• PUBLICATIONS: a white paper containing a review of the social, economic and environmental aspects important in mixed vs single species stands as well as a confrontation with the perceptions that the different stakeholders have on these issues;
• CONFERENECES: two conferences, one in Flemish and one in French, where the results of the white paper will be presented;
• EXPERIMENTAL SITES: two fully established experimental sites, one in Zedelgem (Flanders) and one in the Ardennes (Wallonia), with synthetic communities of single species and plots with increasing tree species richness for long-term monitoring;

Due to the slow development of forest ecosystems, no research results will become available during the course of this project, but on the longer run this experiment will potentially yield very valuable outputs.