The book "Policy Integration and Coordination: the Case of Innovation and the Forest Sector inEurope" deals with the questions of how the concept of innovation is integrated into policies thatare relevant for forestry and forest-based industries, and how these policies are coordinated.These questions are also at the core of the COST Action E51 on "Integrating Innovation andDevelopment Policies for the Forest Sector", which was carried out from 2006 to 2010 with theparticipation of approximately 40 research institutions from 20 countries.