International Society
of Forest Therapy
Activities
The ISFT aims to open up suitable forest areas worldwide for use as healing forests. At the same time, it is committed to evidence-based research into the medical effectiveness of the natural health resource forest and the creation of a curriculum for medically valid therapeutic forest therapy.
The Society was founded on 7 November 2018 in Krems, Lower Austria and is committed to establishing an international fund for the conservation and enhancement of the importance of forest ecosystem services.
The ISFT created a consensus on quality standards for healing forests and thus laid the foundations for a structured certification and training system for the international establishment of healing forests and therapeutic forest therapy - taking into account regional and cultural peculiarities and traditions.
Presidium
Chairman
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. (mult.) Horst Klinkmann, F.R.C.P.
Germany
Deputy Chairman
Manfred Baum, Germany
Secretary
Dr. h.c. Mag. Heinz Boyer, Austria
Deputy Secretary
Darija Cvikl, Slovenia
Treasurer
Sven Rüger, Germany
Deputy Treasurer
Alex Gesse, Portugal
Regional Governors
// Austria
Dr. h.c. Mag. Heinz Boyer
// Bhutan
Kunzang Wangmo
// Brasil
Wolfgang Böhler
// Germany
Dr. Stefan Seiberling
// Iran
Prof. Dr. Sepideh Arbabi Bidgoli
// Japan
Prof. Dr. Hiroko Ochiai
// Lithuania
Stanislovas Čepinskas
// Portugal
Miguel Vasco
// Republic of Korea
Prof. Dr. Won Sop Shin
// Slovenia
Dr. Darija Cvikl
// Spain
Stefan Esser
// USA
Amos Clifford
Contact
Registered Office
IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems
Piaristengasse 1
3500 Krems, Austria
c/o Prof. (FH) Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Gerhard Tucek
Institut für Therapiewissenschaften und
„Josef Ressel Zentrum“
Campus Krems, Trakt G1, Room 1.09
Tel.: +43 27 32-80 23 67
Secretary's Office
c/o BioCon Valley® GmbH
Friedrich-Barnewitz-Straße 8
18119 Rostock, Germany
