{"id":18638,"date":"2025-10-16T16:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integratenetwork.org\/?p=18638"},"modified":"2025-10-16T16:43:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:43:41","slug":"connecting-practice-science-and-policy-in-ireland-11th-integrate-network-annual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integratenetwork.org\/2025\/10\/16\/connecting-practice-science-and-policy-in-ireland-11th-integrate-network-annual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting Practice, Science and Policy in Ireland: 11th Integrate Network Annual Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last week, the Integrate Network hosted its 11th Integrate Network Annual Meeting<\/a> in Dublin. Under this year\u2019s Irish chairmanship, the event brought together forest owners, policymakers, researchers, and practitioners from across Europe to exchange on Integrative Forest Management (IFM) practices that balance biodiversity, resilience, and multifunctionality in managed forests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aside from expert presentations on integrating biodiversity conservation through IFM, relevant EU legislation and policy updates, and the Index of Biodiversity Potential (IBP), the meeting featured a dynamic World Caf\u00e9 session with Irish forest owners. Here, the groups discussed challenges and opportunities of implementing IFM on the ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exciting field excursions took the network across Irish forests to showcase native woodland restoration and transformation research in Sitka spruce stands, highlighting integrative practices in action. At one of the excursion stops the participants were surprised by Irish folk music performed in the forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n