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Guidelines on Closer-To-Nature Forest Management

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EU has published and translated guidelines on closer-to-nature forest mangement in all European languages.

Pro Silva Annual Meeting Slovakia 2024

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The next Annual Meeting of Pro Silva will be in Myjava (western Slovakia) from 28th to 31st May under the title "Upscaling close to nature practices for wider acceptancence"

Pro Silva Webinar 2023

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On 30th March 2023 Pro Silva will hold the 2nd Webinar & Discussion entiteled "Wo determines the forest of the future ?"

Pro Silva Annual Meeting Ireland 2023

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The last Annual Meeting of Pro Silva was in Co.Wicklow (Ireland) under the title "transforming forests and forest cultures in a changing world" - you find new fotos, reports and videos

New Foundation of Pro Silva Slovakia

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Pro Silva Slovakia was transformed to as a standalone civil-society association by its registration in the state registry. The inaugural general assembly took place on 6 May 2022

News from Portugal 2023

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Pro Silva Portugal reports several participations in projects

Acceptance of Pro Silva Finlandia

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Silva (reg.ass.) from Finland was accepted as "Pro Silva Finlandia" at the annual meeting in Luxembourg 2022

IFSA associated member of Pro Silva

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IFSA international forestry students association is partner of Pro Silva.

historical Pro Silva Annual Meetings

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Many of the historical Annual Meetings are documented online now. 9 meetings from 1990 to 2001 will be under reconstruction soon.

Pro Silva in Brussels at European Commisson

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Pro Silva was invited as a European organisation to Brussels for the conference "Forests for Biodiversity and Climate". The 30th anniversary event in September 2019 was also well received.

Exemplary Forests Network

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Pro Silva announces that is going to summarize and present all their exemplary forests all over Europe

Pro Silva Nederland

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Contact

President

René Olthof
Hoog Soeren 3
7346 AB Hoog Soeren
Netherlands

e-mail: r.olthof(at)kroondomeinhetloo.nl

cellphone: +31-6-51109024

Administrator

secretary

Martijn Griek

Bos en Hout support
Kokermolen 118
3994 DG Houten
Netherlands

e-mail: prosilva(at)knbv.nl
phone: +31-30-6930040

international delegate

Martijn Boosten
p/a Stichting Probos
Hollandseweg 7g
6700 AG Wageningen
Nederland

e-mail: martijn.boosten(at)probos.nl

cellphone: 31-6-30924229

further board members are Wouter Delforterie, David Borgman and Boudewijn Swart.

activities

members: 537 members of Royal Dutch Forest Society, including 33 Pro Silva committee members (excursion leaders)
yearly events: 2 excursions for anyone who is interested, 2 thematic meetings for committee members, participation in international meetings
exemplary forests: in progress
reference stands: Kroondomein Het Loo, Emmer Dennen
martelloscopes: a few (for internal use), in collaboration with SBB (Dutch State Forest), Kroondomein Het Loo (Royal Forest Estate) and the WUR (Wageningen University and Research

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Pro Silva Nederland

Pro Silva Nederland is a committee of the Royal Dutch Forestry Association (KNBV). All of approximately five hundred members of the KNBV are automatically "members" of Pro Silva. The committee Pro Silva aims to gather knowledge about Close-to-Nature forestry and Continuous Cover forestry and to exchange experiences. Pro Silva serves as a discussion platform for foresters, forest-owners, researchers and policy makers about practical Close-to-Nature forest management under the Dutch circumstances.

Pro Silva Excursions

The commission Pro Silva annually organizes an excursion in spring and autumn with a certain theme concerning Pro Silva forestry. Each excursion has approximately 75 participants and is distributed over 3 more or less identically organized days. The Pro Silva principals are the starting point for the discussion during these excursions

The excursions are for anyone interested in contemporary close-to-nature forest management. Besides discussion, the excursions offer many opportunities to meet fellow foresters. During the excursions, discussion takes place in small groups of 5 to 10 people with whom the forest is viewed and assessed in relation to the excursion theme. Then in general the group will discuss the possibilities and potentials of the forest from a Pro Silva point-of-view.

Participants in the excursions come from different backgrounds. The participants include forest-owners, forest-managers, policy makers, ecologists, researchers and students. Everyone contributes to a lively discussion in his or her own way.

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foto gallery from visit to kroondomein het loo (2018) - (C) Eckart Senitza