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TITLE: Future-oriented integrated management of European forest landscapes
 
 
ACRONYM: INTEGRAL
 
FROM: 01/11/2011
 
TO: 31/10/2015
 
ABSTRACT: The vital environmental and socio-economic role of European forests is well documented and acknowledged in policy documents of both the European Union and its member states. However, there are critical incoherencies within and between trans-national, national and local forest-related land use policies, the central issue being mismatches between the policies and their implementation at the landscape level. Hence, there is a need to improve existing policy and management approaches capable of delivering a better balance between multiple and conflicting demands for forest goods and services. Diminishing mismatches and providing a new policy and management approach that is sensitive to ecological, socioeconomic and political issues of are the main objectives of INTEGRAL.
The objectives are achieved by following a research approach with 3 phases: diagnostic analysis of the status-quo (phase 1), participatory development and evaluation of scenarios (phase 2), and problem-solving oriented back-casting for policy development and evaluation (phase 3). The research design will be applied in a total of 20 landscapes in 10 European countries that differ in key characteristics, such as ownership, the importance of forestry and forest-based industries and the priorities of allocation and management of new and existing forest lands. The involvement of national and local stakeholder groups all the way through the project plays a decisive role in the project.
The most important long term impact of INTEGRAL consists of the knowledge and competence base for integrating international, national and local levels in participatory decision and planning processes. This includes the development of manuals for how to conduct such processes, methods for utilizing quantitative decision support tools in the participatory process, and the establishment of a body of knowledge among those participating in the extensive case studies. Thus, the consistency of implemented forest policies can be enhanced.
 
PROJECT REFERENCE: 282887
 
TOTAL COST: € 8 845 326
 
EU CONTRIBUTION: € 6 998 601
 
COORDINATOR: SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET- SWEDEN
 
PARTICIPANTS:
ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG -GERMANY
FACHHOCHSCHULE SALZBURG GMBH – AUSTRIA
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN - GERMANY
WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT - NEDERLAND
EUROPEAN STATE FOREST ASSOCIATION - BELGIUM
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V - GERMANY
INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA - PORTUGAL
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES POUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT ET L'AGRICULTURE - FRANCE
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA - ITALY
THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD -
UNITED KINGDOM
STICHTING FERN - NEDERLAND
UNIVERSIDADE CATOLICA PORTUGUESA - PORTUGAL
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DEL MOLISE - ITALY
ALEKSANDRO STULGINSKIO UNIVERSITETAS - LITHUANIA
UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY - BULGARIA
JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION – BELGIUM
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN - IRELAND
INSTITUT DES SCIENCES ET INDUSTRIES DU VIVANT ET DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT - AGRO PARIS TECH - FRANCE
EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE - FINLAND
CONFEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES PROPRIETAIRES FORESTIERS ASBL - LUXEMBOURG
TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA VO ZVOLENE - SLOVAK REPUBLIK
 
 
OFFICIAL PROJECT WEBSITE: http://www.integral-project.eu/
 
UNIMOL REFERENCE AND CONTACT:
Prof. Gherardo CHIRICI – DiBT, email: gherardo.chirici@unimol.it , Tel. +39 3481318020
 

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