It was a dark and murky evening as I paved my way through Harcourt Street in Dublin. That’s when I suddenly found myself in a pub – not the kind where a lad or lass would sing a folk song – but rather a cosy, wooden, meeting room turned pub, where I’d stumble across familiar...
Michael Healy-Rae TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, delivers a warm welcome address to open the 11th Integrate Network Annual Meeting. Minister Healy-Rae is pictured addressing delegates during a visit to the forest at the Teagasc National Research Centre in Oak Park, where participants explored the local marteloscope...
Article written by Katharina Freund, Theresa Frei, Hannah Ertelt (European Forest Institute) How can genuine dialogue about forests succeed? This question stood at the beginning of the Martelkom project and became the starting point for its new guide “Forest Dialogues”, developed at the European Forest Institute (EFI) together with colleagues from the Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg...
Guest article written by Anna Strahl (StR’in), Mathematics und Biology, Montessori Zentrum ANGELL Freiburg GmbH On Friday, July 18th, 2025, the class 8c from the Montessori-Zentrum Angell, accompanied by the biology teachers Anna Strahl and Annette Schuck, visited the Mooswald forest in Freiburg. Almost time for their summer holidays, the 26 students had just completed...
Article written by Katharina Freund (European Forest Institute) It’s a fresh morning after days of scorching heat when we gather in the Kottenforst near Bonn early on June 26. The air feels heavier than before – humid, almost tropical – and one can sense a thunderstorm approaching. The forest seems subdued, almost as if it...
Abschlussworkshop Projekt „Martelkom: Marteloskope als Forschungs- und Kommunikationsinstrument für integrative Forstwirtschaft” Im Projekt Martelkom – WaldWerte diskutieren haben das European Forest Institute (EFI) und die Forstwissenschaftliche Versuchsanstalt Baden-Württemberg (FVA) Einstellungen der deutschen Bevölkerung zu Wald und Forstwirtschaft untersucht und mit Bürger*innen im Rahmen waldbaulicher Übungen Diskussionen zu diesen Themen geführt. Während des Workshops möchten wir zentrale Erkenntnisse aus unserem...
Im Gemeindewald Kopstal (Luxemburg) wurde eine Bestandsaufnahme von Baummikrohabitaten durchgeführt. Als Basis für die Aufnahmen wurde eine, an die 6-Baum-Stichprobe angepasste, Stichprobeninventur sowie der Katalog der Baummikrohabitate des European Forest Institute (EFI) verwendet. Ziel der Untersuchung war es, die Verteilung und Häufigkeit dieser Strukturen zu erfassen und ihren Zusammenhang mit dem Baumdurchmesser (BHD) zu analysieren....
The European Forest Institute has launched a “What is” series to go beyond simple definitions and offer concise insights into key forest-related topics. Ever wondered what a marteloscope is and where the word comes from? Read no further: Photo credit: Rosa Castañeda
A partnership between European Forest Institute, Moray Estates and Silviculture Academy has established the first Integrate Network marteloscopes in the UK at Darnaway Forest, near Forres, Scotland. The two plots create opportunities for training in early-stage stand transformation and late-stage stand development. They are the first such plots in the UK and join a network...
On Friday, 11th of April – right before the Easter break – Sabine Vogelgesang’s biology class did not meet for an ordinary lesson in the classroom. Instead, the 12 students and their teacher met up with Andreas Schuck, senior researcher at the European Forest Institute, at the Mooswald forest located in the City Forest of Freiburg. There...
