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MOUNTAINSIDE: New “classroom in the forest” was inaugurated in Italy 

With the inauguration of the Marteloscope at Faeto – Edolo, UNIMONT – a University of Milan hub, offers its students a “classroom in the forest” included in the European network of integrated educational forests which represents a unique opportunity for those who intend to study the mountains in the mountains.  The Marteloscope at Faeto –...

INTEGRATE WEBINAR: Forest Ecosystem Resilience through Biodiversity – Nature’s Insurance Policy in a Changing World
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INTEGRATE WEBINAR: Forest Ecosystem Resilience through Biodiversity – Nature’s Insurance Policy in a Changing World

We are pleased to announce this year’s Integrate Webinar titled “Forest Ecosystem Resilience through Biodiversity – Nature’s Insurance Policy in a Changing World”. The webinar will take place online on 3rd of July from 16.00 – 17.30 CEST via Zoom.  With this webinar, we would like to reflect upon how we can support forest ecosystems to...

‘10 Must-Knows’ as guide for preserving biodiversity  
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‘10 Must-Knows’ as guide for preserving biodiversity  

New policy report with chapter on integrating biodiversity conservation with forest management  From yet undiscovered biodiversity to resilient forests and the impact of food consumption on nature: 64 experts have now pooled their knowledge and recommendations and published them in the form of “10 Must Knows from Biodiversity Research” for 2024. The new report from...