Webinar: Marteloscopes as tools for Integrative Forest Management
On 26 June 2026, the FOREXT Fridays webinar series will bring together forest professionals, advisors, researchers, and stakeholders for an engaging webinar exploring how Marteloscopes can support integrative forest management and informed decision-making across Europe’s forests.
Organised in partnership with the EU-funded FORADVISE project, this edition of the FOREXT Fridays webinar series will showcase practical Marteloscope experiences from Ireland and Germany, demonstrating how these innovative learning and decision-support tools help balance ecological, social, and economic forest objectives.
A Marteloscope is a specially designated forest area where every tree is tagged, measured, and mapped. In addition to timber-related information such as wood quality and market value, detailed data are collected on biodiversity features including cavities, deadwood, fungi, lichens, nests, and other microhabitats. By bringing these different dimensions together, Marteloscopes provide a unique environment for training, stakeholder engagement, and testing management decisions in a realistic forest setting.
As forests face growing demands related to climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, timber production, and recreation, integrative forest management has become increasingly important. Marteloscopes offer a practical way to visualise trade-offs, foster dialogue among stakeholders, and strengthen the capacity of forest advisors and managers to make balanced, evidence-based decisions.
The webinar programme will introduce the Marteloscope concept through the Integrate Network before presenting two case studies. Participants will learn about a Marteloscope initiative in Ireland and discover how Marteloscopes in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, are being used as effective tools for stakeholder engagement. The session will conclude with a discussion on how these approaches can support forest advisors in addressing complex management challenges.
The webinar will take place online on 26 June 2026 from 13:00 to 14:00 CEST. Participation is open to anyone interested in sustainable and multifunctional forest management.
Join FOREXT Fridays to explore how Marteloscopes are helping turn the principles of integrative forest management into practical action on the ground. Register here: FOREXT Fridays – FOREXT