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Joint FAO/UNECE
Working Party on Forest
Economics and
Statistics
30th Session
2-3 April 2008
Private Forest Ownership in Europe
Prof. Dr. Franz Schmithüsen & Franziska Hirsch
Alex Korotkov, Helena Guarin, Matthias Wilnhammer, Richard Slaby
Results of Enquiry and Discussion Paper(advance draft)
Joint FAO/UNECE
Working Party on Forest
Economics and
Statistics
30th Session
2-3 April 2008
Overview
1. Background2. Main results3. Significant issues & trends4. Follow-up and possible
future activities
Joint FAO/UNECE
Working Party on Forest
Economics and
Statistics
30th Session
2-3 April 2008
1. Background UNECE/FAO/MCPFE/CEPF
Private Forest Ownership Enquiry 2006/07
Forestownership
Holdingstructure
Socio-economicdata
Trends
Private Public Other
Individuals / fami-Lies / institutions
State / provincial / communal
Total area of holdings
Total number of holdingsby size classes
Restitution / PrivatisationChanges in past 15 yearsOrganisation in FOAs, Fragmentation
Forest Products Individual owners
Occu-pation
Resi-dence
Objec-tives
Age +Gender
Volume Value
Joint FAO/UNECE
Working Party on Forest
Economics and
Statistics
30th Session
2-3 April 2008
1. Background• addressed to 38
MCPFE countries• 23 participated
Spain
Portugal
Andorra
Italy
FranceSwitzerland
Austria
Slovenia
CroatiaBosnia and
HerzegovinaSerbia andMontenegroFYR Macedonia
Albania
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
Romania
Bulgaria
Moldova
Ukraine
Hungary
Slovakia
Czech Rep.
Poland
Belarus
Russian FederationEstonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Denmark
Germany
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Belgium
United Kingdom
Ireland
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Iceland
Malta
Countries thatparticipated
Countries that did notparticipate
Countries notaddressed
Joint FAO/UNECE
Working Party on Forest
Economics and
Statistics
30th Session
2-3 April 2008
1. Background: Database• Database and National Reports available
on Website: http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/fra/PFO.htm
Joint FAO/UNECE
Working Party on Forest
Economics and
Statistics
30th Session
2-3 April 2008
2. Main resultsOverallOverall OwnershipOwnership Distribution (a)Distribution (a)
Share [%] in area of forest and other wooded land in Europe
50.09%
0.36%
49.55%
Private ownership
Public ownership
Other ownership
Includes: land where ownership is
not defined, land that belongs to
indigenous or tribal people.
Balanced ownership structure
70mil ha.
68.5mil ha.
498,740 ha.
Joint FAO/UNECE
Working Party on Forest
Economics and
Statistics
30th Session
2-3 April 2008
2. Main resultsOverallOverall OwnershipOwnership DistributionDistribution
…… large large differencedifference atat the country the country levellevel (b)(b)
Predominanceof private ownership
Predominanceof publicownership
Countries with predominance of private ownership
0%20%40%60%80%
100%
Austri
a
Finlan
d
Franc
e
Icelan
d
Norway
Sloven
ia
Sweden
United
King
dom
Private
Public
Other
Countries w ith predominance of public forest ownership
0%20%40%60%80%
100%
Bulga
riaCze
ch R
epubli
c Li
thua
nia
1)
Polan
d
Roman
iaSwitz
erla
nd
Private
Public
Other
1) Forest area only
Joint FAO/UNECE
Working Party on Forest
Economics and
Statistics
30th Session
2-3 April 2008
2. Main results
85%
1%
14%State ownership
Provincial ownership
Communal Ownership
82%
5%
13%
Individuals / families
Forest industries
Private institutions
Public Forestsmostly ownedby the State
Private Forestmostly ownedby Individuals/
Families
OwnershipOwnership categoriescategories(11 countries: (11 countries: BelgiumBelgium, , BulgariaBulgaria, , CzechCzech RepublicRepublic, , FinlandFinland, , France, France, HungaryHungary, , PolandPoland, Romania, , Romania, SlovakiaSlovakia, UK, , UK, NorwayNorway))
Joint FAO/UNECE
Working Party on Forest
Economics and
Statistics
30th Session
2-3 April 2008
3. Issues & Trends
• Changing ownership structure:- Restitution/privatization
….ongoing in Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia
- Afforestation of agricultural land- Division of holdings because of inheritance
�Increasing number of private forest owners�Land fragmentation
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Working Party on Forest
Economics and
Statistics
30th Session
2-3 April 2008
3. Issues & Trends
• Changing ownership structure
Share (%) of holdings < 6ha in total area of private holdings
73
4133 32 29
2419
9 6 5 1 1 0 00.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
Polan
d
Slove
nia
Czech
Rep
ublic
Net
herlan
ds
Belgiu
m
France
Lat
via
Austri
a
Unite
d Kin
gdom
Hun
gary
Norway
Slova
kia
Bulgar
iaRom
ania
Restitution/privatization: often towards smallholding
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Working Party on Forest
Economics and
Statistics
30th Session
2-3 April 2008
3. Issues & Trends
• Owner Profiles & Interests– Increasing share of urban forest owners– Occupational field: often outside traditional
agriculture/forestry– Diverse ownership objectives
Objectives of individual owners (%)
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
Belgium Finland Hungary Ireland Latvia
Conservation
Multi-purpose
Production
Protection
Social services
None or unknown
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Working Party on Forest
Economics and
Statistics
30th Session
2-3 April 2008
3. Issues & Trends• Utilization rate
Utlisation percentage according to ownership category (%)
0,010,020,030,040,050,060,070,080,090,0
100,0
Austri
a
Belgium
Bulgar
ia
Finlan
d
Franc
e
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Switz
erlan
dUnite
d King
dom
Private ownership
Public ownership
Utilization rate mostly higher in public forests....except in Bulgaria, France, Finland
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Working Party on Forest
Economics and
Statistics
30th Session
2-3 April 2008
3. Issues & Trends• Organization & Association
- Large differences in share of organizedowners
- High share of organized owners: Austria, France, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland
- Only few countries with low levels of organizations
• Training- Large differences in attendance of courses- High in countries with high levels of
organization of private forest owners(Finland, France, Austria, Sweden, Norway)
Joint FAO/UNECE
Working Party on Forest
Economics and
Statistics
30th Session
2-3 April 2008
3. Issues & TrendsPolicy
MCPFE Warsaw Resolution 1 „Forests, Wood and Energy“:
Signatory States shall„..identify and remove unintented barriers to an increase of sustainable wood productionand mobilisation in forests of all types of ownership...„encourage capacity building of forestowners and their cooperatives and facilitatetheir cooperation and informationexchange..“
Joint FAO/UNECE
Working Party on Forest
Economics and
Statistics
30th Session
2-3 April 2008
4. Follow-up & possiblefuture activities
• Comments on draft discussion paper?Please contact until 10 May 2008: [email protected], Tel.: +41 22 917 24 80
• Your suggestions?• Complement PFO database with
additional country reports• Update dataset• Continue collaboration with FAO forest
tenure work in different regions