Digital Forest Lab: Haselberg

- A place for practice-oriented learning and research!

With financial support from the Erich Schmidt Sattelmühle Foundation, four hectares of forest area are being developed into a virtual learning and teaching site to enable a future-oriented, innovative research and teaching.

The Digital Forest Lab Haselberg is a virtual and analogue teaching and learning location in the east of Berlin. The basis is a  forest area managed by the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development . The diversely equipped forest area offers numerous interactive possibilities to capture the local forest ecosystem in its ecological and economic range. For this purpose, the stand is made accessible analogously, by means of permanent experimental plots, a marteloscope, wildlife cameras and digitally, with the  Virtual Forest Tour  (VFT) . In combination with modern data recording on site, by means of laser scans, data loggers and dendrometers as well as digital interactive elements, comprehensive immersion into the forest ecosystem will be enabled. Students can deepen their knowledge in the framework of   research projects.

The Location of the forest site in Haselberg

The  VFT interactively conveys theoretical content moving int the practical example of Haselberg in 360° stations . The free offer is aimed at students of the forest of all semesters and forest enthusiasts to explore the forest in the northeast latitudes of Europe online in a self-learning and interest-based way.

In addition, there is a permanent experimental area and student research projects that deal with certain aspects in more depth. If you have any questions or comments about the project, there is a contact form.

Find out more  here  and dive into the forest! 

The Digital Forest Lab is not a substitute for an excursion or a walk in the forest, but is intended to offer the opportunity to explore the forest ecosystem in a self-learning way, at any time of the year, from any location, whether you are a forestry student or not.

The platform is an ongoing learning process and is developed by staff, faculty and students, which is why it is constantly adding to and changing.