This deliverable (D.3.2.2) documents the Alpine Region Winter School organised within the Forest EcoValue project as a three-day online training programme for stakeholders active in the Alpine area. It focuses on the main topics addressed during the school: Forest Ecosystem Services (FES) from a natural science perspective; their classification and relevance for sustainable forest management; methods for biophysical assessment, including indicator selection, data collection, spatial modelling, stock and flow assessment, mapping, and validation; the economic valuation of ecosystem services; and the design of business models, payment schemes, and market-based approaches to support them. The deliverable also describes the practical “Forest EcoValue Lab”, where participants worked on real case studies from the project’s Living Labs in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Slovenia, as well as the policy and engagement module dedicated to governance conditions, public-private cooperation, compensation mechanisms, and policy tools for enabling ecosystem service markets in Alpine territories. It also analyses the learning outcomes and impact of the Winter School through pre- and post-assessment results, summarises participant feedback, and reflects on lessons for future initiatives.
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