At the beginning of June, more than 50 participants – including forestry practitioners, researchers and policymakers – gathered in Zurich, Switzerland, for an interactive 3-day Integrate Network workshop.

The days were marked by insightful presentations, vivid discussions and diverse outdoor sessions, where participants discussed how to promote more resilient and species-rich forests, as well as how Integrative Forest Management may respond to new challenges posed by climate change and biodiversity loss.

Organised by the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, ETH Zürich and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, the event kick-started with three keynote presentations on Integrative Forest Management,  the economic benefits of ecologically driven decision-making, as well as measures of forest biodiversity.

To re-watch the keynote presentations of the conference day, see below.

Recordings of Day 1:

Integrated forest management: more of everything? — Jürgen Bauhus

Concepts and measures in promoting forest biodiversity — Pascale Weber

The final day was a merging between the Integrate Network and the European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF), to discuss both challenges and opportunities between urban and close-to-nature forestry. To rewatch the keynote presentations, see below.

Recordings of Day 3:

EU scale, long term effects of integrated and adaptive forest management on Europe’s forests and its forest industry — Gert-Jan Nabuurs

To re-wild or not – is this the question? — Harald Bugmann

Professional Credentials for those working in our Urban Forests — Caitlyn Pollihan

Effects of urban greenspaces on public health: serial mediation model of objective and subjective measures — Wendy Chen