The Horizon Project TRANSFORMIT aims to combine the needs of society with biodiversity conservation through an integrative approach. To achieve this goal, it is first necessary to expand practical and scientific knowledge on Integrative Forest Management (IFM) and foster synergistic collaborations between forest managers, researchers, policymakers, and local communities. 

The TRANSFORMIT Project brings together 16 institutions from 12 different countries and is coordinated by the European Forest Institute. It aims to act as a catalyst for knowledge exchange, strengthening skills, and fostering collaboration among stakeholders.

What is Integrated Forest Management (IFM)?

Integrative forest management (IFM) aims at integrating biodiversity conservation and global change adaptation into forest management for the sustainable provision of multiple ecosystem services. It is guided by natural and diverse forest structures, compositions, and dynamics to support ecosystem functioning and resilience. Its management practices consistently consider the tree, stand, and landscape scale and employ different silvicultural intensities, including intentionally unmanaged forests. IFM can be applied in any type of forest to achieve integrated environmental, economic, and social outcomes.

In order to assess the effectiveness of IFM-practices to achieve ecosystem service provision, forest resilience, adaptive capacity and biodiversity conservation outcomes, we would need basic forest measurements (e.g NFI variables) from repeated inventories. For this reason, TRANSFORMIT is looking for forestry companies in Europe that practice integrated forest management.