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Forestry and Forest Policy Framework for Europe
Peri Kourakli
Forests in EU Forest and other wooded land:
178 million ha (42%) Growing stock:
- 24 million m3
- data for 2005: 23 million m3
Felling:- 60 % of the net annual
increment in forest available for wood supply
4% undisturbed my man
FOREST EUROPE & EEA Report s
European Policies which impact on forests
2020 Biodiversity Strategy (DG ENV) Birds and Habitats Directives (DG ENV) Effort Sharing Decision and ETS Directive (DG KLIMA) RES Direcitve (DG TREN) Water Framework Directive (DG ENV) European Forest Fires Information System (EFFIS) (JRC) Rural Development Policy of the CAP (DG AGRI) Sustainable Consumption and Production action plan (DG ENV) Plant health regime (DG SANCO) 7th Research Framework Programme (DG RESEARCH) EU Solidarity Fund (DG REGIO) Regional Policy (DG REGIO) FLEGT (DG ENV) ...
Forest Strategy (DG AGRI) Forest Action Plan (DG AGRI) FBI-Communication (DG ENTR)D
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Same origin, but different paths and resultsPotential inconsistencies Multiplication in efforts (Shared Environmental
Information System/ SEIS: data collected once!)
Difficulties in cross-check (monitoring –evaluation?)
RedundanciesAggregation of data obtained:◦ In a different way (methodology)◦ In a different time◦ from “different defined” pools
Some of the problems and consequences
Different in thresholds in National Forest Inventories
Parameter Maximum MinimumMinimum Crown Cover for considering forest Germany 50% France 10%
Mininum Area required for considering forest Italy 0,5 ha Austria 0,05 ha
Minimum DBH in inventory Switzerland 12 cm Finland 0 cm
Forest area represented by field plot Estonia 1040 ha Walloon Reg. 50 ha
Source COST E43
Pan-European Initiatives: FOREST EUROPE
Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe
46 countries (from EU to Russia)Define “Sustainable Forest Management/ SFM” (Helsinki 1993)
“General guidelines for SFM” and “General guidelines for conservation of biological diversity of forests in Europe” (Helsinki 1993)
“Pan-European Operational Guidelines for SFM” (Lisbon 1998)
“Improved Pan-European Indicators for SFM” (Vienna 2002)
Negotiations for a Legally Binding Agreement/LBA on Forests in Europe (Oslo 2011)
LBA on Forests in Europe Based on SFM, FOREST EUROPE’s decision Birdlife Europe and Central Asia developed a position
paper www.birdlife.org/eu/pdfs/LBAposition_final.pdf
Birdlife supports a LBA on forests, but this support is accompanied with a big “BUT”“LBA-F should clearly support multifuctionality and long-term sustainability”
Birdlife follows the processes of the negotiators with the support of BirdLife partners and other envi-NGOs
The negotiations so far are driven by forest industry and forest owners
There is a clear “fight” between Russia and EU
Maintenance and appropriate enhancement of forest resources and their contribution to global carbon cycles
Maintenance of forest ecosystems’ health and vitality
Maintenance and encouragement of productive functions of forests (wood and non-wood)
Maintenance, conservation and appropriate enhancement of biological diversity in forest ecosystems
Maintenance, conservation and appropriate enhancement of protective functions in forest manage ment (notably soil and water)
Maintenance of other socio-economic functions and conditions
The six Pan-European criteria for SFM
FOREST EUROPE’s achievements according to FOREST EUROPE
Solid platform for pan-European cooperation
Framework for global-regional interface
Developed SFM in Europe: Agreed definition Guidelines Tools, including Criteria and Indicators
Framework for monitoring, assessment and reporting but decreasing political awareness and weight!
If SFM is implemented in Europe, why only in EU the 52% of species of Community interest Directive are in Unfavourable Conservation Status and
only 21% of forest habitat types of Habitats Directive are Favourable?EEA 2010, “Assessing biodiversity in Europe”
EU initiatives for SFM EU Forest Strategy 1998- 2007 EU Forest Action Plan 2007-2011 EU Forest Communication Strategy (2011) EP Report on GREEN PAPER On Forest Protection and
Information in the EU: Preparing forests for climate change(2011) Development of the EU 2020 Forest Strategy Discussions on developing of a EU Forest Information scheme
Forest Management Plans/FMP are only following SFM in theory- wood production oriented
Forests under new EU CAP/ RDR, a FMP or its equivalent is a prerequisite (several measures-not all, not enough)
Certification volunteer schemes (FSC mainly) have helped in certain countries the SFM implementation