INTEGRAL - Future-oriented integrated management of European forest landscapes -  is a FP7 Seventh Framework Programme with 21 Project Partners from 14 countries. INTEGRAL relies heavily on fores DSS for its completion. The four-year cooperation project provides a coherent process of policy formation for integrated management of European forest landscapes. INTEGRAL will (1) create knowledge and competence base for integrating international, national and local levels in participatory decision and planning processes and (2) provide recommendations for new coherent policy instruments and management strategies as well as decision support tools.

The first newsletter of the INTEGRAL is now out. With the newsletter service free biannual updates will be provided to keep relevant target groups at EU-, national and regional level informed on news about the project, scheduled events and recent publications.

• Introduction INTEGRAL: “Future-oriented thinking for Europe´s forests”
• First cross-project meeting in Freiburg / Germany
• Veerle Dossche (European Forest Campaigner for FERN): “EU-wide cooperation in INTEGRAL has already been established”
• Jeremy Rayner (Professor at the University of Saskatchewan / Canada): “Multiple case studies at the landscape level are a key strength in INTEGRAL”