Exploring soil carbon modelling in Marteloscopes: HoliSoils presents tool extension at webinar
HoliSoils introduced a new Marteloscope extension that models soil carbon changes after silvicultural interventions, supporting holistic, climate smart forest management alongside other training tools presented at the webinar.
A recent webinar on “Further Developing Marteloscopes”, hosted by FROST Brandenburg, featured a contribution from HoliSoils researchers Sergey Zudin and Andreas Schuck from the European Forest Institute. Although not officially part of the HoliSoils project, the online workshop held on 22 October 2025 brought together experts and institutions from across Central Europe to share updates on technical improvements to Marteloscope tools.
Marteloscopes function as virtual forest plots used for silvicultural training and decision making. They are located across Europe and information on their exact locations, along with details on how to take part in a training session, can be found on the INTEGRATE Network website: https://integratenetwork.org/
During the webinar, HoliSoils colleagues from the European Forest Institute presented a new extension to the Marteloscope software developed within the project. The added functionality predicts soil carbon stocks in forest stands before and after silvicultural interventions such as thinning. This improvement highlights that forest management involves more than trees and helps explore the wider effects of interventions on the forest system. It is particularly relevant in the context of climate smart forestry and the assessment of ecosystem services.
The workshop also included presentations from other initiatives. Dr Benoit Courbaud introduced the SimInForest project in his talk “SimInForest: Combining field exercises and simulations on Marteloscopes to develop integrative and sustainable silvicultural approaches”.
The HoliSoils team was pleased to contribute to the development and wider use of Marteloscopes as valuable training tools that support learning about sustainable forest management and, now, soil health.
