28.10.2020 | waldwissen.net | News WSL
On our own behalf: On the occasion of our fifteen-year anniversary, we are launching Waldwissen.net with a new layout and modern functions.
Since February 16, 2005, we have been providing expert knowledge on all aspects of forestry and forests. Thanks to nowmore than 2800 articles in four languages, Waldwissen.net has become the most comprehensive online source of information about forests in the German-speaking world. The number of readers has multiplied to 280,000 visitors per month since its launch.
Easy to use on PC and with Smartphone
The basic idea is simple: disseminate existing knowledge so that it can be used and applied meaningfully. Although Although there is a lot of expertise in research, this often remains within a limited circle and too rarely finds its way into practice. The four research institutes active in forest research, BFW (Vienna/A), FVA (Freiburg/D), LWF (Freising/D) and WSL (Birmensdorf/CH), together with their partners SBS (Saxony/D), WUH (North Rhine-Westphalia/D), LFE (Brandenburg/D), THF (Thuringia/D) and INRAE (France), therefore bundle their know-how in Waldwissen.net with new contributions every week. The long-standing cross-border cooperation and the constantly growing pool of quality-assured content on forest topics make Waldwissen.net unique.
Because technical development does not stop "at the edge of the forest", Waldwissen.net has been technically optimized for viewing on tablets and smartphones. Central innovations are the search and filter functions, which facilitate research within the comprehensive knowledge pool.
The Waldwissen app will be discontinued because these functions are now integrated into the website. We are looking forward to your feedback and suggestions for the relaunch!
Articles from Switzerland: ¶
The Asian longhorned beetle in Europe
30.09.2020
The ALB was first spotted on European soil in 2001. Sightings of infestations have been on the rise since.
17.03.2020
Red wood ants play a vital role in our forests. With their numbers apparently in decline, it is important that we learn more about them: not only how they benefit the forest but also what they require from their habitat. A fact sheet summarises the biology and distribution of red wood ants in Switzerland.
Contact ¶
further contacts:
- Christian Lackner (Austria)
bfw(at)waldwissen.net
Tel.: 0043 (0)1 878 38 12 18, 0043 (0)664 841 2702 - Steffen Schlehe (Baden-Württemberg)
fva(at)waldwissen.net
Tel.: 0049 (0)761 401 83 64 - Dirk Schmechel (Bayern)
lwf(at)waldwissen.net
Tel +49 8161 71 4919 - Sven Martens (Sachsen)
sbs(at)waldwissen.net
Tel.: 0049 (0)3501 54 23 01 - Bernward Selter (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
wuh(at)waldwissen.net
Tel.: 0049 (0)2931 786 62 30 - Jan Engel (Brandenburg)
lfe(at)waldwissen.net
Tel +49 3334 2759 267
Links ¶
- Internet platform waldwissen.net: www.waldwissen.net
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, WSL: www.wsl.ch
- Bavarian State Institute for Forestry and Forest Management, LWF: www.lwf.bayern.de
- Federal Research Centre for Forest, BFW: www.bfw.gv.at
- Forest Research and Testing Institute Baden-Württemberg, FVA: https://www.fva-bw.de
- State enterprise Sachsenforst: www.sbs.sachsen.de
- Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz North Rhine-Westphalia: www.wald-und-holz.nrw.de
- State Competence Centre Forest Eberswalde (LFE): https://forst.brandenburg.de/lfb/de/lfe/
Copyright ¶
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