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Decision-making processes in the European Forest Sector are characterized by an enormous diversity in institutional and political framework conditions. In general, there is a clear need to improve policy integration and management approaches in order to deliver the competing ecosystem services demanded by society. The Special Issue "Models and tools for integrated forest management and forest policy analysis" originates from an initiative of Working Group 2 "Forestry modelling for integrated policy analysis" of COST Action FP1207 "Orchestrating forest-related policy analysis in Europe (ORCHESTRA)" to address this challenge. The emphasis is on improving the understanding and capacities in the use of forestry decision support tools for integrated policy analysis. For that purpose, it provides an overview of existing models, methods and/or decision support systems (DSS) that account or may be used for forest-related policy analysis at multiple levels. It discusses benefits and limitations/challenges of the use of these tools with a reference to its application in real case studies. Conclusions on the state-of-the-art in decision support for policy analysis and the needed advances in research are drawn.