- Department of Forest and Water Management, University of Ghent (Prof. Kris Verheyen)
- Department of Forest, Nature and Landscape, University of Leuven (Prof. Martin Hermy and Prof. Bart Muys)
- Department Environmental Sciences and Management, University of Liège (Prof. Monique Carnol)
- Department of Environmental Sciences and Land Use, University of Louvain-la-Neuve (Prof. Quentin Ponette)
- Laboratory of Biological Control and Spatial Ecology, University of Brussels (Prof. Jean-Claude Grégoire)
- Department of Sciences and Environmental Technology, University of Gembloux (Prof. Marc Aubinet)
- Department of Study of Nature and Agriculture, Service Public Wallon (Dr. Pierre Gérard)
- Institute for Nature and Forest Research (Ir. Kris Vandekerkhove)
- Belgian Biodiversity Platform (Dr. Etienne Branquart)
