Ein schriftlicher Thinktank wird praxisnäher

A think tank on paper comes closer to the practitioner This note informs you about changes which will be put in place in the Swiss Forestry Journal in 2015, as well as the rationale motivating them. The Journal is the most visible product of the Swiss Forestry Society, and has been its flagship for 164 years. The members of the Society accepted in 2013 a new, more streamlined concept for the Journal. From 2015, the Journal will only appear six times a year. It will remain the organ of the Society, and will continue to distribute news on forest related issues. In a survey, many members expressed their wish that the Journal should deal more with practical issues. This request is being followed in three ways: 1) short articles from practitioners and researchers (new section “Notes”), 2) a closer link to practice in every article, and 3) a more flexible interpretation of the rule that contributions must be original work. In this way, the Journal positions itself more clearly at the interface between research and practice. Its role is to promote, like a think tank on paper, high-level professional discussions in the forest sector and thus the sector's evolution, as well as to foster mutual understanding between researchers and practitioners. Also those who are not researchers are invited to take their pen and enhance the Journal's practical relevance by their contributions.