The forest owners FMM user guide

The implementation of alternative FMM is an important task for ALTERFOR. Therefore, forest owner guidelines written in a popular form (with professional assistance from Fraunhofer) will be produced. The guidelines will be country-specific and include the basic foundation for the alternative FMMs, giving a short overview of the impacts of the FMM on the forest ecosystem, both pros and cons, followed by suitable site conditions, where it can be applied and instructions for silvicultural measures. They will be developed in cooperation with stakeholder reference groups (via WP4) to assure that the guidelines are in accordance with implementation in practice. These guidelines will be available both online (preferably at well-known sites used by forest owners and managers) and as printed copies to distribute at excursions held both at the demonstration sites and in other extension activities with partners.