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“Because we can”: Reflections from the Integrate Network World Café in Dublin
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“Because we can”: Reflections from the Integrate Network World Café in Dublin

In early October, the Integrate Network representatives gathered in Dublin, Ireland, for their annual meeting – a few autumn days brought together forest owners, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from across Europe. They came with a shared mission: to learn from each other’s successes and challenges in Integrative Forest Management (IFM) practices. Among the many productive...

Not just trees growing here: How the Integrate Network cultivates cooperation
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Not just trees growing here: How the Integrate Network cultivates cooperation

“It’s the exchange of experience in many different ways – to learn from each other, and even to build friendships,” reflects Johannes Shima, Deputy Director General of the Forest Section at Austria’s Ministry for Agriculture. That is the promise of the Integrate Network: a place where forests become the classroom and countries learn together. It’s...