Due to climate change, bark beetle damage has become a major problem for spruce forest stands. As a result, forest owners are disheartened because their forests are disappearing. In this context, the insurance company AXA launched a call for projects that brought together a consortium of forestry institutions to design and implement multifunctional and resilient silvicultural itineraries in their bark beetle damaged forests. To do this, the project will be in Living Lab mode, allowing the co-design of itineraries with the multiple actors and users of the French territories concerned by the study. The methodology used will be based on a methodological framework for conducting projects in Living Lab mode, specially adapted to forestry issues. In this paper, we will show the first results of this study which concerns the first phase of the Living Lab approach, namely the planning phase. A literature review and interviews with members of the project consortium were conducted to define the guidelines of the Living Lab, to map the actors of the study territories and to understand the needs, expectations, fears and challenges of the Living Lab for the future stages of the project. The interviewees see the Living Lab as a real opportunity and are convinced that the integration of the general public in the design of solutions is crucial. The Living Lab should also improve communication and collaboration within the forest sector and with external stakeholders. For the interviewees, the Living Lab will need to manage conflicts of interest and stakeholder diversity, while respecting time management.