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Background Documentation
Item 1
Opening of the Conference
a) Registration of participants
b) Adoption of the agenda
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Provisional Agenda
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1. Opening of the Conference
a) Registration of the Participants
b) Adoption of the Agenda
2. Election of the Officers of the Conference
a) Chairperson and Vice-chairpersons
b) Minute-checkers
c) Vote-checkers
3. Reports on Activities in 2005 – 2006
a) Annual Report 2005 & highlights in Research Programmes
b) Activities of the Project Centres
c) Activities of the Board
d) Report of the Scientific Advisory Board
e) Final accounts and Auditors' report of EFI Association 2005
4. Work plan and budget 2007
5. Strategic issues
a) Vision and Strategy for EFI
b) Values of EFI
c) Structure of EFI
- Project Centres
- Regional Offices
6. Future of Forest Research
a) Forest-Sector Based Technology Platform
(speaker: C.G. Beckeman, Project Director, FTP)
b) Case: Eforwood project
(speaker: Kaj Rósen, Project Leader, EFORWOOD)
7. Appointment of Board members and auditors 2006/2007
a) Appointment of Board members
b) Appointment of Auditors of 2007 accounts
8. Membership matters
9. Time and venue of Annual Conferences in 2007 and 2008
10. Any other business
a) Grants and Awards
11. Closing of the Conference
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Item 3
Reports on Activities in 2005 - 2006
EFI Convention
Attached is an up-date on the ratifications on EFI Convention. By the end of August
2006, a total of 11 countries have ratified the Convention. They are: Austria, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Norway, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and
Sweden. In addition, the Convention has been dealt by the House of Commons and
House of Lords in the United Kingdom, and the finalisation of ratification in Turkey
is imminent. See annex 1.
Host Country Agreement
The Host Country Agreement between EFI and the Government of Finland was
signed in December 2005. It defines privileges and immunities for the EFI in Finland.
Since then, the agreement has been pending parliamentary approval. By September
2006, the agreement has passed a commentary round by various stakeholders, and is
now due to be forwarded to the final parliamentary process. It is expected the Host
Country Agreement will be in force by the end of the year.
Council meetings in 2006
The Council of EFI continued its first meeting (held in September 2005) in March
2006. At this meeting, the Council approved the financial rules of EFI. The Council,
however, saw a need to have a third session of the meeting in June 2006 in order to
fulfil all the duties defined in the EFI Convention, especially setting the Policy
Framework of EFI. The next Council meeting will be held in June 2008 in Spain. The
Council elected Spain as the next Chairman of the Council, i.e. for the years 20082011.
The Council decided on the following policy framework for EFI:
A. EFI shall strive to conduct its research at a high, international level, providing
such facilities and other conditions for work that highly competent research
scientists will want to work with the Institute, either at Joensuu or in a cooperative arrangement.
B. EFI shall make continuous efforts to ensure high quality of research, and that
all other aspects of organising and carrying out research projects and of all
other activities are of the highest standing.
C. EFI shall develop procedures to continuously involve its associate members in
research and networking in an efficient and transparent manner.
D. EFI shall take on the role as representative of the European forest research
community in accordance with the needs of its associate members.
E. EFI shall play a major role in terms of providing excellent information services
in general and adopt a proactive information support for policy- and decisionmaking in particular.
F. Complementary to contributions according to article10 a-c of the Convention,
the Board with the assistance of the Secretariat is asked to develop a funding
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strategy, including joint funding options, with the aim of facilitating activities
of the institute, and to establish procedures to this end.
G. EFI shall develop a strategy for further co-operation and integration of Project
Centres, Regional Offices, or any other regional bodies outside of the HQ into
the overall framework of the Institute in full accordance with the Convention
and within the funding strategy mentioned above (point F).
3 a) The Annual Report 2005 and highlights in Research Programmes
The Director will give a full report at the Conference.
The Annual Report 2005 has been sent to all Associate and Affiliate members in July
2006. It is also attached herewith in annex 2.
3 b) Activities of Project Centres
3c) Activities of the Board
3 d) Report of the Scientific Advisory Board
Reports will be given by a representative of Project Centres, Chairman of the Board
and Chairman of the SAB.
Item 3 e
Final Accounts and Auditors’ report for EFI Association
Financial Statements for the year 2005
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Finnish
Accounting Act and other rules and regulations governing the preparation of financial
statements in Finland.
Due to the dissolving decision by the members of EFI Association to legally change
the status of EFI to an international organisation, the closing date of the accounts was
exceptionally 15 December 2005. Authorised public accountants audited the final
accounts and administration. In addition, these dissolving accounts are also audited by
a special auditor who will see that the dissolving and transferring process of EFI
assets and liabilities and contractual liabilities are done and documented in following
all legal requirements.
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Item 3, annex 1
Convention on the European Forest Institute
Status of Ratification and Entry into Force
The Convention on the European Forest Institute was adopted by the Conference to adopt the
Convention on the European Forest Institute and opened for signature by European States and European
regional economic integration organizations on 28 August 2003 in Joensuu. In accordance with its
Article 14, the Convention shall remain open for signature in Helsinki at the Ministry for Foreign
Affairs of Finland, until 28 November 2003. The Convention shall also be open for accession.
The list below contains the latest information concerning dates of signature, ratification/acceptance/
approval/accession and entry into force. The column "Ratification/acceptance/approval/accession"
indicates the dates when the instrument of ratification (R), acceptance (A), approval (AA) or accession
(a) is deposited with the Depositary. The column "Entry into force" indicates the dates when the
Convention enters into force for respective State or regional economic integration organisation.
The Convention will enter into force on 4 September 2005.
State
Albania
Andorra
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Signature
Ratification/acceptance/
approval/accession
Entry into force
28 August 2003
14 September 2005 (R)
13 November 2005
28 August 2003
12 December 2005 (R)
15 April 2004 (a)
13 February 2006
4 September 2005
28 August 2003
5 February 2004 (AA)
4 September 2005
28 August 2003
28 August 2003
28 August 2003
27 November 2003
24 May 2004 (A)
4 September 2005
9 March 2005 (R)
4 September 2005
28 August 2003
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Lithuania
Luxembourg
The Former Yugoslav
Republic of
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
Serbia and
Montenegro
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Item 3, annex 1
7 October 2003
10 September 2003
28 August 2003
9 October 2003 (AA)
4 September 2005
4 November 2003
26 November 2003
6 July 2005 (R)
4 September 2005
5 April 2006 (R)
1 July 2005 (R)
19 January 2005 (R)
4 June 2006
4 September 2005
4 September 2005
27 November 2003
25 November 2003
28 August 2003
28 August 2003
26 November 2003
28 August 2003
28 August 2003
EFI’s mission is to
·promote, conduct and co-operate in research of
forestry and forest products at the pan-European
level; and to
·make the results of the research known to all
interested parties, notably in the areas of policy
formulation and implementation,
in order to promote the conservation and sustainable
management of forests in Europe.
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annual report
2005
In 2005…
- EFI became an International Organisation established by eight
European Governments.
- The Forest Sector Based Technological Platform was launched
and its Strategic Research Agenda was formulated with EFI’s
active involvement.
- A seventh Project Centre, PHOENIX, joined EFI.
In 2006…
- The largest European forest research project EFORWOOD
starts in full speed. Its coordinator is EFI Associate Member
Skogforsk from Sweden.
- The Strategic Research Agenda of the Forest Sector Based
Technological Platform is published.
- The establishment of the first Regional Office of EFI is on
the agenda.
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p h o t o s Marja Pirilä / www.leuku.fi, Saku Ruusila, Pepe Encinas, Ilpo Rytkönen / KK-Kuva, Nils Jerling / Skogforsk, Risto Päivinen, Brita Pajari
l ay o u t Kuvaste / Joensuu p r i n t Painotalo Seiska / Iisalmi 2006
Risto Päivinen
Overview
François Houllier
There is probably no such thing as a ‘normal’ year, but 2005 will
surely be remembered as a landmark in the history of the European
Forest Institute. Indeed, EFI has truly become an international
organisation, as at the time of going to press it has eleven member
countries from different parts of Europe; all necessary decision
making bodies have been established and have met; a Host Country
Agreement with Finland has been signed; a Director of the new EFI
has been selected and appointed; and last, but not least, the role of
the Scientific Advisory Board, as a friendly but alert watchdog, has
been confirmed.
These developments now seem obvious and fairly natural, but those who inspired and initiated
them several years ago and those who spent time and energy in preparing all the necessary
steps should be praised for this achievement and its apparent smoothness.
There are a few other things that deserve to be mentioned regarding this process. EFI’s
internationalisation was the result of a bottom-up process, that is a form of self-organisation
driven by more than 130 forest and forest-related organisations from all over Europe. In terms
of staff and budget, EFI still is, and will be, a small structure whose strength and raison d’être
rely upon its networking capability and its ability to address research issues of a pan-European
nature. Being an international organisation is an asset, but it is not the end of the story, nor
has it any value by itself: it is the collective use of this new status that will transform this asset
into benefits for the European forest sector.
Thus, it is very positive that a seventh Project Centre joined the EFI family in 2005 and
that some Members and Associate Members took new initiatives towards creating what
might become, in the ensuing years, EFI Regional Offices. It is also a good sign that EFI was
active, and welcomed in the establishment of the Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform,
and that it was able to cement links with the “Plants for the Future” Technology Platform and
participate in the elaboration of its Strategic Research Agenda.
Both the stronger networking and advocating for the European forest research community
will be central elements in the EFI activities in the forthcoming years. We will actively continue the discussion with all EFI Member States, Associate and Affiliate Member institutions,
Project Centres, staff members and various other partners on the vision of EFI.
François Houllier
Chairman
Risto Päivinen
Director
Organisation
With its new status, EFI can better serve its member organisations, which are
now called Associate and Affiliate Members. The former refers to European
member organisations, and the latter to non-European member organisations.
By the end of 2005, EFI had 135 Associate Members and 6 Affiliate Members.
EFI’s new status brought a new and a very central element to its organisation,
namely Members. They are those countries which have ratified the EFI
Convention and consequently have a seat in the EFI Council that convenes every
three years.
Associate and Affiliate members
of EFI at the historical annual
conference in Barcelona.
The launch of an international organisation established by European States
The first eight ratifying countries, namely Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Germany,
Norway, Romania, Spain and Sweden, convened for the first EFI Council meeting
in Helsinki on 5 September. This Council meeting was the first step in the launch
of the new EFI. Next, it was time to say good-bye to the old EFI Association.
The Annual Conference of the EFI Association gathered on 8 September in
Barcelona, Spain. This was the time for EFI members to decide on the transfer
of activities from the EFI Association to an EFI established by Convention. In
December, the EFI Association was dissolved at a small dissolving conference.
Assets and liabilities of the Association were subsequently transferred to the EFI
established by Convention.
New Associate Members
· European Confederation of Woodworking
Industries – CEI-Bois, Belgium
· Faculty of Forestry, University of Banja
Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
· French Institute of Forestry, Agricultural
and Environmental Engineering
(ENGREF), France
· Iceland Forest Service, Iceland
· Istituto di Ricerca e Formazione per la
Montagna e la Foresta (I.R.M.F.), Italy
New Affiliate Members
· Forestry Programme,
University of KwaZulu-Natal,
South Africa
Australia
Canada
Iceland
Japan
South Africa
United States
December 2005
The Annual Conference of the EFI established by Convention
was also held on 8 September 2005, in Barcelona. At this Conference
those decisions required to set up the organs of EFI were made.
This historical Conference was chaired by EFI’s Honorary Chairman, Tim Peck, and closed by the Minister of the Environment of
Catalonia, Salvador Milá, together with José Maria Solana, Head of
Forest Planning, and Management for the Conservation of the Biodiversity, from the Environmental Ministry, Spain, and Josep Ramon
Mora, Chairman of the CTFC.
The Board and the Scientific Advisory Board
To have the organisation fully operational, the Council and Associate
Members of EFI both nominated four Board members. After having completed the maximum term of six years on the Board of the
EFI Association, it was time to bid a grateful farewell to Dr. Zoltan
Somogyi and Dr. Jan Ilavský.
Member scholarships
EFI offered three scholarships to young and promising researchers
in 2005. Aljoscha Requardt, University of Hamburg, Department
of Wood Science, World Forestry Section, Germany, conducted
an ‘Analysis and Evaluation of European Information Networking
Structures and Information Management regarding Pan-European
Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management’.
Mirjana Stevanov, University of Göttingen, Forest Faculty, Institute for Forest Policy, Germany, worked on a ‘Benchmarking Model:
Performance of the State Forest Institution’, and James Walmsely,
University of Wales, School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences,
Bangor, UK, conducted research on ‘Options for addressing nutrient
deficiency in forests harvested for biomass fuel: the potential of wood
ash and other waste residues’.
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The EFI Board as of 8 September
2005, (those elected by the Council
and the Annual Conference):
Mr. F.Xavier Ballabriga
Spain (Council)
Dr. Miroslav Benko
Croatia (Council)
Dr. François Houllier
France (Conference)
Dr. Cecil Konijnendijk
Denmark (Council)
Dr. Liisa Saarenmaa
Finland (Council)
Dr. Andrey Selikhovkin
Russia (Conference)
Prof. Dr. Birger Solberg
Norway (Conference)
Prof. Konstantin von Teuffel
Germany (Conference)
The Chairman of the Board is
François Houllier and the
Vice-Chairman is Cecil Konijnendijk.
The Scientific Advisory Board of the EFI Association was transferred to the new EFI according to its previous composition:
Prof. E.P. Farrell
Ireland
Prof. Davide Pettenella
Italy
Prof. Dr. David Humphreys
United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. Hubert Sterba
Austria
Dr. Eeva Hellström
Finland
Prof. Göran Ståhl
Sweden
Dr. Antoine Kremer
France
Dr. Viktor Teplyakov
Russian Federation
Prof.Dr. Jari Kuuluvainen
Finland
Some SAB members and members
Prof. Dr. Frits Mohren
(Chairman)
the Netherlands
of the EFI Secretariat in the
footsteps of Leonardo da Vinci at
the University of Padova, Italy.
Networking
One of the main pillars in the vision of EFI is to act
as a promoter of forest research and to facilitate forest
research networking at the pan-European level. In 2005,
EFI actively participated in the preparation of the Strategic
Research Agenda of the Forest Based Sector Technology
Platform in order to show how forest research contributes
to the society as a whole. Such participation is always
done in collaboration with other representatives of forest
research and forest sector in general.
Developing the long-term agenda of the forest sector
On 15 February 2005, the Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform, FTP, was launched,
which gathered all the stakeholders of the sector together to define and implement a Strategic
Research Agenda for the long-term future. Exactly one year later, on 13 February 2006, a Strategic Research Agenda was published. Over 700 proposals for research topics were received
from National Support Groups and other stakeholders. Their aggregation and prioritization at
the European level was made according to five “value chains”, forestry, wood, pulp and paper,
bioenergy, and specialities / new businesses.
EFI actively contributed to the development of the Strategic Research Agenda by acting
as the Secretariat of the Forestry value chain, Risto Päivinen chaired the value chain and also
participated in the SRA writing team. This facilitative role was possible thanks to support
received from the Nordic Forest Research Co-operation Committee (SNS).
The Strategic Research Agenda is an ambitious initiative. In its twenty-six research areas
it stresses sustainability, development and the manufacture of innovative products, resource
availability, multiple forest use, biodiversity, the production of bio-energy, and energy efficiency. More info: www.forestplatform.org.
An important element for the future of the Institute lies in strengthening the EFI network
by establishing “Regional Offices” at various locations in Europe as integral parts of the
Institute. As a first step towards this aim, in 2006/2007, EFI’s first Regional Office will be
established in Barcelona, Spain.
The Annual Conference excursion took place at
a privately owned forest in Catalonia bringing
together private forest owners and researchers.
EFORWOOD project partners around the
Viking project plans in Uppsala, Sweden.
Research Programmes
EFI carries out comparative studies and other research that focuses on topics that
fall under its four research programmes: forest ecology and management, forest
products’ markets and socio-economics, policy analysis and forest resources
and information. The research conducted at the EFI Headquarters is strongly
complemented by EFI’s seven Project Centres. The leading principles in these
activities are independence, objectiveness, high quality and co-operation.
Consistent work rewarded
2005 yielded benefits from the collective efforts of previous years. First, the large EFORWOOD project was launched. It aims to provide methodologies and tools that will, for the
first time, integrate a Sustainability Impact Assessment of the whole European Forestry-Wood
Chain (FWC), by quantifying the performance of the FWC and by using indicators for all the
three pillars of sustainability: the environment, the economy and society. EFORWOOD is an
Integrated Project co-funded by the EU’s 6th Framework Programme, and involves 38 partners
throughout the forestry-wood chain. The project is led by Kaj Rosén, SkogForsk, Sweden. EFI
has a large share in the project and many of the EFI Project Centres are also involved. More
info: www.eforwood.com
Contract negotiations were also held in 2005 for another 6th Framework Programme Integrated Project in which EFI is a partner: the FIREPARADOX project aims at building scientific
and technological bases for new practices and policies for integrated wildland fire management
in Europe. The FIREPARADOX consortium includes 32 partners from 12 countries. This
project is co-ordinated by the Centro de Ecologia Aplicada, Prof. Baeta Neves, at the Instituto
Superior de Agronomia, Lisbon, Portugal. EFI’s main task is related to compiling the data
management platform for the project. More info: www.mtda.fr/fire_paradox/index.php
Research towards supporting the fight against illegal logging and the image of the forest
sector were also among the focal points of EFI’s activities in 2005. EFI is collaborating with
several government and non-government institutions in this field and has also contributed
to ongoing initiatives within the framework of the MCPFE.
In 2005, EFI had 34 projects running. A large part of the funding came as co-funding
from the EU Framework Programme for Research. Apart from this, the EEA, ESA, and the
Finnish Ministries of Foreign Affairs and of Agriculture and Forestry have also financed EFI
projects.
A complete and detailed list of the projects (aims, duration and possible EU contract number)
is available in the supplement of this Annual Report.
www.efi.int/research
EFI Research Programme Managers in 2005:
Marcus Lindner, Ilpo Tikkanen,
Andreas Schuck and Andreas Ottitsch.
Research
Programme 1
Forest Ecology and Management
The Forest Ecology and Management research prowork Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and
gramme has been investigating new research topics.
the Kyoto Protocol.
Work on sustainability impact assessments started in two
An EFI team carried-out a top-down integrated assessprojects in 2005. In the SENSOR project, environmental,
ment of the stocks and stock changes for six countries,
social, and economic effects
namely Austria, Finland,
of multifunctional land use
Germany, Ireland, Spain and
“Forest management of today includes
in Europe are analysed; and
Sweden. It also identified
environmental ecosystem services such as
in the EFORWOOD project,
uncertainties associated
a tool for the sustainabilcarbon sequestration as well as the economic
with these assessments. The
ity impact assessment of the
top-down approach applied
and social dimensions of sustainability.”
whole forest wood chain will
forest inventory data in their
M. Lindner
be developed. A study comaggregated form. Volume esmissioned by the European
timates were then expanded
Environment Agency analysed the environmentally comto total tree biomass carbon estimates per tree species
patible potentials for bioenergy from European forests.
and age class, using Biomass Expansion Factors (BEFs)
identified within the project. Carbon stock changes were
Assessing carbon stocks and their changes
calculated using the EFISCEN model for the period
The CarboInvent project was completed at the end of
1995–2015.
2005. The project identified, developed and provided
This approach offers a carbon assessment method
methodologies and information that will facilitate aswhich requires less input data compared to other more
sessment of carbon stocks and stock changes in forests
detailed methodologies. As a result of the CarboInvent
at the national and European levels, in order to meet the
work and other parallel research activities, there has been
commitments of Europe to the United Nations Framesignificant progress in the assessment of carbon in tree
Tree carbon stock (TgC)
Soil carbon stock (Tg C)
Pie area is proportional to sum:
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Total forest carbon stock
(in trees and soil) in six case
Map exported from CommonGIS/Descartes XXI
study countries in 1995.
biomass compared to the state-of-knowledge at the end of
the 1990s. However, the quality of existing BEFs still varies a lot between forest types and regions. A comparison
of modeled carbon stocks and stock changes for national
results emphasises the importance of realistic harvest
data in the top-down integration approach.
The top-down integration approach also includes
an assessment of soil carbon stocks and stock changes
according to the dynamic soil carbon model Yasso.
However, the uncertainties linked with the soil carbon
assessment are considerably larger in comparison to the
biomass carbon assessment.
The results show that on a per hectare basis, forest
stands in Germany and Austria store much more carbon
than stands in the other investigated countries. However,
because of the larger forest area in Sweden and Finland,
their total carbon pools are comparable with Germany,
whereas the national totals for Austria, Ireland and Spain
are smaller.
Hans Verkerk
Patrick Faubert and Tim Green
www.efi.int/research/programmes/programme1/
Personnel & visiting researchers
Dr. Marcus Lindner
Programme Manager
Germany
Mr. Tianjian Cao
Researcher
China
Mr. Thies Egger s
Researcher
Germany
Mr. Patrick Faubert
Researcher
Canada
Mr. Tim Green
Project Administrator
United Kingdom
Ms. Jeannette Meyer
Researcher
Germany
Ms. Taru Palosuo
Researcher
Finland
Mr. Mikko Peltoniemi
Researcher (acting)
Finland
Mr. Martin Nikl
Visiting Researcher
Czech Republic
Ms. Esther Thürig
Postdoc Researcher
Switzerland
Total of 4.5 person years
Mr. Hans Verkerk
Researcher
The Netherlands
Ms. Terhi Vilén
Researcher
Finland
Mr. James Walmsely
EFI Scholar
United Kingdom
Trainees
Ms. Niina Lehikoinen
Finland
Ms. Femke Maes
The Netherlands
Mr. Torsten Tritscher
Germany
Research Associates
Mr. Sergey Zudin
Senior Programmer
Russia
Dr. Bernhard
Schlamadinger
Austria
Dr. Vincent Kint
Visiting Researcher
Belgium
Dr. Gert-Jan Nabuurs
The Netherlands
Research
Programme 2
Forest Products’ Markets
and Socio-economics
The Economic dimension of illegal logging
of figures “by convention”, such as the one used in EFI’s
and related policies
own studies, which postulates that a minimum share of
EFI-GTM scenarios illustrate the impact of illegal
50% of all material “from unknown sources” is consumed
logging and related policies. In 2005, EFI finalised its
domestically and thus not available for export.
project “the Impact of Reduction of Illegal Logging in
Beneficiaries of policies in the context of the currently
European Russia on EU and Russian Timber Markets”.
discussed FLEGT-processes and related policies would
The objective of this project was to analyse the impacts
be legally operating forest owners, operators and tradof policies currently discussed in international processes,
ers in both ”partner”-countries and European importer
such as the EU-FLEGT Action Program and the ENAcountries.
FLEG (Europe and North Asia) Ministerial Conference
The detailed report on EFI’s study, which was also
on European timber markets.
presented in the context of MCPFE, as well as the
The results show that the overall market impact of
ENA-FLEG Ministerial Conference in St. Petersburg in
wood procurement from unknown sources – possibly
November 2005 is available at: http://www.efi.int/publilinked to illegal logging – from European Russia could be
cations/technical-reports/19.html
in the range of 5%–10% in reduced prices for both Russian and EU forest products markets. This price differenEFI-GTM looks at competition for wood
tial results mainly from increased supply quantities due
in relation to bioenergy
to the influence of assessed amounts, 10%–15% of total
In 2005, EFI-GTM was utilized to calculate competition
roundwood consumption, which cannot be explained
between energy wood and other forest industries for
with officially registered production quantities. If this
the European Environment Agency. According to past
is assumed to be linked to illegal logging, these figures
market prices, it is unlikely to expect that substantial
could result in financial losses in the range of 250 Mill.
amounts of forest biomass will be utilized for the generaUSD for legal operators and the Russian government, the
tion of bio-energy without price subsidies. However, if
forest owner in this region of Russia. These and other
energy prices continue to rise, this would also improve
figures from this study
the competitiveness of
refer to 2002.
energy wood on the market.
In the course of this
“Economic Forest Sector Analysis can
One important developproject, EFI also found
ment in this context is the
now provide key information for current
at least 75% of all wood
establishment of emission
hot topics in international forest debates”
imports (roundwood and
trading schemes for CO 2
A. Ottitsch
sawnwood) from Russia
emissions. CO 2 emission
into the European Union
credits currently have a marto be covered by some form of wood tracing system, suitket value of 20–30 € per ton of CO2 and this is expected
able for proving the legal origin of these wood deliveries.
to increase in the long term. By also taking into account
In trade with Nordic countries, this share is even higher,
the price incentive of substituting alternative fossil fuels
namely more than 90%. This is due to the dominace of
in the energy generation, a market value for wood chips
a few large scale operators and their suppliers, who have
was calculated with 54, 78, and 120 € per m3 of dry wood
developed such systems over the past decade.
chips (solid wood equivalent, supplied at a local plant) for
In general, the exact direction of flows of wood from
2010, 2020, and 2030, respectively.
unknown origins has proven very difficult to assess from
In the medium term (2010–2020), the majority of the
a mere comparison of statistics. It requires additional
wood chips supply for bio-energy will come from forest
research or – as an intermediate solution – the adoption
residues with the price paid at the mill gate below 50 €
10
per m3 for biomass. In 2020–2030, with the price level
for wood chips at 80 € and higher, wood biomass will be
able to gain a significant share of wood used by forest
industries, and this source will become second largest,
after forest residues.
The highest impact of this increased price for biomass
is going to be on the EU pulp industry. Since the production of chemical pulp requires a high input of wood
fibre, which will compete directly with wood biomass,
the increased price for wood fibre due to competition
with bioenergy would increase production costs for pulp
sharply, thereby reducing the competitiveness of the
EU pulp industry on the global market. An increasing
market value of energy wood would lead to substantial
mobilization of wood biomass resources for bio-energy
from other competing industries currently utilizing wood
resources. While the conservative cost estimates for 2020
resulted in rather small market replacements equivalent
to 5.9 Mtoe, the projected energy potential from competitive use of wood increased to more than 33 Mtoe in
2030. These results demonstrate the great importance
of market interactions for the assessment of biomass
resource potentials until 2030.
Gerben Janse and Kaija Saramäki
Markku Husso and Alexander Moiseyev
www.efi.int/research/programmes/programme2/
Personnel & visiting reseachers
Dr. Andreas Ottitsch
Programme Manager
Austria
Mr. Markku Husso
Researcher
Finland
Ms. Hanne-Mari Hölttä
Programme Assistant
Finland
Mr. Gerben Janse
Researcher
The Netherlands
Ms. Lauma Kazusa
Research Assistant
Latvia
Dr. Bruce Michie
Senior Researcher
USA
Dr. Alexander Moiseyev
Senior Researcher
Russia
Ms. Kaija Saramäki
Project Administrator
Finland
Ms. Mireia Vilaplana
Research Assistant
Spain
Mr. Milos Kucera
Visiting Researcher
Czech Republic
Total of 6.5 person years
Trainees
Ms. Maria Carmela Fierro
Italia
Ms. Eva Sevillano Marco
Spain
Mr. Martin Wehrhausen
Germany
Research Associates
Mr Philip Wardle
United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. Udo Mantau
Germany
Prof. Nikolai Burdin
Russia
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Research
Programme 3
Policy Analysis
FOPER – for future research capacities
in the region (Banja Luka, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Skopje,
in South-Eastern Europe
Tirana, and Zagreb). These faculties will provide students
The EFI-coordinated Forest Policy and Economics Educaand teachers for the program and the teaching will be
tion and Research –project (FOPER) firmly established
implemented in rotation at two different locations.
itself during 2005 in Albania,
Teaching is scheduled to
the former Yugoslav Republic
start in 2007. The graduates
“The pan-European collaboration between
of Macedonia, Serbia and
are expected to be employed
Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzein forest research and educascientists and policy makers is essential for
govina, and Croatia. The first
tion in these countries, thus
improved knowledge base of decision making.”
major activity, an assessment
providing an important
I.Tikkanen
of the training needs in the
improvement in capacity on
field of forest policy and ecoforest policy and economics.
nomics, was implemented and the results are now available on the project website. This assessment provides a
New avenues for strengthening
firm basis for the development of a training program at
the science-policy interface
the Master level, as well as for professional training. The
Co-operation towards strengthening the science-policy
design of the training program was started in late 2005
interface, through the Ministerial Conference for the Proand is expected to be finalised in mid-2006.
tection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE) Work Programme
The Master Program on Forest Policy and Economics
with Liaison Unit Warsaw and EFI network partners,
will be a joint effort among the six Faculties of Forestry
successfully continued in 2005. The aim has been to
Conceptual framework for Science Policy Interface and the instruments (blue) of FOPER for strengthening it.
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Tomi Tuomasjukka and Mari Pitkänen
provide a platform for science-policy dialogue between
policy-makers and the science community by organising and designing several policy relevant seminars and
workshops in support of the implementation of Vienna
Resolutions. This activity will be vital during 2006–2007,
in preparation for the MCPFE Warsaw Summit.
FOPER, for its part, strengthened the interface in its
operations. A central element in its strategy is the promotion of a commonly agreed agenda for policy relevant forest research in the region. The FOPER-team is gearing-up
towards the initiation of a process which will facilitate the
creation of such an agenda. A variety of other instruments
(see the figure), such as the training of researchers and a
conference on the role of national forest programmes in
implementing the interface will also be applied.
Communication is a vital policy instrument
In 2005, EFI carried out a study on European cooperation
and networking in forest communication. The results
indicate that a general move from reactive to pro-active
communication is taking place in forest sector communication – the forest sector is becoming more active
when it comes to speaking out in the media. One of the
most interesting observations of this study was that the
forest sector, especially at the European level, is struggling with the question of what it really wants to achieve
with its communication efforts: to boost its image with
the public?; to be successful at policy lobbying?; or, to
really build relationships and two-way communication
processes with other sectors and interest groups?
Personnel & visiting reseachers
Mr. Ilpo Tikkanen
Programme Manager
Finland
Ms. Mari Pitkänen
Project Administrator
Finland
Ms. Mirjana Stevanov
EFI Scholar
Germany
Mr. Tomi Tuomasjukka
Project Coordinator
Finland
Mirjana Stevanov
The forest sector is increasingly realizing that cooperation (within the sector, with relevant policy-makers,
but also with specific groups like constructors, architects,
and educational institutes) and networking are the only
ways for the sector to strengthen the impact of its communication, for example, through combined expertise,
learning from each other’s best practices, resources, pool
of contacts etc. The added-value of cooperation has to
be clearly present, in order for organizations to engage
in cooperation with other organizations and to accept a
certain degree of “loss of autonomy” over their own communication activities. In relation to networking activities,
it is important to realize the importance of social capital,
i.e. actors (organizations) need to trust each other, have
shared views, and benefit from the information shared.
www.efi.int/research/programmes/programme3/
Research Associates
Total of 3 person years
Prof. Dr Américo M.S.
Carvalho Mendes
Portugal
Trainees
Prof. Peter Gluck
Austria
Ms. Melanie Brunings
The Netherlands
Dr. Heikki Pajuoja
Finland
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Research
Programme 4
Forest Resources and Information
Missions accomplished
demonstration of simultaneous extraction of data from
Two EU Framework Projects, one of which was coordiremotely located servers. The demonstration case used
nated by EFI, came to an end in 2005.
sub-national forest inventory data (forest area from
The description, discovery, communication and
Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy and Sweden).
sharing of forest information were the topics of the
The target of the exercise was to show the technical
5th Framework Accompanying Measure ‘Network for a
possibilities for remote access data retrieval, it was not
European Forest Information Service’, NEFIS. It was
to harmonize or make comparable data from different
carried out by a consortium of 16 forestry/environmensources. Harmonization issues have been and are subject
tal information providers and
to other international activities
systems developers. The project’s
(e.g. COST Action E43: http://
“To share the forest information, users
main components were: (1) the
www.metla.fi/eu/cost/e43/).
development of a NEFIS metadata
A metadata record was creneed to unite by improving networks.”
schema for description of forest
ated for the sub-national invenA.Schuck
information resources, including
tory data, thus allowing users
the development of a theme-based
to retrieve forest area data from
vocabulary; (2) initiation of a consultative analysis-design
remote servers and collate them into one data table. The
process for outlining a system architecture based on panuser was then given the possibility to analyze and visualEuropean forest information processes at a generic level
ize the retrieved data by using the CommonGIS software
that considers national and institutional relationships
(http://commongis.jrc.it/). New analysis techniques and
and information responsibilities; and (3) elaboration of
tools were part of NEFIS, thus serving the needs of data
an advanced demonstration tool.
providers and users. The advanced demonstrator can be
The demonstration tool was based on previous
accessed at (http://www.efi.fi/projects/nefis).
research activities (see EFI News 2002 No. 2 Vol. 10).
The 5th FP project ‘Carbon Assimilation and ModelOne particular new development in NEFIS was the
ling of the European Land Surface, CAMELS’ quantified
Percentage of forest area for the six
countries supplying inventory data for
the NEFIS project. Data for the Italian
regions are displayed in the table.
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the contribution of European ecosystems and land use to
changes in atmospheric CO2. For the first time, data from
a variety of sources were brought together with state of
the art models to offer a complete picture of the exchange
of carbon between the atmosphere and European land
surfaces. The EFI team contributed by providing input
on changes over time for forest, agricultural and other
land and by elaborating geo-referenced European growing stock and biomass maps.
New activities
During 2005, three new EU 6th Framework Programme
projects were favorably evaluated. The first one was
the Integrated Project ‘Tools for Sustainability Impact
Assessment of Forestry-Wood Chain (EFORWOOD)’ in
which EFI as a whole is strongly engaged. The team in
this research programme will take on tasks related to (1)
user needs assessments and training plan development
and (2) the elaboration of a simplified web-based version
of the comprehensive tool for sustainability impact assessment of the European forestry-wood chain developed
within EFORWOOD.
The 6th FP Specific Targeted Research Project ‘Biodiversity Impact Assessment Using Species Sensitivity
Scores (Bioscore)’ aims to develop a tool for linking pressures from policy sectors to the (change in the) state of
biodiversity, as measured by the presence and abundance
of individual species. EFI will mainly concentrate on applying the BioScore tool for assessing the effectiveness
of biodiversity conservation measures and its potential
for forecasting the impacts of European policies on biodiversity, based on existing scenario studies. The project
is lead by European Centre for Nature Conservation in
the Netherlands.
Personnel & visiting reseachers
Mr. Andreas Schuck
Programme Manager
Germany
Mr. Jo Van Brusselen
Researcher
Belgium
Mr. Tim Green
Project Administrator
United Kingdom
Ms. Emi Pesonen
Research Assistant
Japan
Mr. Aljoscha Requardt
EFI Scholar
Germany
Sergey Zudin, Elena Zudina, Katja Tröltzsch and Jo Van Brusselen
In the Integrated Project ‘An innovative approach of
Integrated Wildland Fire Management regulating the
wildfire problem by the wise use of fire: solving the FIRE
PARADOX’ the EFI team will be responsible for building the information management platform and assist in
reviewing policies & practices on a European scale with
emphasis on prescribed burning/suppression fire. The
project is lead by the Instituto Superior de Agronomia,
Portugal and consists of 31 partners.
Last but not least, the European Space Agency funded
GSE Forest Monitoring, Stage 2, project is also under
way. Besides other tasks EFI acts as the secrectariat of
the User Executive Body GSE Forest Monitoring, Stage 2.
The project is coordinated by GAF AG, Germany.
www.efi.int/research/programmes/programme4/
Dr. Tim Richards
Senior Researcher
United Kingdom
Ms. Elena Zudina
Programming Assistant
Russia
Mr. Mart-Jan Schelhaas
Researcher
The Netherlands
Total of 5.5 person years
Ms. Katja Tröltzsch
Research Assistant
Germany
Mr. Simo Varis
Operational Manager for
Information Systems
Finland
Mr. Sergey Zudin
Senior Programmer
Russia
Trainees
Mr. Alexander Gradel
Germany
Research Associates
Prof. Dr Michael Köhl
Germany
Dr. Jari Parviainen
Finland
Dr. Dominique Richard
France
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Project Centres
EFI Project Centres are independent network nodes that carry out research
under the EFI research strategy. A co-ordination meeting between all Project
Centres and EFI Programme Managers is held annually. In August 2005 this
meeting was held in connection with the EFI Annual Conference in Solsona.
The co-ordinating and facilitating role of EFI headquarters towards its Project
Centres was identified as one of the key challenges for the future.
Representatives from EFI Project Centres met in Barcelona in September:
(From left) Stuart Dedrick (ConForest), Pere Riera (MEDFOREX), Heinrich Spiecker (ConForest), Jasper
Schjipperijn (EUFORIC), Jean Michel Carnus (IEFC), Christophe Orazio (IEFC), Gerhard Weiss (INNOFORCE),
Francisco Moreira (PHOENIX), (front row from left) Olga Shaytarova (PROCEs), Robert Mavsar (MEDFOREX),
Margarida Tomé (IEFC), Marc Palahí (MEDFOREX) and Josep Ramon Mora (MEDFOREX).
At the beginning of 2005, EFI’s Project Centre family was complemented by a new, seventh,
member – PHOENIX, co-ordinated by ISA in Portugal. The main objective of PHOENIX is to
develop decision criteria for preventive post-fire forest management. A sound database on existing
scientific knowledge on the fire characteristics of different forest types and respective species and
criteria for classifying forest types in terms of their fire hazard resilience will be developed. In
addition, the potential and limitations of various post-fire management options are defined and
knowledge transfer mechanisms for researchers and end-users will be set up.
www.efi.int/research/project-centres/
Copenhagen, Denmark
EUFORIC coordinates, promotes and develops urban forestry research, practice
and education in Europe.
Major achievements
In 2005, EUFORIC published the long awaited reference book ‘Urban Forest
and Trees’. Almost 60 authors from 21 countries contributed to the book that
was published by Springer publishers. Also, the international MSc programme
‘Urban Forestry & Urban Greening’ was launched in September 2005, and successfully received 95 applications, of whom 20 students were admitted to the
course. Additionally, one of the main EUFORIC R&D projects, the development
of a planning and management system for the forest greenbelt of St Petersburg,
Russia, came to an end with the opening of a demonstration forest and the launch
of an official forest greenbelt strategy.
EUFORIC
Homepages
www.sl.kvl.dk/euforic
www.efi.int/research/projectcentres/euforic.html
Contact person
Mr Jasper Schipperijn
jsc@kvl.dk
Challenges ahead
EUFORIC will continue its efforts related to research project applications for
urban forestry, aims to establish a functional urban forestry information service,
and wishes to expand the consortium.
Solsona, Spain
MEDFOREX
Improved Valuation, Assessment and Decision Support Tools for the Sustainable
Management of Mediterranean Forests
Homepages
www.medforex.net
Major achievements
2005 was an important year for the MEDFOREX network in terms of visibility,
scientific publications and the procurement of research projects. An important
publication ‘Valuing Mediterranean forests: Towards Total Economic Value (Eds.
Maurizio Merlo and Lelia Croitoru) was published. The first annual conference of
EFI as an international organization was organised by MEDFOREX in Barcelona.
The 2005 MEDFOREX annual meeting took place in Orestiada (Greece), which
gathered 40 participants from 15 different Mediterranean countries.
The TEMPUS project MEDFOREM started. It aims at improving higher education in forestry in Syria, Tunisia and Lebanon. Finally, 20 scientific publications
were published or submitted for publication in 2005.
www.efi.int/research/projectcentres/medforex.html
Contact person
Dr Marc Palahí
marc.palahi@ctfc.es
Challenges ahead
The main goal of MEDFOREX is to become a main actor in Mediterranean forest
research. It will continue its participation in relevant international projects, and
facilitate new doctoral research related to its research areas.
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IEFC
Homepages
www.iefc.net
www.efi.int/research/projectcentres/iefc.html
Contact person
Christophe Orazio
christophe.orazio@iefc.net
Bordeaux, France
IEFC – Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée
The IEFC network aims to improve research cooperation and transfer of knowledge on sustainable forest management of cultivated forests.
Major achievements
2005 was a fruitful and busy year for the IEFC, during which its membership
expanded, rewarding work on criteria and indicators for Sustainable Forest Management was carried out in the FORSEE project and an international conference
on Biodiversity and Plantation Forests was organised.
The EU-funded FORSEE project coordinated by IEFC was in its mid-term in
2005. Data for assessing and improving criteria and indicators was collected in
all the regional pilot zones of the project on the basis of common protocols. An
interim report is available at the IEFC website (www.iefc.net), it describes the
selection of the criteria and the protocols for evaluating the indicators. The main
results of the project will be presented at an international conference in Porto,
Portugal, in December 2006.
The international conference on ‘Biodiversity and Conservation Biology in
Plantation Forests’ sponsored by INRA, IUFRO and WWF gathered 80 scientists
from more than 20 countries. Results and recommendations that arose from
this conference were presented at the IUFRO World Congress in Brisbane in
August 2005.
The writing of the Pinus pinaster volume by more than 100 authors has
progressed in 2005 and is currently under review.
Challenges ahead
The main goal of 2006 is to complete the FORSEE project on time, and to disseminate its results to different target audiences. 2006 will also be a busy year
of events, starting with the IUFRO Congress on Managing the forest ecosystems
under the challenge of Climate Change in April in Valladolid, Spain, and culminating in the final conference of the FORSEE project on Indicators for Sustainable
Forest Management, in December in Porto, Portugal.
INNOFORCE
Homepages
www.efi-innoforce.org
www.efi.int/research/projectcentres/innoforce.html
Contact person
Dr Ewald Rametsteiner
ewald.rametsteiner@boku.ac.at
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Vienna, Austria
The EFI Project Centre INNOFORCE conducts research on innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) and related policies in both forestry and the forestry-wood
chain in order to enhance the sustainability of the forest sector and contribute
to rural development.
Major achievements
In 2005, the research report ‘Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Forestry’ was
published as an EFI Research Report. It will soon be followed by a special issue
on innovation and entrepreneurship in forestry in the journal ‘Forest Policy and
Economics’, which will also be available on-line.
In May 2005, the first Erasmus Intensive Programme (IP) INNO-FOREST
– Integrating innovation and entrepreneurship research in higher forestry education was held in Iisalmi, Finland. Further, a range of research activities was
implemented by the partners, e.g. a joint survey on the integration of innovation
in national forest policy was conducted in co-operation with UNECE, and a range
of case studies on recreational and environmental services in forestry have been
collected. A new COST Action, E51, Integrating Innovation and Development
Policies for the Forest Sector, was approved and will start in 2006.
Challenges ahead
In 2006, INNOFORCE continues to implement its work plan for 2004–2008.
This will include research on policy integration and co-ordination, financial
and informational instruments, recreational and environmental services and
products, vertical co-operation along the forestry-wood chain, and non-wood
forest products innovations. Further, a web-database will be established that will
provide information on cases of innovation in the forest sector.
A second IP INNO-FOREST will be held in Zvolen, Slovakia in September
2006 and an international seminar ‘Policies Fostering Investments and Innovations in Support of Rural Development’ will be held in collaboration with MCPFE
and EFI in Zvolen, Slovakia in March 2006. The COST Action, E51, Integrating
Innovation and Development Policies for the Forest Sector will start in 2006.
INNOFORCE will substantially contribute to this action both through partners
and through theoretical and conceptual input. INNOFORCE aims to extend the
network beyond the forest sector to researchers and practitioners dealing with
rural development issues.
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
PROCES aims to advance forest research and education in the Russian Federation.
Major achievements
The project ‘Planning and Management System for the St. Petersburg Forest
Greenbelt’ came to a successful close in 2005. Moreover, proposals for new
projects were prepared, on topics such as ‘Models of optimal and multifunctional
use of forest resources of the Leningrad region’ and ‘Long-term forest growth
trends in Northwestern Russia’.
PROCES organised various international events. A session of the Baltic 21
Forest Sector, and the Forest Dialogue Meeting were among the largest ones.
P roces
Homepages
www.ftacademy.sp.ru
www.efi.int/research/projectcentres/proces.html
Contact persons
Ms Olga Shaytarova
proces.fta@home.ru
Prof. Dr Andrey Selichovkin
Selichovkin@mailbox.alkor.ru
Challenges ahead
PROCES has plans to establish a database of available data on illegal logging for
North-west Russia. It will also describe forest hazards, in particular forest fires
and storms and their effects on forests with regard to forest types that are mainly
affected by such disturbances in the Northwest of Russia.
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P hoenix
Homepages
www.phoenix-efi.org/
www.efi.int/research/projectcentres/phoenix.html
Contact person
Francisco Moreira
fmoreira@isa.utl.pt
CONFOREST
Homepages
www.conforest.uni-freiburg.de/
www.efi.int/research/projectcentres/conforest.html
Contact person
Stuart Dedrick
(co-ordinator)
stuart.dedrick@iww.unifreiburg.de
Lisbon, Portugal
PHOENIX – Fire Ecology and Post-fire management
PHOENIX focuses on I&E research, knowledge transfer and related policies in
fire ecology and post-fire management in Europe.
PHOENIX started its activities in 2005, co-ordinated by CEABN/ISA. The first
organisational meeting took place during the EUFIRELAB meeting in Aveiro,
Portugal in October 2005. During the year PHOENIX organised a workshop in
Lisbon for decision makers, public and private organisations, forest planners and
citizens, on the knowledge gaps and technical training needs of post-fire management, as well as a similar workshop in Spain. Another is now planned to be held
in Italy. A course on post-fire management was arranged in Lisbon, 7-12 November
2005. This course included three main topics: (a) prediction and diagnosis of fire
impacts, (b) planning of post-fire restoration and (c) management techniques.
The main goals for 2006 are to enlarge the consortium, to start a large
FIREPARADOX project; and to work on a book on fire ecology and post-fire
management options.
Freiburg, Germany
The changing needs of society and the enhanced understanding of forest ecosystems have led to increased research activities on the question of whether the
conversion of secondary, pure, even-aged coniferous forests on sites naturally
dominated by broadleaf species would benefit ecosystems and society. ConForest,
therefore, promotes an understanding of the processes related to conversion
measures and investigates this topic for relevant coniferous species in Central
Europe. This is done through an integrated evaluation of conversion strategies
with respect to the ecological and socio-economic goals of forestry.
Major achievements
ConForest has maintained its tradition of bringing together scientists from all
over Europe with the express intention of publishing valuable research on the
science of forest conversion.
Over 30 member institutes have signed a Memorandum of Understanding
with ConForest. Consequently, more than 70 scientists from 17 countries are
participating in the ConForest activities. The launching of a website will improve
dissemination of ConForest’s research results to a larger audience.
ConForest has been operating without any source of international funding,
which is a clear indicator of the dedication of the participating institutes.
Challenges ahead
One of the main goals of ConForest is to organise a joint conference between
the EFI Project Centres IEFC and ConForest, which will debate the similarities
associated with plantation and conversion forestry. The conference will be held
in May 2006 and a summary paper will be published by EFI.
Other major goals of ConForest include the preparation of a COST Action
on conversion and the continued work related to complementing the ConForest
website.
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Kirsi Loisa, Leena Roihuvuo, Brita Pajari,
Jelena Muikku, Emi Pesonen, Minna
Korhonen, Kaisa Kolu, Jarkko Heikkinen
and Anu Ruusila
Communication and
Research Support
Research Administration manages a versatile
array of app. 30 projects annually, and has a
significant role in the preparation of project applications. In 2005, EFI research administration
was extensively engaged in work for the Forest
Based Sector Technology Platform, as well as in
the preparation of a successful proposal entitled
the EFORWOOD project.
Personnel in the finances and human resources department were occupied with EFI’s change
of status, which naturally has had consequences
for sets of procedure and practices in general.
Transition of assets and liabilities from the EFI
Association to the new international organisation
was, and continues to be, a major undertaking in
the EFI administration. EFI Computing support
has been closely working together with the Human Resources in order to respond efficiently to
various computing needs of the whole staff.
In 2005, our publications unit placed special
emphasis on the development of ‘EFI News’,
consequently increasing the number of annual
issues from two to three, one of the issues being
an electronic version.
In the event unit, a total of 17 events, ranging from small workshops of 20 participants
to conferences of over 200 participants, were
arranged in close co-operation with EFI member
organisations. The most popular events were
the European Forest-Based Sector Research
Forum: Innovative and Sustainable Use of Forest
Resources in Stockholm in November, organised
with the Forest Sector Based Technology Platform
and other collaborators, and the EFI Annual
Conference held in September in Spain.
Director
Dr. Risto Päivinen
Director
Finland
Research administration
Ms. Leena Roihuvuo
Research Administrator
Finland
Mr. Jarkko Heikkinen
Administrative Assistant
Finland
Finances and
human resources
Ms. Kirsi Loisa
Finance & Personnel
Manager
Finland
Mr. Markus Ojala
Accounting Assistant
Finland
Ms. Emi Pesonen
Human Resources
Assistant
Japan
Office and
computer support
Mr. Tuomo Hytönen
Computer Support Officer
Finland
Ms. Kaisa Kolu
Administrative Assistant
(acting)
Finland
Ms. Mari Lepikkö
Administrative Assistant
Finland
Ms. Jelena Muikku
Office Assistant
Russia
Communication
Ms. Minna Korhonen
Technical Editor
Finland
Ms. Brita Pajari
Conference Manager
Finland
Ms. Anu Ruusila
External Relations
Manager
Finland
Ms. Mirja Kokkonen
Conference Assistant
Finland
Ms. Henna Snellman
Membership Liaison
Officer
Finland
Total of 11.5 person years
Trainees
Mr. Tuomas Hiltunen
Finland
Ms. Anna-Maria
Hynynen
Finland
Mr. Joonas
Muuttoranta
Finland
Mr. Heikki Vanninen
Finland
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Finances &
Human
Resources
Sources of funding in 2005
Use of funding between
activities 2005
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The total funding of the Institute was 2.7 million euros
and the surplus of the year was 40 000 euros. The main
funding sources were the Finnish Government core funding
(1 million euro) and the project funding from the European
Commission (1.1 million euro). The share of European Commission funding transferred to the project partners in EFI
coordinated projects was 53%, which gives a fair picture of
the coordinating role of EFI.
A total of 46 staff members of fourteen nationalities
worked at the Institute during 2005, giving a total of 32
person years to the activities of the Institute. In addition 15
young research trainees or scholars from seven different
nationalities contributed a total of 4 person years to the
research programmes.
EFI Funding in years 1995–2005
Personnel, subcontracts
and other costs in 2005
In 2005…
- EFI became an International Organisation established by eight
European Governments.
- The Forest Sector Based Technological Platform was launched
and its Strategic Research Agenda was formulated with EFI’s
active involvement.
- A seventh Project Centre, PHOENIX, joined EFI.
In 2006…
- The largest European forest research project EFORWOOD
starts in full speed. Its coordinator is EFI Associate Member
Skogforsk from Sweden.
- The Strategic Research Agenda of the Forest Sector Based
Technological Platform is published.
- The establishment of the first Regional Office of EFI is on
the agenda.
www.efi.int
p h o t o s Marja Pirilä / www.leuku.fi, Saku Ruusila, Pepe Encinas, Ilpo Rytkönen / KK-Kuva, Nils Jerling / Skogforsk, Risto Päivinen, Brita Pajari
l ay o u t Kuvaste / Joensuu p r i n t Painotalo Seiska / Iisalmi 2006
EFI’s mission is to
·promote, conduct and co-operate in research of
forestry and forest products at the pan-European
level; and to
·make the results of the research known to all
interested parties, notably in the areas of policy
formulation and implementation,
in order to promote the conservation and sustainable
management of forests in Europe.
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annual report
2005
ANNUAL REPORT 2005
supplement
Members of the European Forest Institute
december 2005
Australia
·CSIRO*
·University of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
·University of Joensuu
Austria
·Austrian Federal Research and Training Centre for
Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape
·University of Natural Resources and Applied Life
Sciences, Department of Forest- and Soil Sciences
France
·AFOCEL
·Cemagref
·ECOFOR
·European Institute for Cultivated Forests
·French Institute of Forestry, Agricultural and
Environmental Engineering (ENGREF)*
·INRA, Dept of Forests and Forestry Products
·Institute for Forestry Development (IDF)*
·Office National des Forêts (ONF)
Belarus
·Byelorussian State Technological University*
Belgium
·Institute for Forestry and Game Management*
·Laboratory for Forest, Nature and Landscape Research,
K.U. Leuven*
·University of Gembloux, Department of Forestry
Canada
·Canadian Forest Service*
Germany
·Albert-Ludwigs-University, Faculty of Forestry
·Department of Forest Sciences, Dresden University of
Technology
·Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products
·Forest Research Institute of Baden-Württemberg
·Ministry for Environment and Nature Conservation,
Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Landesforstver­
waltung NRW and Forest Research Institute of LÖBF
·Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research*
·University of Göttingen, Faculty of Forestry
·Wood Research Munich, Technical University of Munich
Croatia
·Forest Research Institute, Jastrebarsko
·University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry
Greece
·Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of
Forestry and Natural Environment
Czech Republic
·Czech University of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry and
Environment
·Forest Management Institute
·Forestry and Game Management Research Institute
·Forests of the Czech Republic
·Institute of Forest Ecosystem Research Ltd.
·Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Faculty
of Forestry and Wood Technology
Hungary
·Forest Research Institute, Budapest
·University of West Hungary, Faculty of Forestry
Bosnia and Herzegovina
·Faculty of Forestry, University of Banja Luka
Bulgaria
·Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Forest Research Institute
·University of Forestry, Sofia
Iceland
·Iceland Forest Service
Ireland
·COFORD – National Council for Forest Research and
Development
·Coillte
·Forest Service, Department of Communications, Marine
and Natural Resources*
·Irish Forest Industry Chain*
·University College Dublin, Faculty of Agriculture
Denmark
·Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning, KVL
Estonia
·Estonian University of Life Sciences*
Italy
·Forest and Range Management Research Institute
·Institute of Agroenvironmental and Forest Biology
·Italian Academy of Forest Sciences
·Regione Lazio, Department of Environment and Civil
Defence
·University of Padova, Section of Agricultural and Forest
Economics
·University of Tuscia
Finland
·Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
·Finnish Forest Research Institute
·Forestry Development Centre Tapio
·Metsähallitus*
·Metsäliitto*
·Metsämiesten Säätiö Foundation*
·Metsäteho Oy – R&D Operations in Forestry
·North Karelia Polytechnic*
·North Karelia Regional Environment Centre
·Savcor Indufor Oy*
·Stora Enso Wood Supply
Japan
·Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute*
Latvia
·Latvian State Forestry Research Institute “Silava”
South Africa
·Forestry Programme, University of KwaZulu-Natal*
Lithuania
·Lithuanian University of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry
Spain
·Bosques Naturales S.A.
·CREAF, Center for Ecological Research and Forestry
Applications
·Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos,
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
·Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes
(Forestry School)
·Forest Research Centre (CIFOR-INIA)
·Forest Technology Centre of Catalonia
·University of Santiago de Compostela, Higher
Polytechnic School of Lugo
·University of Valladolid, School of Agriculture, Food
Technology and Forestry
The Netherlands
·Alterra
·National Reference Centre for Agriculture, Nature and
Food Quality*
·Stichting Robinia, Institute for European Quality Wood
·Wageningen University, Forestry Groups
Norway
·Norwegian Forest Research Institute
·Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Department of
Ecology and Natural Resource Management
Poland
·Faculty of Forestry, August Cieszkowski Agricultural
University of Poznan
·Forest Research Institute, Warsaw
·Institute of Geodesy and Cartography*
·Institute of Wood Technology
·Warsaw Agricultural University, Faculty of Forestry
Sweden
·Federation of Forest Owners*
·Holmen Skog AB*
·National Board of Forestry
·Skogforsk – The Forestry Research Institute of Sweden
·Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Switzerland
·ETH Zürich, Department of Forest Sciences
·Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape
Research
Portugal
·Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Department of Forestry
·National Forest Research Station (EFN)
·School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences of Coimbra*
·Universidade Católica Portuguesa
·University of Trás-os-Montes, Forest Department
Turkey
·Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute
Romania
·Forest Research and Management Institute
Ukraine
·Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry and Forest
Melioration
Russian Federation
·All-Russian Research Institute of Silviculture and
Mechanization of Forestry
·Department of Forestry Mensuration and Management,
Mari State Technical University*
·Forest Research Institute, Petrozavodsk
·Institute of Biology, Syktyvkar
·Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in
Soil Science
·Moscow State Forest University
·Petrozavodsk State University
·Russian Institute of Forest Specialists’ Education and
Training
·Russian Research and Design Institute of Economics
and Information for Forest, Pulp and Paper, and
Woodworking Industries*
·Saint Petersburg Forest Technical Academy
·St. Petersburg State University, Biological Research
Institute
United Kingdom
·Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh Research
Station
·East Sussex County Council Environment Group*
·Forestry Commission Research Agency
·University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences,
Institute of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
·University of Wales, School of Agricultural and Forest
Sciences*
United States
·Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest
Service*
·USDA Forest Service, Research & Development,
Washington D.C.*
International bodies
·Confederation of European Forest Owners*
·Confederation of European Paper Industries*
·European Confederation of Woodworking Industries
– CEI-Bois*
·European Landowners’ Organisation*
·International Forestry Students’ Association
·Nordic Forest Research Co-operation Committee (SNS)*
·Union of Foresters of Southern Europe
Serbia and Montenegro
·Belgrade University, Faculty of Forestry
·Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment
Slovakia
·Forest Research Institute, Zvolen
·Technical University in Zvolen
This is a list of the full and associate members of the EFI
Association dissolved on 15 December 2005. There was
a total of 136 member organisations. Associate member
organisations are marked with an asterisk *.
Slovenia
·Slovenian Forestry Institute
·University of Ljubljana, Department of Forestry
Climatic Effects on Soil Carbon – Distinction Between
Young and Old Carbon, and New Future Scenarios
EFI Projects 2005
(Contract number SYKE-2004-S-8-S3)
The project aims to quantify the effects of climate on
decomposition of young soil carbon, quantify these
effects for older soil carbon and predict changes in soil
carbon in temperate and boreal forests in response to
climate change.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2005–2008 |
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
Research Programme 1
Integrated Method to Estimate Carbon Budgets of Forests
The project aims to develop a new multidisciplinary
method for better estimates of the carbon budgets of
forests.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2001–2006 |
Forest Focus “Monitoring Changes in the Carbon Stocks of
Forest Soils”
The main objective of the project is to develop a method
to monitor current and future changes in the carbon
stocks of forest soils.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2005–2007 |
Multi-source Inventory Methods for Quantifying
Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes in European Forests
– CarboInvent (Contract number EVK2-CT-2002-00157)
The project aims to identify, develop and provide
methodologies and information that will facilitate the
assessment of carbon stocks and stock changes in forests
at national and European levels, for the purposes of the
UNFCC and the Kyoto Protocol.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2002–2005 |
SENSOR – Sustainability Impact Assessment: Tools for
Environmental, Social and Economic Effects of Multifunctional Land Use in European Regions (Contract number 003874 (GOCE))
The aim of the SENSOR project is to develop ex-ante
Sustainability Impact Assessment Tools to support
decision making on policies related to multifunctional
land use in European regions. EFI’s role is, inter alia, to
project European scale multifunctional forest sector land
management scenarios. Both Programme 1 and 4 are
involved in this project. Programme 1’s main tasks are to
project forest resource development under different policy
scenarios and to assess their sustainability impacts.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2004–2008 |
Synthesis of the European Greenhouse Gas Budget
(CARBOEUROPE GHG) (Contract number EVK2-CT-2002-20014)
The project aims to provide a synthesis based on current research results of the European greenhouse gases
budget, including both human induced and biospheric
sources and sinks and recommendations for a multidisciplinary integration in order to provide the scientific
foundation for a full carbon and, even broader, full greenhouse gas accounting system by 2010.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2003–2005 |
EFORWOOD – Tools for Sustainability Impact Assessment
of Forestry-Wood Chain (Contract number 518128-2)
The EFORWOOD project aims to produce a decisionsupport tool that can be used to evaluate the contribution
made to sustainable economic, environmental and social
development by and through the European forestry and
forest-products sector. Both Programmes 1 and 4 are
involved in this project. The task of EFI’s Programme
1 is to co-ordinate the central module of the project,
“Sustainability Impact Assessment”, in which the common framework and tool for the Sustainability Impact
Assessment (ToSIA) will be developed.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2005–2009 |
Silvicultural Systems for Sustainable Forest Resource
Management (SILVICS) (Contract number INTAS 01-0633)
The main objective of the project is the application of
existing models to define and assess optimal silvicultural
systems, aiming at sustainable forest resource development and use.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2002–2005 |
Uncertainty Analysis of Forest Carbon Balance
Uncertainty Assessment, Implementation of the Kyoto
carbon reporting.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2003–2006 |
EEA Topic Centre on Biodiversity (Contract number 3333/
B2005.EEA-ETC/BD)
EFI is a partner in the core team of the ETC/BD and
will work closely together with other core partners of the
ETC/BD focusing on forest biodiversity related issues.
A new work plan is made at the beginning of every year
depending on the needs of the EEA or the EC. Both
Programmes 1 and 4 are involved in this undertaking.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2005–2008 |
CarboEurope IP – Assessment Of The European Terrestrial
Carbon Balance (Contract number GOCE-CT-2003-505572)
Forest Inventory based carbon budgets for Europe.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2004–2008 |
MEACAP: Impact of Environmental Agreements on the CAP
(Contract number SSPE-CT-2004-503604)
The project aims to analyse forestry measures and
bioenergy options in the context of the Kyoto Protocol
and how this could be implemented into CAP.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2004–2007 |
Three-Scenario Study
The objective of the project is to assess the implications
for carbon mitigation of different scenarios: complete
forest conservation; 100% bioenergy production; and
multipurpose (business-as-usual).
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2004–2006 |
FOREST PRODUCTS MARKETS AND SOCIOECONOMICS
Research Programme 2
INSEA: Integrated Sink Enhancement Assessment
(Contract number SSP1-CT-2003-503614)
The aim of the project is to develop an analytical tool to
assess economic and environmental effects for enhancing carbon sinks on agricultural and forest lands. EFI’s
part is to assess leakages effects in the forest sector.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2004–2006 |
World Forests, Society and Environment (WFSE)
The aim of the project is to prepare a book on the world’s
forests environment and society to be published in the
IUFRO World Conference in Brisbane in 2005. EFI
will prepare European regional report and participate
in policy-brief draft.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2001–2005 |
Impacts of Reduction of Illegal Logging in European Russia
on the EU and European Russia Forest Sector and Trade
The project aims to extend the existing knowledge of the
nature and magnitude of illegal logging in Western part of
Russia, to analyse the effectiveness of existing instruments
regarding the exclusion of illegally logged timber from the
EU market and to analyse the impacts of potential changes
in the forest products chain in the European Union as a
result of implementing a Voluntary Partnership Agreement, due to a reduction of illegal logging in European
Russia or diversion of trade to other markets.
EFI’s role: Co-ordinator. | 2004–2005 |
Modelling and Assessment of Forest Resources, their Future
Use and Economic Accessibility in North-West Russia
The project aims to analyse the development of the
forests in the Komi and Vologda regions for the next 50
years, the location of forest resources in the Novgorod
region using Russian forest inventory information and
the reliability of forest inventory information and to
assess the geographical distribution of different wood
harvesting levels and their economic accessibility.
EFI’s role: Co-ordinator. | 2001–2005 |
Study on Illegal Logging and Related Trading in Timber and
Forest Products in Europe
The first goal of this project is to provide an overview
on regional political processes, which examine the issue
of illegal logging (African Forest Law Enforcement and
Governance – FLEG, Asian FLEG, G8, World Summit
on Sustainable Development – WSSD and others). What
are the main findings, including political commitments,
legal instruments put in place, and others? The second
goal is to provide an overview on existing information,
results of research projects, reports, regulations, etc. in
Europe about illegal logging issues. The third aim is to
estimate the extent of the problem in Europe based on
existing information.
EFI’s role: Co-ordinator. | 2004–2005 |
Feeding China’s Expanding Demand for Wood Pulp: a
Diagnostic Assessment of Plantation Development, Fiber
Supply, and Impacts on Natural Forests in China and in the
South East Asian Region
The aim of the project is to mitigate and minimise the
adverse impacts of the rapid growth of China’s pulp
and paper industry on natural forests within China and
the South East Asian region. The project will do so by
ensuring that resource planning in the pulp and paper
industry in China and in the South East Asian region
becomes more integrated, effective and transparent.
EFI’s role: Co-ordinator. | 2003–2005 |
Forest Products Trade Flow Analysis
The project aims to further develop the standardised
Forest Products Trade Flow database, to utilise the
existing database information on forest products trade
and market analyses, and on research done on forest
products trade. The goal is to build a service at EFI where
the standardised Forest Products Trade Flow database
could be used as an initial source of information for
various research and commercial purposes.
EFI’s role: Co-ordinator. | 2001–2005 |
Development of the Central and Eastern Europe Forest
Products Industry
The project analyses the short and long-term competitiveness of the pulp, paper and wood products industry
in Central and Eastern Europe.
EFI’s role: Co-ordinator. | 2004–2005 |
Finnish Forest Sector Communication Activities on the
Domestic and on Major European Markets
The objective is to identify gaps between the intended
and actually perceived impact of communication activities by the Finnish forest sector on the domestic and on
major European markets. The results will help to identify
needs for improvements, and provide lessons for forest
sector presentation efforts to other European countries.
Both Programmes 2 and 3 are involved in the project. EFI’s role: Co-ordinator. | 2005–2008 |
Alternative Paths for Forest Sector Development
– Competitive Advantages of Small and Medium Size
Woodworking Industries
This project aims to estimate economic performance (profitability, economic stability and liquidity) and productivity
of SME woodworking industries and to evaluate value
creation strategies of SME woodworking industries.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2003–2006 |
Towards Progressive Forest Sector in North-West Russia
The aim of this project is to assess an overview of forest
resources in Northwest Russia and their accessibility, to
propose new forest management practices in silviculture
and to analyse the modern time series econometrics.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2004–2007 |
POLICY ANALYSIS
Research Programme 3
FOPER – Strengthening Capacities of Education and
Training for Forest Policy Development in Western Balkan
Region (Contract number HEL0634-36)
Strengthened capacity established for modern forest
economics and policy education, training and research in
Western Balkan region (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania).
EFI’s role: Co-ordinator. | 2004–2008 |
RAP: Realising Ash’s Potential (Contract number QLK5-200100165)
The aim of the project is to identify the factors that
influence the decisions of farmers/foresters and market
forces in relation to the uptake of improved genetic material and to establish a Consultation Panel of end users
and interest groups to inform them at each stage and
incorporate their views.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2001–2005 |
Review of policy relevant research related to MCPFEprocess
The project reviews policy relevant research related to
MCPFE process and identifies research results, which
can bring an input to MCPFE process.
EFI’s role: Co-ordinator. | 2004–2005 |
European Cooperation and Networking in Forest
Communication
The objective is to survey existing forest-based communication organisations and networks in Europe (e.g.
missions, projects) – “Who is doing what” and to identify
gaps in meeting the challenges identified – “What is not
being done”. The findings of the survey will be used to
support the planning of further activities based on the
idea of Forest Academy Finland.
EFI’s role: Co-ordinator. | 2004–2005 |
Finnish Forest Sector Communication Activities on the
Domestic and on Major European Markets
The objective is to identify gaps between the intended
and actually perceived impact of communication activities by the Finnish forest sector on the domestic and on
major European markets. The results will help to identify
needs for improvements, and provide lessons for forest
sector presentation efforts of other European countries.
Both Programmes 2 and 3 are involved in the project.
EFI’s role: Co-ordinator. | 2005–2008 |
FOREST RESOURCES AND INFORMATION
Research Programme 4
EFORWOOD – Tools for Sustainability Impact Assessment
of Forestry-Wood Chain (Contract number 518128-2)
The EFORWOOD project aims to produce a decisionsupport tool that can be used to evaluate the contribution
made to sustainable economic, environmental and social
development by and through the European forestry and
forest-products sector. Both Programmes 1 and 4 are
involved in the project. EFI’s Programme 4 is the assisting co-ordinator of the “Knowledge Transfer Module” of
the project. One of its tasks is to produce a user-friendly
version of the Sustainability Impact Assessment (ToSIA)
tool.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2005–2009 |
Carbon Assimilation and Modelling of the European Land
Surface (CAMELS) (Contract number EVK2-CT-2002-00151)
The objective of the project is to produce best estimates
and uncertainty bounds for the complementary and future
land carbon sinks in Europe and elsewhere, combining
new data sources and terrestrial ecosystem models.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2002–2005 |
European Forestry Information and Data Analysis System
(EFIDAS)
The project aims to build ‘first-stop-shop’ providing
comprehensive European forestry information and a
user-friendly data analysis system to promote improved
utilisation and analysis of European forestry statistics for
conducting high quality Pan-European forestry research.
EFI’s role: Co-ordinator. | 1993– |
EEA Topic Centre on Biodiversity (Contract number 3333/
B2005.EEA-ETC/BD)
EFI is a partner in the core team of the ETC/BD and
will work closely together with other core partners of the
ETC/BD with an emphasis on forest biodiversity related
issues. A new work plan is made at the beginning of
every year depending on the needs of the EEA or the EC.
Both Programmes 1 and 4 are involved in the project.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2005–2008 |
Network for a European Forest Information Service (NEFIS)
(Contract number QLK5-CT-2002-30638)
The objective of the project is to maximise the value of
existing data and databases by coordinating ongoing
efforts to create forest information systems and services
and increasing the usability of the available data and
databases by the European citizens.
EFI’s role: Co-ordinator. | 2003–2005 |
European Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment – A
User Guide
The aim of the project is to elaborate a user-friendly
report presenting European-level forest types serving as
a tool to assess the state and development of biological
diversity. The report should address the issue of presenting evaluation tools for monitoring the condition
of forest biodiversity in EEA countries.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2005 |
SENSOR Sustainability Impact Assessment: Tools for
Environmental, Social and Economic Effects of Multifunctional Land Use in European Regions (Contract number 003874 GOCE)
The aim of the SENSOR project is to develop ex-ante
Sustainability Impact Assessment Tools to support
decision making on policies related to multifunctional
land use in European regions. EFI’s role is, inter alia,
to project European scale multifunctional forest sector
land management scenarios. Programmes 1 and 4 are
involved in this project. Programme 4’s main tasks are
to develop a framework for indicator sets and criteria for
indicator selection in the SENSOR project and to set up
an integrated data management system.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2004–2008 |
GSE Forest Monitoring (Stage 2)
Stage 2 in the development of the GMES Service Element
for Forest Monitoring is focused on the implementation
and further development of the services developed in
Stage 1 (2003–2004) and targets the roll-out and expansion of policy-relevant services derived from a stable
service portfolio to users worldwide.
EFI’s role: Partner. | 2005–2008 |
Options for Elaborating and Compiling Pan-European Tree
Species Maps
The project’s tasks include a literature study on approaches to map tree species in Europe, the collection
and preparation of statistical data for the 6 main tree species at national or sub-national level, the application of a
methodology for tree species mapping based on Päivinen
et al. (2001, EFI Research Report 14) in combination with
other tree species mapping methods at a European level
and production of EFI Technical report.
EFI’s role: Co-ordinator. | 2004–2005 |
List of Events 2005
Workshop on Training Needs Assessment
·6–8 July 2005, Ohrid, Macedonia
·Organisers: EFI FOPER Project, St. Kiril y Metodij
Faculty of Forestry
·Number of participants and Countries: 49 / 10
Research Symposium: European Forests in Ethical
Discourse
·18–19 January 2005, Berlin, Germany
·Organisers: University of Joensuu, Faculty of
Forestry, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Forest and
Environmental Sciences, Finnish Institute in Germany,
Silva Network, EFI
·Number of participants and Countries: 45 / 12
Satellite–Event to IUFRO XXII World Congress: Regional
Forest Research Organisations – Experiences and Visions
·12 August 2005, Brisbane, Australia
·Organisers: CIFOR, EFI, CATIE, UNU, IUFRO
·Number of participants and Countries: 24 / 18
WS7–Management of Forest Ecosystems and their Impact
on the GHG Budget: Workshop of the Project on CARBOEUROPE GHG Synthesis of the European Greenhouse Gas
Budget (5th FP, Concerted Action)
·25–28 August 2005, Savonlinna, Finland
·Organisers: EFI
·Number of participants and Countries: 47 / 19
Enterprises, Innovations and Public Policy Related to
Forestry – Wood Value Added Chain
·11–12 February 2005, Joensuu, Finland
·Organisers: Finnish Forest Research Institute, Joensuu
Research Centre, EFI, Innoforce, Puugia, Science Park,
Savonia Polytechnic, Regional Council of North Karelia
·Number of participants and Countries: 43 / 9
EFI 2005 Annual Conference and Scientific Seminar of
the EFI 2005 Annual Conference: Multifunctional Forest
Ecosystem Management in Europe: Integrated Approaches
for Considering the Temporal, Spatial and Scientific
Dimensions
·8–10 September 2005, Barcelona, Spain
·Organisers: EFI, CTFC, The Ministry of Environment
(Spain), Department of Environment and Housing of
Catalonia, The Foundation for Landscape of the Saving
Bank Caixa Catalunya
·Number of participants and Countries: 136 / 32
Meeting for the Stakeholders. Strengthening Capacities of
Education and Training for Forest Policy and Economics
Development in Western Balkan Region
·24 February 2005, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
·Organisers: EFI FOPER Project, University of Sarajevo
Faculty of Forestry
·Number of participants and Countries: 40 / 7
Sustainable Forestry in Theory and Practice: Recent
Advances in Inventory and Monitoring, Statistics and
Modelling, Information and Knowledge Management and
Policy Science
·5–8 April 2005, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
·Organisers: IUFRO, Forest Research, EFI
·Number of participants and Countries: 60 / 15
Open meeting of the Forestry Value Chain: Forest research
in the Forest–Based Sector Technology Platform
·12 September 2005, Barcelona, Spain
·Organisers: FTP, EFI, CEPF/COSE, Spanish National
Support Group of FTP, CTFC
·Number of participants and Countries: 63 / 20
IFSA South European Regional Meeting: Stakeholder
Participation in Forest Policy–Conflicts and Opportunities
·17–24 April 2005, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
·Organisers: IFSA, EFI FOPER Project, Local Committee
of IFSA, Belgrade University Faculty of Forestry
·Number of participants and Countries: 47 / 15
Personnel and Scientific Provision for the Sustainable
Forest Management: Conditions and Prospects
·19–25 September 2005, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
·Organisers: Mari State Technical University, Ministry
of Forestry of Republic Mari El, Ministry of Education
and Science of Russian Federation, The University of
Helsinki, Aristotle University of Greece, University of
Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, EFI
·Number of participants and Countries: 50 / 7
Biodiversity and Conservation Biology in Plantation Forests
·26–29 April 2005, Bordeaux, France
·Organisers: IEFC, INRA, IUFRO, Division 8, WWF,
Forests for Life Programme, EFI
·Number of participants and Countries: 68 / 25
Bridging the Gap – Policies and Science as Tools in
Implementing Sustainable Forest Management
·17–21 October 2005, Alnarp, Sweden
·Organisers: SLU, EFI, ENFORS-COST, IUFRO
·Number of participants and Countries: 102 / 27
The Multifunctional Role of Forests: Policies, Methods and
Case Studies
·28–30 April 2005, Padova, Italy
·Organisers: University of Padova, Department of Land
and Agro-forestry, Systems and Interuniversity Centre
for Agricultural, Forest and Environmental Accounting
and Management, SIDEA, CESET, INEA, Faculty of
Agriculture University of Padova, IUFRO, Veneto
Agricoltura, EFI
·Number of participants and Countries: 60 / 15
European Forest-Based Sector Research Forum 2005:
Innovative and Sustainable Use of Forest Resources
·9–10 November 2005, Stockholm, Sweden
·Organisers: FTP, EFI, Innovawood, CTP, KCL, PTS and
STFI-Packforsk
·Number of participants and Countries: 335 / 26
EFORWOOD Kick–Off
·13–16 November 2005, Uppsala, Sweden
·Organisers: Skogforsk, EFI
·Number of participants and Countries: 97 / 18
MCPFE Workshop: Combating Illegal Harvesting of Forest
Products and Related Trade in Europe
·14–15 November 2005, Madrid, Spain
·Organisers: MCPFE-LUW, FAO/ECE Timber
Committee, EU, PEBLDS/EfE, EFI
·Number of participants and Countries: 48 / 19
List of EFI Publications 2005
Publications by EFI Researchers 2005
EFI Publications
Peer-reviewed publications
Research Reports
Research Report 19. Innovation and Entrepreneurship
in Forestry in Central Europe. Ewald Rametsteiner,
Gerhard Weiss and Klaus Kubeczko. Brill: Leiden,
Boston. 179 p.
Janse, G. and Ottitsch, A. 2005. Factors Influencing
the Role of Non-Wood Forest Products and Services
Results from a Comparative Study Covering Norway
and the Netherlands. Forest Policy and Economics
7, 309–319.
Lasch, P., Badeck, F.-W., Suckow, F., Lindner, M. and
Mohr, P. 2005. Model-Based Analysis of Management
Alternatives at Stand and Regional Level in Brandenburg (Germany). Forest Ecology and Management
207(1–2): 59–74.
Ottitsch, A., Michie, B., Palahi, M. and Wardle, P. 2005.
Changes in the Forest Sector in Europe and Russia.
In: Mery, G., Alfaro, R., Kanninen, M. and Lobovikov,
M. (eds.). Forests in the Global Balance, Changing
Paradigms. IUFRO World Series, volume 17. International Union of Forest Research Organisations.
Pp. 231–242
Ottitsch, A. and Krott, M. 2005. Urban Forest Policy and
Planning. In: Konijnendijk, C., Nilsson, K., Randrup,
T. and Schipperijn, J. (eds.). Urban Forests and Trees
– A Reference Book, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
Pp. 117–147
Ottitsch, A., Palahi, M. and Solano, J.M. 2005. Forest
Plantations and Timber-Based Industries in Spain.
In: Merlo, M. and Croitoru, L. (eds.). Valuing Mediterranean Forests – Towards Total Economic Value,
CABI Publishing. Pp. 320–321
Schröter, D., Cramer, W., Leemans, R., Prentice, I.C.,
Araujo, M.B., Arnell, N.W., Bondeau, A., Bugmann,
H., Carter, T.R., Gracia, C.A., de la Vega-Leinert, A.C.,
Erhard, M., Ewert, F., Glendining, M., House, J.I.,
Kankaanpää, S., Klein, R.J.T., Lavorel, S., Lindner, M.,
Metzger, M.J., Meyer, J., Mitchell, T.D., Reginster, I.,
Rounsevell, M., Sabate, S., Sitch, S., Smith, B., Smith,
J., Smith, P., Sykes, M.T., Thonicke, K., Thuiller, W.,
Tuck, G., Zaehle, S. and Zierl, B. 2005. Ecosystem
Service Supply and Vulnerability to Global Change
in Europe. Science 310(5752): 1333–1337.
Schuck, A., Andrienko, G., Andrienko, N., Folving, S.,
Köhl, M., Miina, S., Päivinen, R., Richards, T., and
Voss, H. 2005. The European Forest Information System – an Internet-Based Interface Between Information Providers and the User Community. Computers
and Electronics in Agriculture 47(3): 185–206.
Schuck, A., Green, T., Nguyen, B., Richards, T., Saarikko, J. and Varis, S., (2005). Network for a European
Information Service (NEFIS) – Establishment of a
KnowledgeBase. Forest Biometry, Modelling and Information Sciences (FBMIS). 2005, Volume 1, 69–78.
http://www.fbmis.info/.
Schuck, A., Green, T., Mikkola, E., Requardt, A. and
Richards, T. 2005. A metadata schema for Forest
Information Resources – A Collaborative Approach.
Forest Biometry, Modelling and Information Sciences
(FBMIS).
Proceedings
EFI Proceedings 53. Forest Landscape Restoration in
Central and Northern Europe. Taina Veltheim and
Brita Pajari (eds.) 172 p.
EFI Proceedings 54. Evaluating Forestry Incentives and
Assistance Programmes in Europe – Challenges to
Improve Policy Effectiveness. Heikki Pajuoja, Ludek
Sisak and Krzysztof Kaczmarek (eds.). 268 p.
Discussion Papers
Discussion Paper 11. Future Forest Research Strategy for
a Knowledge Based Forest Cluster: An Asset for a Sustainable Europe – A Vision Paper of European National
Forest Research Institutes. François Houllier, Julius
Novotny, Risto Päivinen, Kaj Rosén, Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza and Konstantin von Teuffel. 50 p.
Discussion Paper 12. Biotechnology in the Forest? Policy
Options on Research on GM Trees. David Humpreys,
Jorrit Gosens, Michael J. Jackson, Anouska Plasmeijer, Wouter van Betuw and Frits Mohren. 35 p.
Technical Reports
Technical Report 16. Fire Effects on Forest Resource
Development in the French Mediterranean Region
– Projections with a Large-Scale Forest Scenario
Model. Jeannette Meyer. 86 p.
Technical Report 17. European Forest Information and
Communication System (EFICS). Risto Päivinen and
Michael Köhl. 199 p.
Technical Report 18. Policy Foundations Review for Geographically Explicit Information Needs on Forests. Jo
Van Brusselen and Andreas Schuck. 105 p.
Technical Report 19. Impacts of Reduction of Illegal
Logging in European Russia on the EU and European
Russia Forest Sector and Trade. Andreas Ottitsch,
Alexander Moiseyev, Nikolai Burdin and Lauma Kazusa. 130 p.
Technical Report 20. European Co-operation and Networking in Forest Communication. Gerben Janse.
141 p.
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Lindner, M. 2005. Potentials for Increased Biomass Utilization from European Forests. Virtual Conference
ForwardFORESTs http://forwardforests.czu.cz/.
Lindner, M., Lasch, P., Badeck, F., Beguiristain, P.B.,
Junge, S., Kellomäki, S., Peltola, H., Gracia, C., Sabaté,
S., Jäger, D., Lexer, M. and Freeman, M. 2005. Chapter 4: SilviStrat Model Evaluation Exercises. Management of European Forests Under Changing Climatic
Conditions. Final Report of the Project “Silvicultural
Response Strategies to Climatic Change in Management of European Forests” Funded by the European
Union under the Contract EVK2/2000/00723 (SilviStrat). Kellomäki, S. and Leinonen, S. University of
Joensuu, Faculty of Forestry, Joensuu. Pp. 117–157.
Lindner, M., Eggers, T. et al. 2005. The MEFYQUE
Upscaling and Integration Approach Using the Large
Scale Forest Scenario Model EFISCEN and a Harvested Wood Products Model. In: Forest and Timber
Quality in Europe: Modelling and Forecasting Yield
and Quality in Europe. (Final Report). Editor: T. Randle. Forest Research Agency, Farnham, UK.
Meyer, J., Vilén, T., Peltoniemi, M., Faubert, P.,
Thürig, E., Lindner, M and Soil Model Comparison
Collaborators. 2005. Uncertainty Estimate of the
National Level Biomass Carbon Stock and Stock
Change. Deliverable 6.3 in the Framework of the
CarboInvent Project (Multi-source inventory Methods
for Quantifying Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes in
European forests).
Mosquera-Losada, R., Rigueiro-Rodríguez, A., RoisDíaz, M., Schuck, A. and Van Brusselen, J. 2005. Assessing Biodiversity on Silvopastoral Systems Across
Europe. In: Integrating Efficient Grassland Farming
and Biodiversity. Proceedings of the 13th International
Symposium of European Grassland Federation, 29–31
August 2005, Tartu, Estonia. EGF-Series Grassland
Science in Europe 10: 44–48
Pussinen, A., Meyer, J., Zudin, S. and Lindner, M. 2005.
Chapter 8: European Mitigation Potential. Management of European forests under changing climatic
conditions. Final Report of the Project “Silvicultural
Response Strategies to Climatic Change in Management of European Forests” funded by the European
Union under the Contract EVK2/2000/00723 (SilviStrat). Kellomäki, S. and Leinonen, S. Joensuu, University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forestry. Pp. 383–400.
Schelhaas, M-J., Van Brusselen, J., Pussinen, A., Pesonen, E., Schuck, A., Nabuurs, G-J. and Sasse, V. Outlook on Forest Resources in Europe. UN\ECE, Trade
Division, Timber Section; European Forest Sector
Outlook Studies (EFSOS). Discussion paper.
Schuck, A. and Green, T. 2005. Network for a European
Forest Information Service – Developing a Metadata
Schema as a Collaborative Action of Data Providers,
Users and System Developers. Proceedings of the
16 International Workshop on ‘Database and Expert
Systems Applications (DEXA 2005). 22–26 August
2005. Copenhagen, Denmark. IEEE Computer Society Press. Pp. 674–678.
Other scientific publications
Badeck, F., Fürstenau, C., Lasch, P., Suckow, F., Peltola, H., Garcia-Gonzalo, J., Briceño-Elizondo, E.,
Kellomäki, S., Lexer, M., Jäger, D., Lindner, M., Thiel,
D., Kaipainen, T., Lehikoinen, N., Junge, S. and Feliu,
J. 2005. Chapter 7: Adaptive Forest Management at
the Scale of Management Units. Management of European Forests Under Changing Climatic Conditions.
Final Report of the Project “Silvicultural Response
Strategies to Climatic Change in Management of
European Forests” Funded by the European Union
Under the Contract EVK2–2000–00723 (SilviStrat).
Kellomäki, S. and Leinonen, S. University of Joensuu,
Faculty of Forestry, Joensuu. Pp. 315–382.
Eggers, T., Meyer, J., Lindner, M., Deckmyn, G. and Randle, T. 2005. The MEFYQUE Modelling Approach.
In: Forest and Timber Quality in Europe: Modelling
and Forecasting Yield and Quality in Europe. (Final
Report). Editor: T. Randle. Forest Research Agency,
Farnham, UK.
Frank, G., Latham, J., Little, D., Parviainen, J., Schuck,
A. and Vanderkerkove, K. 2005. Analysis of Protected
Forest Areas in Europe – Provisional Results of COST
Action E27 PROFOR. In: Commarmot, B. and Hamor,
F. D. (eds). Natural Forests in the Temperate Zone of
Europe . Values and Utilisation. Conference 13–17 October 2003, Mukachevo, Ukraine. Proceedings. Swiss
Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf. Rakhiv,
Carpathian Biosphere Reserve. Pp. 377–386.
Freeman, M., Morén, A.-S., Strömgren, M. and Lindner,
M. 2005. Chapter 3: Climate Change Impacts on
Forests in Europe: Biological Impact Mechanisms.
Management of European forests under Changing
Climatic Conditions. Final Report of the Project “Silvicultural Response Strategies to Climatic Change in
Management of European Forests”. Funded by the European Union under the Contract EVK2/2000/00723
(SilviStrat). Kellomäki, S. and Leinonen, S. University
of Joensuu, Faculty of Forestry, Joensuu. Pp. 45–115.
Janse, G. 2005. Rapporteur’s Discussion Summary: In:
Veltheim, T. and Pajari, B. (eds.). Forest and Landscape Restoration in Central and Northern Europe.
EFI Proceedings No. 53. Pp. 153–155.
Kellomäki, S., Lindner, M., Erhard, M., Skocibusic, N.
and Junge, S. 2005. Chapter 2: Forests and Climate
in Europe, and Climate Scenarios Used in the Project.
Management of European Forests Under Changing
Climatic Conditions. Final Report of the Project “Silvicultural Response Strategies to Climatic Change in
Management of European Forests”. Funded by the European Union Under the Contract EVK2–2000–00723
(SilviStrat). Kellomäki, S. and Leinonen, S. University
of Joensuu, Faculty of Forestry, Joensuu. Pp. 33–44.
Kellomäki, S., Peltola, H., Bauwens, B., Dekker, M.,
Mohren, F., Badeck, F.-W., Gracia, C., Sánchez, A.,
Pla, E., Sabaté, S., Lindner, M. and Pussinen, A. 2005.
Chapter 9: European Mitigation and Adaptation Potentials: Conclusions and Recommendations. Management of European Forests Under Changing Climatic
Conditions. Final Report of the Project “Silvicultural
Response Strategies to Climatic Change in Management of European Forests” Funded by the European
Union under the Contract EVK2/2000/00723 (SilviStrat). Kellomäki, S. and Leinonen, S. University of
Joensuu, Faculty of Forestry, Joensuu. Pp. 401–427.
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Lindner, M. 2005. Adapting Forest Ecosystem Services
Under Changing Climate. Oral Presentation at the
FINADAPT Final Seminar. 15 December. Helsinki,
Finland.
Mosquera-Losada, R., Rigueiro-Rodríguez, A., Rois-Díaz,
M., Schuck, A. and Van Brusselen, J. 2005. Development of Biodiversity Indicators on Silvopastoralism.
Poster presentation. IUFRO World Congress. 12 August. Brisbane, Australia.
Ottitsch, A. 2005. The Forest Sector’s Role in Rural
Development; Keynote Presentation at ELO-Seminar
“Lithuanian forests, an Economic and Environmental
Asset: What Perspectives in the EU Framework?” 9
December. Vilnius, Lithuania.
Ottitsch, A. 2005. Aus einem Span ein Fuder – Statistik
als informationelles Forstpolitikinstrument (A Truckload out of a Particle – Statistics as Informational
Forest Policy Instrument). Presentation given at the
annual meeting of Forest Policy Scientists. April.
Hamburg, Germany.
Ottitsch A. 2005. Illegal Logging and Illegal Forest
Products Trade in the MCPFE-Region – Presentation of Background Paper to the MCPFE-Workshop
“Combatting Illegal Logging and Related Trade in the
MCPFE-Region”. 14–15 November. Madrid, Spain.
Tikkanen, I. and Päivinen, R. 2005. The Collaboration
Between the MCPFE Process and Research Community. Bridging the Gap – Policies and Science as
Tools in Implementing Sustainable Forest Management. Conference presentation. 17–19 October. Alnarp, Sweden.
Tikkanen, I. 2005. Forest Policy Development Challenges in Europe – Where to Focus on? Forestry on
Threshold of EU. Forest Research Institute Jastrebarsko – 60 years of Works and Development of Forest
Institutes in Croatia. Conference Proceedings (in
print).
Van Brusselen, J. and Schuck, A. 2005. Is There Any
Progress Towards Halting Biodiversity Loss in European Forests? In: Larsson T.-B. and Marchetti, M.
Monitoring and Indicators of Forest Biodiversity
– Towards a Harmonised System at Country, Landscape and Stand Scale (Ed.). Abstract for Session
084. IUFRO World Congress. 12 August. Brisbane,
Australia.
Vilén, T., Peltoniemi, M., Meyer, J., Palosuo, T. and Lindner, M. 2005. Uncertainty Analysis of the Top-down
Inventory Based Carbon Budget for Selected European Countries. Poster Presentation at the General
Assembly of the European Geosciences Union. Session BG1.11. 24–29 April. Vienna, Austria.
Popular articles
Ottitsch, A. 2005. Illegale Holznutzung in Nordwestrussland. Holz-Zentralblatt 87: 1176–1177.
Ottitsch, A. and Moiseyev, A. 2005. Sciences Investigates
Extent and Consequences of Illegal Logging in the
Russian North-West Region. Forest Russia, Special
Issue ENA-FLEG MC St. Peterburg. Pp. 22–28.
Selected seminar presentations
FOPER. 2005. Forest Policy and Economics Education
and Research. Introduction to the FOPER-project. A
presentation given in the IUFRO RG 6.13.00 7th International Symposium on Legal Aspect of European
Forest Sustainable Development. May 11–15. Zlatibor
Mt, Serbia and Montenegro.
FOPER. 2005. Strengthening the Science-Policy Interface in Forestry. A presentation on the Role of
FOPER-Project in Building a Stronger Science-Policy
Interface in the Western Balkans Region. Presented
in the 60th Anniversary symposium of the Croatian
Forest Research Institute. 24 November. Stubicke
Toplice, Croatia.
Haeusler, T., Fockelmann, R. and Van Brusselen, J.
2005. GMES Service Element Forest Monitoring:
Achievements and Future Developments for Forest
Management and UNFCCC/Kyoto Protocol Reporting. Paper presented in the ForestSAT 2005 Conference, May 31 –June 3. Borås, Sweden.
Janse, G. 2005. Europäische Zusammenarbeit und Vernetzung in forstsektorieller Kommunikation. Presentation at the 37th Forstpolitikertreffen. 8 April.
Hamburg, Germany.
Janse, G. 2005. European Co-operation and Networking in Forest Communication. Presentation at the
13th Meeting of the FAO-ECE Forest Communicators
Network. 3 October. Bialowieza, Poland.
Janse, G. 2005. European Co-operation and Networking in Forest Communication. Presentation at the
Advisory Committee on Community Policy Regarding Forestry and Forest-based Industries, Working
group on Communication. 8 December. Brussels,
Belgium.
Lindner, M. and CarboEurope GHG SS1 co-authors.
2005. A Comparison of European Forest Sector Carbon Budgets – Strengths and Weaknesses of Alternative Methodological Approaches. Oral presentation at
the General Assembly of the European Geosciences
Union, Session BG1.11. 24–29 April. Vienna, Austria.
Lindner, M., Lasch, P., Badeck, F., Kellomäki, S., Peltola,
H., Gracia, C., Sabaté, S., Jäger, D., Lexer, M. and
Freeman, M. 2005. Climate Sensitivity of European
Forests Evaluated with Five Simulation Models. Oral
Presentation given at: Sustainable Forestry in Theory
& Practice: Recent Advances In Inventory & Monitoring; Statistics & Modelling; Information and Knowledge Management; and Policy Science. 5–8 April.
University of Edinburgh, UK.
Lindner, M., Meyer, J., Eggers, T. and Máthé, L. Environmentally Enhanced Potentials for Increased Biomass
Utilization from European Forests. Oral presentation
at the Nordic Bioenergy Conference Bioenergy 2005.
25–27 October. Trondheim, Norway.
Book Contributions:
Ottitsch, A., Michie, B., Palahi, M., Wardle, P., Janse,
G., Moiseyev, A., Kazuša, L. and Krott, M. (2005).
Changes in the Forest Sector in Europe and Russia.
In: Mery, G., Alfaro, R., Kanninen, M. and Lobovikov, M. (eds.) (2005). Forests in the Global Balance
– Changing Paradigms. IUFRO World Series Volume
17. IUFRO. Pp. 231–242.
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Financial Statements for the year 2005
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Finnish Accounting Act and
other rules and regulations governing the preparation of financial statements in Finland.
Due to the dissolving decision by the members of EFI Association to legally change the status
of EFI to that of an international organisation, the closing date of the accounts was exceptionally
15 December 2005. Authorised public accountants audited the final accounts and administration.
In addition, these dissolving accounts are also audited by a special auditor who will see that the
dissolving and transferring process of EFI assets and liabilities and contractual liabilities are
done and documented following all legal requirements. The auditors’ report and final accounts
as well as the dissolving report will be presented to the Annual Conference of EFI in September
2006 for information.
13
Profit and loss account
European Forest Institute
Profit and loss account
01.01.2005 –15.12.2005
2005/EUR
2004/EUR
**
40 177.53
13 095.00
1 478 967.01
2 203.42
27 448.79
1 561 891.75
25 589.00
1 375.00
1 327 111.99
4 296.99
23 898.72
1 382 271.70
Expenses
Personnel
Depreciation
Other expenses
Expenses
**
-1 384 870.65
-51 059.90
-1 236 494.91
-2 672 425.46
-1 358 394.46
-49 287.00
-1 066 790.89
-2 474 472.35
DEFICIT
**
-1 110 533.71
-1 092 200.65
**
140 625.00
140 625.00
149 475.00
149 475.00
**
-969 908.71
-942 725.65
**
1 175.48
-629.76
545.72
3 328.24
-457.17
2 871.07
-969 362.99
-939 854.58
**
1 009 000.00
1 009 000.00
PROFIT
39 637.01
69 145.42
SURPLUS FOR THE PERIOD
39 637.01
69 145.42
ORDINARY OPERATIONS
Revenue
Conference fees
Publication sales
Grants for projects
Rents
Other income
Revenue
SOURCE OF FUNDS
Revenue
Source of funds
DEFICIT
FINANCIAL INCOME AND EXPENSES
Income
Expenses
Financial income and expenses
DEFICIT
SUBSIDIES
14
Balance
European Forest Institute
Balance sheet
15.12.2005
2005/EUR
2004/EUR
**
14 339.08
14 339.08
8 314.50
8 314.50
Tangible assets
Machinery and equipment
Tangible assets
**
58 554.39
58 554.39
49 907.52
49 907.52
Investments
Other shares and similar rights of ownerships
Investments
**
84.09
84.09
2 371.45
2 371.45
Non-current assets total
**
72 977.56
60 593.47
Current assets
Receivables
Accounts receivable
Accrued income and prepaid expenses
Advance payments paid
Receivables
**
76 484.21
553 681.71
1 353.00
631 518.92
29 767.67
455 475.09
0.00
485 242.76
**
585 583.88
545 334.84
**
1 217 102.80
1 030 577.60
***
1 290 080.36
1 091 171.07
**
399 746.36
39 637.01
439 383.37
330 600.94
69 145.42
399 746.36
Liabilities
Current liabilities
Advance payments received
Purchases payables
Accrued liabilities and deferred income
Other liabilities
Current liabilities
**
570 864.54
140 279.00
133 719.10
5 834.35
850 696.99
550 328.80
31 854.35
68 620.88
40 620.68
691 424.71
Liabilities
**
850 696.99
691 424.71
***
1 290 080.36
1 091 171.07
ASSETS
Non-current assets
Intangible assets
Other capitalised long-term expenses
Intangible assets
Cash in hand and at banks
Current assets total
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Equity
Other reserves
Surplus (deficit) for the period
Equity
LIABILITIES
15
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EFI WORK PLAN 2006 - 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY
2
SOURCES OF FUNDING & USE OF FUNDING
4
PROGRAMME 1 –
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
6
PROGRAMME 2 –
FOREST PRODUCTS MARKETS AND SOCIO-ECONOMICS
11
PROGRAMME 3 –
FOREST POLICY
14
PROGRAMME 4 –
FOREST RESOURCES AND INFORMATION
17
EVENTS
22
PUBLICATIONS
25
PROJECT CENTRES
27
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Item 4
Work plan and budget 2007
SUMMARY
In 2006-2007, EFI continues, now as an international organization, activities in its four Research
Programmes and seven Project Centres, organizes events and publishes the results of its work. New
projects are starting, especially under Programme 4 ‘Forest Resources and Information’: the
EUROFOREST project, which aims at developing an internet portal on European forests and will
start in September 2006. EFI is also a partner in two new projects for the Joint Research Centre of
the EU: ‘Pilot Study on Harmonising National Forest Inventories in Europe’ and ‘Linking and
Harmonizing the Forests Spatial Pattern Analyses at European, National and Regional Scales for a
Better Characterization of the Forests Vulnerability and Resilience’, which are both at the
negotiation stage.
Research Programmes
One of the key aims of Programme 1 'Forest Ecology and Management' is the development of tools
for sustainability impact assessment. These are being developed in two large Integrated Projects
funded by the EU: EFORWOOD and SENSOR. The EFORWOOD project aims to develop tools
for the sustainability impact assessment of the whole forestry-wood chain. The project started last
November and EFI has a central role in developing the sustainability impact assessment tool,
ToSIA. The SENSOR project, on the other hand, aims to develop sustainability impact assessment
tools for multifunctional land use in Europe, and EFI’s role is related to multifunctional forest
sector land management. Both Programme 1 and Programme 4 are partners in both projects.
Another joint project is contribution to the work programme of the EEA Topic Centre on
Biodiversity, among others in issues related to potentials of biomass utilization from European
forests.
An Integrated Project EXIOPOL (‘A New Environmental Accounting Framework Using
Externality Data and Input-Output Tools for Policy Analysis’) is currently in the contract
negotiation phase. EFI contribution is related to the valuation of biodiversity and changes in
forestry practices and areas.
In Research Programme 2, ‘Forest Products Markets and Socio-economics’, the development of
GTM model analyzing the supply and demand for timber and forest products is continuing under
the CATRINE and INSEA projects. The changing and competitive landscapeof SMEs in
woodworking industry have been studied in a PhD project, which will be published in 2006.
Another project aiming at a PhD has been started recently, with an aim to assess which measures
are most effective in combating illegal logging and trade.
In Policy Analysis Research Programme, the main project in 2006 –2007 is the FOPERStrengthening capacities of education and training for forest policy and economics development in
Western Balkan region. After planning and conducting a training needs assessment, the
implementation phase of FOPER will start with a Master Programme and a series of professional
training courses in late 2006/early 2007.
One of the key aims of Programme 4 ‘Forest resources and information’ is to establish an access
point to European forests, to increase exchange of information and strengthen the co-operation
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between forestry institutions and individuals. The EUROFOREST project mentioned above will
contribute to this task. Further, the EFISCEN model for European forest resources projections will
be developed further to provide a comprehensive tool for questions related to forest resources
management, wood supply and demand, climate change, carbon sequestration, natural disturbances
and other relevant issues.
Project Centres
EFI’s seven Project Centres continue to expand their activities, and to find also new ways of cooperation. An important development is the decision of EFI to establish a Regional Office in
Barcelona, and to continue the activities of EFI’s project centre MEDFOREX under the auspices of
the Regional Office. As an example of new ways of co-operation, Project Centres CONFOREST
and IEFC organized in May 2006 a joint conference “Plantation or Conversion – The Debate!,
which brought together scientists from all over Europe to discuss the relative merits of plantation
forestry and converting forests to more natural structures. Other activities going on in Project
Centres include the new Cost Action EUROFOREX on European Forest Externalities, led by
MEDFOREX, and COST Action E51 “Integrating Innovation and Development Policies for the
Forest Sector”, in which INNOFORCE plays a central role. IEFC is engaged in the INTERREG
project FORSEE aiming at assessing tools for the monitoring of the sustainable forest management,
and will organize an international conference on indicators for sustainable forest management in
December 2006. PHOENIX will organize an advanced course on post-fire management as well as a
workshop on restoration of cork oak forests after fire. PROCES works on applications for new
research projects and on a database of available data on illegal logging for North-West Russia – to
mention just a few of examples of the activities going on in Project Centres.
Organisational Development
An application for a two-year organizational development was submitted to Finnish Workplace
Development Programme - TYKES. The project aims at:
a. identification and description of key processes needed to achieve the strategic goals
b. introducing strategic goals into the staff’s work descriptions in a participatory manner
c. capacity building through management and project management training; and by
improving internal communication tools and skills.
EFI is also renewing its’ web-site in late 2006/early 2007 and will change the current webpublishing system. Earlier in 2006, a new intranet system has successfully been taken into use, thus
improving the possibilities of distance- work and shared project management.
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Sources of funding 2006
Share of
subcontracts
from other
project funding,
499
15 %
Membership
Fees, 155
5%
Other project
funding, 1174
36 %
Other sources,
Total 42; Events
13, Publications
6, Other 23
1%
Finnish
Government
Grant, 1009
30 %
Share of
subcontracts
from EU
funding, 0
0%
Sources of funding 2007
Share of
subcontracts
from other
project funding,
414
14 %
Other project
funding, 841
29 %
(Total 3316 k€)
(Total 2935 k€)
Other sources,
Total 56; Events
Membership 27, Publications
6, Other 23
Fees, 155
2%
5%
Share of
subcontracts
from EU
funding, 0
0%
European
Commission
Funding (used
at EFI), 437
13 %
Finnish
Government
Grant, 1009
34 %
European
Commission
Funding (used
at EFI), 437
16 %
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Use of funding 2006
Programme 3
Core Funding +
Membership Fees 1159
Project Centres
External Funding used by
EFI, 1645
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from External Funding,
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EFI’S STRATEGIC PLAN 2003-2008
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
YEAR: 2006 – 2007
Programme 1 - Forest Ecology and Management
Strategic issues
Five strategic areas of interest have been identified based on current research challenges:
1. Forest sector sustainability impact assessment
2. Effect of environmental changes on forestry
3. Management of forests under various pressures
4. Biodiversity and other ecosystem services
5. Carbon balances and bio-energy potentials of European forests
European forests offer renewable resources to the forest sector as well as many ecosystem services which are important to society. Assessing the sustainability of forest
resource management is an essential contribution to support the ambition of the European Union to foster knowledge-based sustainable resource utilization. Climate change
remains a major threat to the environment and the society at large. Forest management will have to adapt to the changing environmental conditions and one of the big
challenges to forest research is to secure that forests will continue to provide the full range of goods and services in the future. Forests store large amounts of carbon and
through sustainable use of the renewable resource both in wood products and as bioenergy they can contribute to the mitigation of climate change.
Most important ongoing projects
5015 – MEACAP: Impact of environmental agreements on the CAP
5020 – SENSOR: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Tools for environmental, social and economic effects of multifunctional land use in European regions
5029 – EFORWOOD: Tools for Sustainability Impact Assessment of Forestry-Wood Chain
Direction for the future
The development of tools for sustainability impact assessment will be the key focus for the coming 3-4 years. The Research Programme will seek to extend activities
related to the increasing use of bioenergy and the consequences of this to other forest products and services.
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ONGOING PROJECTS
Project
[Partners, Co-ordinator
underlined]
EFORWOOD - Tools for
Sustainability Impact
Assessment of Forestry-Wood
Chain
38 Partners
Co-ordinator:
SkogForsk
Key Topic No.
EFI team
Janse, Gerben; Lindner,
Marcus; Moiseyev,
Alexander; Pajari, Brita;
Forest sector
Päivinen, Risto; Roihuvuo,
sustainability
5029
impact
Leena; Schuck, Andreas;
Suominen, Tommi;
assessment
Trasobares, Antoni; Zudin,
Sergey
Climatic Effects on Soil Carbon
- Distinction Between Young and
Carbon
Old Carbon, and New Future
balances and
Scenarios
Lindner, Marcus; Palosuo,
[ European Forest Institute (EFI), bio-energy
5028
Finland; Finnish Forest Research potentials of
Taru
Institute (METLA), Finland;
European
University of Helsinki, Finland; forests
Finnish Environment Institute
(SYKE), Finland ]
Objectives
Project aims to develop a quantitative
decision support tool for Sustainability
Impact Assessment of the European
Forestry-Wood Chain.
Milestones
Project aims at delivering ex-ante
Forest sector
Lindner, Marcus; Verkerk,
Sustainability Impact Assessment Tools
sustainability
Hans; Pesonen, Emi;
5020
(SIAT) to support decision making on
impact
Schuck, Andreas; Zudin,
policies related to multifunctional land
assessment
Sergey
use in European regions.
Monitoring Changes in the
Carbon Stocks of Forest Soils
[ European Forest Institute (EFI),
Finland; Finnish Forest Research
Institute (METLA), Finland ]
Carbon
balances and
Faubert, Patrick; Lindner,
bio-energy
5027 Marcus; Palosuo, Taru;
potentials of
Thürig, Esther
European
forests
Budget
total /
EFI
(KEUR)
Milestones 2006:
• M0 (Scientific Co-ordination and
Management): co-organising
EFORWOOD meetings in May and
November;
2005 - 20 611 / 1
990
• M1 (Sustainable Impact Assesment): 2009
developing test chains, developing
ToSIA prototype;
• M6 (Knowledge transfer): knowledge
transfer need assessment.
Project aims to 1) quantify the effects of
climate on decomposition of young soil Analysing of decomposition data from
C, 2) quantify these effects for older soil LIDET litterbag experiment; testing the
C, and 3) predict changes in soil C in
validity of different soil carbon models.
temperate and boreal forests in response
to climate change.
SENSOR
Sustainability Impact
Assessment: Tools for
Environmental, Social and
Economic Effects of
Multifunctional Land Use in
European Regions
35 partners
Co-ordinator: ZALF( Leibniz
Centre for Agricultural Landscape
and Land Use Research)
Time
frame
•
•
2005 291 / 29.4
2008
Forest resource development under
different policy scenarios (WP 2.2):
Policy scenarios need to be translated
into forest management scenarios and
2004 - 9 300 /
projected until 2025.
2008
470
Sustainability impacts will be assessed
in terms of environmental, social and
economic indicators derived directly
from forest resource projections.
Evaluate effect of model choice on
Project aims to develop a method to
simulation of soil carbon stock changes in
2005 402 / 54.5
monitor current and future changes in the soil monitoring; study the variability of
2006
carbon stocks of forest soils.
carbon fluxes under current and changing
management strategies
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Assessment of the European
Terrestrial Carbon Balance CarboEurope IP
Consortium of 65 partners
Co-ordinator: Max -PlanckInstitute for Biogeochemistry,
MPI-BGC
Carbon
balances and
Lindner, Marcus; Giuliana
bio-energy
5011
potentials of
Zanchi
European
forests
MEACAP - Impact of
Environmental Agreements on
the CAP
[ European Forest Institute;
Institute for European
Environmental Policy; Alterra;
Federal Agricultural Research
Centre; Institute for Energy and
Environment; Humboldt
University; Institute of Forest
Ecosystem Research (IFER);
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei;
Scottish Agricultural College]
Carbon
balances and
Lindner, Marcus; Giuliana
bio-energy
5015
potentials of
Zanchi
European
forests
EEA Topic Centre on
Biodiversity
[(Museum National d´Histoire
Naturelle, EFI, Wetlands
International, Estonian
Environment Information Centre,
Joint Nature Conservation
Committee, Istituto Centrale per la
Ricerca Scientifica e tecnologica
Applicata al Mare, Institute of
Landscape Ecology of the Slovak
Academy of Sciences, European
Centre for Nature Conservation,
Agency for Nature Conservation
and Landscape Protection of the
Czech Republic) ]
Contributions to various work packages of
EFI is partner in the core team of the
the 2006 technical annex incl.
Lindner, Marcus; Meyer, ETC/BD. It will perform tasks with
Carbon
• Assessing ecologically and
Jeannette; Moiseyev,
balances and
emphasis on forest biodiversity related
environmentally constrained
Alexander; Pesonen, Emi issues and reporting. A new work plan is
bio-energy
2005 - 1000 / 66
5023
potentials of biomass utilization
(admin); Schuck, Andreas; made at the beginning of every year
potentials of
2008 (for 2006)
from European forests (RP1).
European
Tröltzsch, Katja; Van
depending on the needs of the EEA or the
• Bird monitoring, forest types,
forests
Brusselen, Jo
EC. The cooperation will run from 2005Environment for Europe and State
2008.
of Europe’s Forests Report (RP4).
Project aims to advance the
Developing independent carbon budget by
understanding of the role of the European extending CarboInvent top – down carbon 2004 - 16 310 /
continent in the global carbon cycle.
208
inventory approach to the whole of Europe. 2008
.
Project aims to analyse measures in
Assessing potentials for bio-energy and
agriculture and forestry in the context of
afforestation activities to contribute to
the Kyoto Protocol and the Convention
carbon mitigation.
on Biodiversity and studies how these
could be implemented into CAP.
2004 - 1 417 /
2007
127
8
Uncertainty analysis of forest
carbon balance
(Metla; VTT)
Carbon
balances and
bio-energy
5010 Palosuo, Taru
potentials of
European
forests
Integrated Method to Estimate
Carbon Budgets of Forests Part EFI
[ European Forest Institute,
Finland; Finnish Forest Research
Institute (METLA), Finland ]
Carbon
Project has been extended until December
Project aims to develop a new
balances and
2006 because of the maternity leave of the
2001 Lindner, Marcus; Palosuo, multidisciplinary method for better
bio-energy
257 / 120
581
researcher. Main work is already
2006
Taru
estimates of the carbon budgets of forests.
potentials of
completed.
European
forests
The project received a cost-neutral
2003 Uncertainty Assessment, Implementation
330 / 10,3
extension until end of June 2006 to support
2006
of Kyoto carbon reporting.
the publication of project results.
The objectives of this IP are:
(a) to synthesize and develop estimates of
the external costs of key environmental
impacts for Europe,
(b) to set up an environmentally extended
(EE) Input-Output (I-O) framework in
which as many of these estimates as
EXIOPOL
possible are included, allowing the
A New Environmental
•
Biodiversity
estimation of environmental impacts and
Accounting Framework Using
and other
Lindner, Marcus; Verkerk, external costs of different economic
Externality Data and Inputecosystem 5038
sector activities, final consumption
Hans
Output Tools for Policy Analysis
services
activities and resource consumption for
[37 partners, Coordinator:
countries in the EU,
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
(c) to apply the results of the external cost
(FEEM)]
estimates and EE I-O analysis for the
analysis of policy questions of
importance, as well as to evaluate the
value and impact of past research on
external costs on policy-making in the
EU.
Identification of forest externalities.
List of the main externalities
identified with justification for the
choices. (EFI is a task contributor –
months 1-18)
5000/
156.2
2006 (contract
2010
negotiation
ongoing)
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Comparing C dynamics of
European Scots pine and
Canadian jack pine under
climate change, different
disturbance regimes and forest
management options (PINES)
[Russian Academy of Science,
Institute of Soil Science and
Photosynthesis; St. Petersburg
State University, Biological
Research Institute; EFI; Canadian
Forest Service]
Effect of
environmenta
Chertov, Oleg; Komarov,
5034
l changes on
Alexander
forestry
The EFIMOD model is applied to assess •
the sustainability of forest ecosystems
and the effects of climate change in
boreal forest ecosystems, comparing
•
European Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)
and Canadian jack pine (P. banksiana
•
Lamb.) ecosystems.
Extend EFIMOD to better simulate
forest growth under saturated soil
water conditions
2006Improve model parameterization with
2007
new experimental data
Publish results in international journal
publications
20/20
PLANNED PROJECTS
Project
[Partners, Co-ordinator
underlined]
Key Topic
ENPRIFOR
Strengthening Small-scale
Private Forestry as a Bioenergy
Resource
Carbon
[CEPF; EFI; Forest Development balances and
bio-energy
Centre Tapio; Chamber of
Agriculture Niedersachsen; IDF- potentials of
European
CNPPF; Lithuanian Forest
Owners; Confederation of Spanish forests
Forest Owners (COSE); National
Forest Owner Federation of
Hungary (MEGOSZ)]
No. EFI team
Lindner,
Marcus;
Giuliana
Zanchi
Objectives
Milestones
The project aims to show the best available techniques and practices in
energy production in EU with special focus on private forest owners and
forestry in private forests. Private forest can play a major role in producing
biomass for energy production in a sustainable way and activate the
Proposal submitted in
market for wood biomass. Aims are to gather, demonstrate and spread
June 2006 to EU DG
knowledge about wood energy logging operations, chipping, deliveries
Environment. No
and heat production in a sustainable way in different parts of Europe. The
information on the
project will help national organisations and project partners with
outcome yet.
dissemination of knowledge of wood energy, its potential and
commercially profitable production of wood chips and energy production.
Budget
Time
total / EFI
frame
(KEUR)
1 year
186,7 /
18,75
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Programme 2 - Forest Products, Markets and Socio-Economics
Strategic issues
As defined in the EFI Research Strategy for research 2003-2008, there are five priority areas for research in Forest Products Markets and Socio-economics Programme.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Rural development and socio-economics of forest uses
Economics of multifunctional uses of forests and forest externalities
Analysis and modelling of the supply and demand for timber and forest products
Forest products trade analysis
Competitiveness of forest sector enterprises
The following issues are important for the implementation of the programme in 2006:
•
EU FP6 “forestry wood chain” –research
•
applications of EFI GTM model, further development of the model
•
applications of economic accessibility model, further development of the model in GIS environment, implementation of different scaled systems
•
work on issues related to “illegal logging” and transparent timber trade (trade statistics, national reporting systems, private sector measures)
•
development of projects on financial value and planning of non-wood forest products and services
•
collaboration with UN/ECE, EFI PCs and other EFI programmes
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ONGOING PROJECTS
Project
[Partners, Co-ordinator underlined]
Key Topic
No.
EFI team
Objectives
Milestones
Time
frame
Budget
total /
EFI
(KEUR)
Analysis and
Modelling work for CATRINE
Climate change and associated trade patterns – Modelling of
Moiseyev,
the Supply
impacts for the Norwegian economy
Alexander;
and Demand 5031
Ottitsch,
[ European Forest Institute, Finland;
for Timber
Andreas
University of Oslo, Norway; Norwegian
and Forest
University of Life Sciences, Norway ]
Products
Climate change may influence the forest sector in Nordic
Countries through changes in forest growth and through
changes in world trade patterns because of climate changes in
other regions. The CATRINE project will analyse the order
Preliminary report
of magnitude of both these impacts by using a General
should be finished by
Computable Equilibrium (GCE) macroeconomic global
2006
November 2006.
model which includes trade between Norway and 6 other
regions, and compares the results of this model with the
results of using the partial equilibrium forest sector model
EFI-GTM. EFI will contribute with calibrated forestry and
forest industry data and with specified model runs using the
EFI-GTM , and in report writing.
Evaluation of Finnish Forest Sector
Competitiven
Communication Activities on Domestic and ess of Forest
5026 Janse, Gerben
Major European Markets
Sector
Enterprises
[ European Forest Institute (EFI), Finland ]
Project work has been
Project aims to assess the factors influencing Finnish forest
postponed by one year 2005 sector's communication activities on domestic and major
50 / 50
(2006).
European importing markets (Germany, the Netherlands, and
2008
the United Kingdom).
35 / 35
INSEA
Integrated Sink Enhancement Assessment
[ CIRAD - Southeast Asian Islands; European
Forest Institute; Joint Research Centre;
Institute National de la Recherche
Agronomique (INRA); International Institute
for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA);
Joanneum Research; Luleå University of
Technology; Soil Science and Conservation
Research Institute; University of Hohenheim;
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural
Resources; University of Bodenkultur]
Analysis and
Modelling of
the Supply
Moiseyev,
and Demand 5012
Alexander
for Timber
and Forest
Products
Project aims to develop an analytical tool to assess economic
and environmental effects for enhancing carbon sinks on
agricultural and forest lands. EFI’s part is to assess leakages
effects in the forest sector.
Report on Leakage
effects in the forest
sector to be done in
2006.
2003 2 652 / 83
2006
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Alternative Paths for Forest Sector
Development - Competitive Advantages of Competitiven
Husso,
Small and Medium Size Woodworking
Markku;
ess of Forest
5003
Industries
Ottitsch,
Sector
Andreas
Enterprises
[ Agricultural University of Norway, Norway;
Project aims to analyse and compare the competitiveness
(profitability, effectiveness, internationalisation) of forest
sector SMEs in Norway and Finland.
Analyses of collected
data. Articles on
profitability and
2003 effectiveness prepared 2006 55 / 55
and submitted.
European Forest Institute, Finland ]
Visible or invisible hand? – Which has the Competitiven
Saramäki,
better grip on illegal logging? Comparing ess of Forest
Kaija
the effectiveness of markets and policies in Sector
5037
Enterprises
combating illegal logging and trade
This PhD thesis aims to assess which measures are most
effective in combating illegal logging and trade. In order to
assess this, the effectiveness of public measures as well as
the effectiveness of private measures will be assessed.
2006
– 219 / 219
2009
[ EFI ]
Towards Progressive Forest Sector in
North-West Russia
Project aims to give an overview of forest resources in
[ European Forest Institute (EFI), Finland;
Economics of
Michie, Bruce; Northwest Russia and their accessibility, to propose new
Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA), Multifunction
forest management practices in silviculture and to give an
Ottitsch,
Finland; St. Petersburg State Forest Technical al Uses of
analysis of modern time series econometrics using economic
5024 Andreas;
Academy, Russia; University of Joensuu,
Forests and
theory of market competition and international trade in
Saramäki,
Finland; All-Russian Research Institute of
Forest
forming theoretical background.
Kaija
Silviculture and Mechanization of Forestry,
Externalities
Russia; Forest Research Institute, Zvolen,
Slovakia; Petrozavodsk State University,
Russia ]
The study of
economic accessibility
in North-West Russia
will be finished in
2005 2006, and the
711 / 30
EFISCEN modelling 2007
part will start in late
2006.
PLANNED PROJECTS
Project
[Partners, Co-ordinator underlined]
Key Topic
Government – governance – markets? The
Analysis (and
search for innovative means to combat illegal Modelling) of
logging and illegal forest products trade
the Supply and
European Forest Institute (EFI); Collaboration Demand for
Timber and
with the Estonian Agricultural University and
Forest Products
PROCES
No.
EFI team
Objectives
Milestones
Budget
Time
total / EFI
frame
(KEUR)
The main research question is “Which approaches are
Submitted to the
appropriate for combating illegal logging and illegal forest Academy of
products trade on the spectrum from governmental policies Finland in
36
470/460
Saramäki, NN to market based approaches?” This project will form the
January 2006.
months
basis of a PhD study. The collaborators responsibility will be Decision
data collection and analysis, but their subcontracts are not
expected in
included in the requested funding from the Academy.
autumn 2006.
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Programme 3 - Policy Analysis
Research and Development Priorities
The research strategy for Programme 3 derives from the general mission of EFI with the aim to provide useful information for European policy-makers. This contains a
dual approach to fulfil the mission:
1) to produce scientifically valid and simultaneously policy relevant information in order to contribute to rational policy-making within the comprehensive policy process
framework in support of sustainable forest management and sustainable development;
2) to efficiently disseminate and provide policy relevant information by strengthening the networking and partnership within policy science community and with policymaking institutions, and publishing research reports and textbooks as well as to provide an independent discussion forum for forest economists, policy scientists and policymakers.
The main strategic tools and approaches for implementing these aims include:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
analysis and evaluation of the effects and impacts of implemented forest policies as well as other policies outside the sector influencing forests and forestry sector;
comparative studies of policy means and institutions in varying socio-economic conditions;
analysis of the goals, values and behaviour of relevant actors in forestry;
contribution to overall policy development processes, especially in CIT’s, and
networking, partnership creation with international institutions such as IUFRO, MCPFE, FAO, UNFF, UNU and World Bank
dissemination of information through publishing of research reports, conference proceedings and policy scientific textbooks, and organising forest policy summer
schools, and
7. under the auspices of Forest Policy Research Forum organising international workshops, seminars and conferences to provide a discussion forum for scientists and
policy-makers.
In 2006 and 2007 the main focus of activities of ongoing projects will be in development for future research networks and capacities in forest economics and policy
science, especially in CIT-region, in strengthening science-policy interface in Europe at large and dissemination of policy relevant information.
In 2006 the FOPER-project, “Forest Policy and Economics Education and Research”, with an aim for strengthening the capacities of education, training and research of
forest policy and forest economics in Western Balkan region, continues after successfully completing the training needs assessment of both international master programme
and professional training as well as the feasibility study on the location and modality of the education in 2005. FOPER is co-ordinated by EFI and includes 9 Western
Balkan forest faculties and forest research institutes as partners. As international partners, UNU, Silva-network/University of Joensuu and EFI/INNOFORCE are
participating in the project. In 2006, the design of curricula both for MSc. education and professional further education will be carried out, based on the training needs
assessment. A short test course will be carried out in early 2006 enabling immediate feedback to the design. Identification of forest policy and economics research agenda
for 5 South-Eastern European countries will be carried out together with partner institutions. Master Programme and series of professional training courses will start the
implementation phase of FOPER late 2006/early 2007. In December 2006, EFI and FOPER project in cooperation with its regional partners will organize an international
workshop on the national forest programs as a tool for science-policy interface.
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Programme 3 continues to contribute to EFI’s overall role and activities in support of MCPFE-process and other relevant forest policy processes through EFI partnership
networks. EFI being appointed as leading actor in regular MCPFE work programme is organising, in collaboration with other science community institutions, an
International Conference, which will bring together European policy makers and the scientific community in April 2006. The aim of the Conference is to strengthen
science-policy interface through multi-stakeholder dialogue focusing on issues identified in the Vienna Declaration and Resolutions. Several other forest policy events has
been organised in 2005, and will be arranged in 2006 in support of MCPFE-process and related commitments in Europe. Summary report based on the review of policy
relevant research in Europe will be published in 2006.
The possible funding sources for the outlined book to describe the diversity of socio-economic and ecological benefits produced by the forest sector with supporting
institutions in Europe will be explored in 2006, e.g. in the context of FTP. The book is planned to be a major tool for dissemination of information on ‘forest clusters’ for
decision-makers and forestry professionals as well as general public throughout the Europe and also elsewhere. Two textbooks on policy analysis (Authors: Max Krott, and
Päiviö Riihinen & Veli-Pekka Järveläinen) were published in 2005 and will be utilised in Master programme of FOPER in 2007-2008.
Co-operation with the member institutions and Project Centres, especially INNOFORCE/Boku will be strengthened.
ONGOING PROJECTS
Project
[Partners, Co-ordinator underlined]
Key Topic
No.
EFI team
FOPER - Strengthening Capacities of
Education and Training for Forest Policy and
Economics Development in Western Balkan
Region
Forest Policy and Economics Education and
Research
Milestones
Budget
total /
EFI
(KEUR)
2006: Master program in Forest
Policy and Economics and
professional training courses
designed and ready for
implementation.
Co-ordinator: European Forest Institute (EFI);
Evaluation of Forest
Policies to Secure
[ Agricultural University of Tirana, Faculty of
Economic, Social and
Forestry Sciences, Albania; Forest and Pasture
Research Institute, Albania; Institute of Forestry, Ecological Aspects of
Sustainable Forest
Belgrade, ; United Nations University (UNU),
Japan; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry, Management
; University of Joensuu / Silva-network, Finland;
University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Forestry, Bosnia
and Herzegovina; University of “Sv. Kiril i
Metodij”, Faculty of Forestry, Macedonia; Forest
Research Institute, Jastrebarsko, Croatia;
University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and
Herzegovina; University of Zagreb, Croatia ]
Objectives
Time
frame
Pitkänen, Mari;
Tikkanen, Ilpo;
5018
Tuomasjukka,
Tomi
Project aims for strengthened
capacity established for modern forest Identification of regional
policy and economics education,
research agenda on forest
training and research in Western
policy and economics for the 2004 - 3 900 / 3
2008
900
Balkan region (Croatia, Bosnia and Western Balkans initiated.
Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro,
Memorandum of
Former Yugoslav Republic of
Understanding on forming a
Macedonia and Albania).
regional partnership for
collaboration in forest science
signed.
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Fortune in our Forests – Welfare Resource for
Tikkanen
Dissemination of Forest
Europeans
589
Policy Research Results
(Konijnendijk)
2006: New funding sources
explored and identified;
Manuscripts for articles drafted
Describe the diversity of socio(subject to raising external
2005 economic and ecological benefits of funds). 2007: Editing of the
2007
forests and forest sector in Europe. book articles ready for
publishing.
/
PLANNED PROJECTS
Project
Key Topic No.
[Partners, Co-ordinator underlined]
Support for EU Forest Law
Enforcement Governance and Trade
(FLEGT) partnership agreements in
developing countries.
[EFI; Other partners open]
Review of Forest Owner Surveys in
Europe and North America
[USDA Forest Service, EFI]
Programme
area topics 3
and 4 (see
the list
above)
Comparative
analysis of
policy
means;
behaviour of
NIPFowners
EFI team
Open
Tikkanen,
NN
Objectives
The overall objective of the project - of which this
contract will be a part - is to implement the EU Action
Plan for Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
(FLEGT), through entering into partnership agreements
to combat illegal logging and strengthen forest sector
governance.
Milestones
Time
frame
EFI has tentatively
accepted pending on the
Board’s approval. ToR are
currently being finalised by 2006 EU, and the Contract will 2010
tentatively be signed in late
2006.
Aim is to review forest owner surveys, their
methodologies applied and behavioural features of forest
(Search for external
owners in Europe and North America; survey results are
funding ongoing)
used for comparative analyses of implemented forest
policies and programmes
20062007
Budget
total / EFI
(KEUR)
2625 / 2625
25
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Programme 4 - Forest Resources and Information
Main strategic issues in Research Programme 4 (RP4)
1. Information on the options of the future development of European forest resources
2. Value- added information services for policy and decision-making in forestry and related disciplines
One main activity within RP4 is applying available data and knowledge on European forests and forestry to serve policy and decision makers/making processes as well as
forest related research disciplines by producing value added information products. Good examples are (1) contributions to reports such as the ‘State of the Environment’
reports of the EEA, (2) the elaboration of forest maps which are used by a large community for various applications, (3) policy reviews with relation to EO and biodiversity
and (4) the establishment of user friendly information services and databases. Further the development of the European Forest Information Scenario Model (EFISCEN) has
taken place over many years within RP4 and RP1. The model and the associated forest resource databases is currently utilised and further elaborated in conjunction with
RP 1 based on particular research questions.
Major ongoing projects
One core activity is the ‘European Forestry Information and Data Analysis System (EFIDAS)’. It provides comprehensive European forestry information and user-friendly
data analysis systems. RP4 is involved in several new 6th FP projects including SENSOR, EFORWOOD, FIREPARADOX and BIOSCORE. In SENSOR RP 4 is involved
in building the SENSOR data management system. In EFORWOOD the tasks are manifold including the development of a user-friendly version of ToSIA, user needs
assessments and the development of training plans. RP4 has been able to join a new research community with the FIREPARADOX project and strengthened ties with the
PHOENIX PC. In this project EFI is engaged in a number of policy reviews with relation to fire and CO2 and will build the FIREPARADOX data management platform. In
BIOSCORE RP4 will assist in elaborating a tool for linking pressures from policy sectors to the (change of) state of biodiversity as measured by the presence and
abundance of individual species. RP4 is a core partner in a new 4-year running of the now called European Topic Center on Biological Diversity (2005-2008). RP4
provides its expertise related to forest and forest biodiversity issues. RP4 also contributes to various reports produced for the EEA. A consortium led by GAF/AG aims to
establish a complete and readily available operational information service in the GMES priority area of forest monitoring based on the needs of the end-user community.
After a successful stage 1 project RP4 is now a partner in the follow up project (Stage 2 – service implementation stage; 2005-2008).
Direction for the future
One of the goals of RP4 is to establish an access point to European forests, to increase exchange of information and strengthen the co-operation between forestry
institutions and individuals. Starting in September the EUROFOREST project will contribute to this task. EFIDAS and other established databases and meta-information
services will play an important role in this context. Links to other ongoing initiatives in the field of information dissemination and system development are upheld in
particular to the ‘Global Forest Information Service’. Here experiences gained in previous (EFICS, EFIS, NEFIS) and ongoing projects are a valuable asset. EFISCEN will
be developed further to represent a comprehensive tool for answering various types of ‘what if’–questions in forest resources management, wood supply and demand,
climate change, carbon sequestration, natural disturbances and other related issues. In 2006 EFISCEN reprogramming will be finalised. It will be served by an Internet
forest inventory database including tailored web services for interested organisations/individuals based on results form completed projects. GMES activities will be
enforced by participation in the GMES Network of Users. RP4 will continuously seek to expand its knowledge base on forest and forestry in order to be able to engage in
projects or requests where expert services on forests are required.
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ONGOING PROJECTS
Project
[Partners, Co-ordinator underlined]
GSE Forest Monitoring, Stage 2
(GSE-FM2)
18 partners
Co-ordinator GAF AG, Germany;
Key Topic
No.
Value Added
Forestry
Information for
5030
Policy and
Decision
Making
EEA Topic Centre on Biodiversity
[(Museum National d´Histoire
Naturelle, EFI, Wetlands International,
Estonian Environment Information
Value Added
Centre, Joint Nature Conservation
Forestry
Committee, Istituto Centrale per la
Information for
5023
Ricerca Scientifica e tecnologica
Policy and
Applicata al Mare, Institute of
Decision
Landscape Ecology of the Slovak
Making
Academy of Sciences, European Centre
for Nature Conservation, Agency for
Nature Conservation and Landscape
Protection of the Czech Republic) ]
SENSOR
Sustainability Impact Assessment:
Tools for Environmental, Social and Value Added
Economic Effects of Multifunctional Forestry
Land Use in European Regions
Information for
5020
Policy and
35 partners
Decision
Co-ordinator: ZALF( Leibniz Centre Making
for Agricultural Landscape and Land
Use Research)
EFI team
Pesonen Emi
(admin); Schuck,
Andreas; Van
Brusselen, Jo
Objectives
GSE has as its main aim to deliver
policy-relevant, operational
information services, derived from
Remote Sensing. GSE-FM2 is
focused on implementation and
further development of services
from Stage 1 and targets the roll-out
and expansion of policy-relevant
services derived from a stable
service portfolio to users
worldwide.
Milestones
Budget
Time
total / EFI
frame
(KEUR)
- User needs and user standards
assessment developed and
implemented
- Annual plan and service
prospectus reviewed and
2005 - 6 000 /
endorsed
2008 101
- User utility assessments
implemented
- User executive body
developed and implementation
guided as its secretary
Contributions to various work
packages of the 2006 technical
EFI is partner in the core team of annex incl.
Lindner, Marcus;
- Bird monitoring, forest types,
the ETC/BD. It will perform tasks
Meyer, Jeannette;
with emphasis on forest biodiversity Environment for Europe and
Moiseyev,
related issues and reporting. A new State of Europe’s Forests
2005 - 1000 / 66
Alexander; Pesonen,
work plan is made at the beginning Report (RP4);
2008 (for 2006)
Emi (admin);
Assessing
ecologically
and
of every year depending on the
Schuck, Andreas;
environmentally constrained
needs of the EEA or the EC. The
Tröltzsch, Katja;
potentials of biomass
cooperation will run from 2005Van Brusselen, Jo
utilization from European
2008.
forests (RP1).
Lindner, Marcus;
Meyer, Jeannette; Project aims at delivering ex-ante
Sustainability Impact Assessment
Pesonen, Emi
Tools (SIAT) to support decision
(admin); Schuck,
Andreas; Varis,
making on policies related to
multifunctional land use in
Simo; Verkerk,
Hans; Zudin, Sergey European regions.
- Common metadata profile for
all project data is developed
including guidelines
- Proposal for design of the
integrated data management
2004 system
9300 / 470
- A GIS based integrated data 2008
management system including
a data warehouse for
centralised management of all
project data and related
information and web-based
18
user interfaces (clearinghouse)
enabling participants to
discover and download
appropriate data
BioScore
Biodiversity Impact Assessment
Using Species Sensitivity Scores
[European Centre for Nature
Conservation; The Netherlands
Biodiversity
Environmental Assessment Agency;
and Other
Institute of Nature Conservation/
Ecosystem
Butterfly Conservation Europe;
Services
Wetlands International; Alterra – Green
World Research; Norwegian Institute
for Nature Research; University of
Rome, Dept. Animal and Human
Biology; European Forest Institute;
Greek Biotope/Wetland Centre]
5032
FIRE PARADOX
An innovative approach of
Integrated Wildland Fire
Value Added
Management regulating the wildfire
Forestry
problem by the wise use of fire:
Information for
5033
solving the FIRE PARADOX
Policy and
Decision
Co-ordinator: Instituto Superior de
Making
Agronomia Centro de Ecologia
Aplicada, Portugal and INRA, France;
in addition to the coordinators there are
27 participants from 13 countries
Value Added
EFORWOOD - Tools for
Sustainability Impact Assessment of Forestry
Information for
Forestry-Wood Chain
5029
Policy and
38 Partners
Decision
Co-ordinator:
Making
SkogForsk
Meyer, Jeannette;
Pesonen, Emi
(admin); Schuck,
Andreas; Van
Brusselen, Jo
This project aims to develop a tool
for linking pressures from policy
sectors to the (change of) state of
biodiversity as measured by the
presence and abundance of
individual species.
EFI will participate in the
tasks:
- Inventory of relevant policy
requirements and priorities;
- Selection of policy sectors
and pressures;
- Elaboration of the chapter
2006 - approx.
‘Policy and conceptual
framework’ for the final
2009 1576 / 96
project report;
- Input on design of the
database to store the speciesenvironment relations for
optimal use for impact
assessments and scenario
analyses
- Knowledge transfer
implementation plan;
- Data/information collection
guidelines;
- Definition of a common
The results of this Integrated Project
metadata profile;
aim at responding to the societal
- Review report on emissions
needs of reducing the impacts of
mitigation through prescribed
disastrous wildfires by setting their
burning
limits with prescribed and
- Contribution to a review of
suppression fires.
policies and practices at the
European and national scale
with special emphasis on
prescribed burning and
suppression fire
Milestones 2006:
Janse, Gerben;
- M0 (Scientific Co-ordination
Lindner, Marcus; Project aims to develop a
and Management): co-organise
Moiseyev,
quantitative decision support tool EFORWOOD meetings in May
Alexander; Pajari, for Sustainability Impact
and November
Brita; Päivinen,
Assessment of the European
- M1(Sustainable Impact
Risto; Roihuvuo,
Forestry-Wood Chain.
Assessment): developing test
Leena; Schuck,
chains, developing ToSIA
Andreas; Suominen,
prototype
Andrienko,
Gennady;
Andrienko, Natalia;
Janse, Gerben;
Narayan, Caroline;
Pesonen, Emi
(admin); Richards,
Tim; Schuck,
Andreas; Van
Brusselen, Jo;
Zudin, Sergey ; NN
(programmer to be
hired in 2007)
2006 - 20000 /
2010 546
2005 - 20611 / 1
2009 990
19
Tommi; Zudin,
Sergey
Value Added
European Forest Information Portal Forestry
(EURO-FOREST)
Information for
5035
Policy and
[European Forest Institute;
woodSCAPE consult; Silva Network] Decision
Making
Value Added
European Forestry Information and Forestry
Information for
Data Analysis System (EFIDAS)
501
Policy and
[ European Forest Institute, Finland ] Decision
Making
Schuck, Andreas
Vesa, Lauri;
Green, Tim
- M6 (Knowledge transfer):
knowledge transfer need
assessment; training plan based
on gap analysis
The aim of the project is to produce
a user-friendly, comprehensive web
portal on European forests. The
portal structure will be designed in the initial phase of the project, e.g., based on examples of successful
web portals used elsewhere. The
portal will be structured into a
number of broader themes. Each
portal theme will include a
synthesising, non-technical
overview of the topic, including
graphs and other visual elements.
The portal structure will be
designed to allow an easy expansion
of a particular theme area or to add
new themes.
Project aims to build 'first-stopshop' providing comprehensive
European forestry information and
Varis, Simo; Zudin,
user-friendly data analysis system to
Sergey; Zudina,
promote improved utilisation and
Elena
analysis of European forestry
statistics for conducting high quality
Pan-European forestry research.
3 project meetings
Draft design of portal
structure (month 3-6)
Draft of portal contents,
18
prototype meta-database
(month 6-18)
month 263 / 184
Portal structure ready (month s
5-10)
Visual design of portal
(month 9-12)
- Restructuring of EFIDAS and
new concepts for search
features and output interface
(dynamic data exploration and
1993 - 27 / 27 per
reporting features);
- Development of EFISCEN 2006 year
database; Restructuring DFDE
database;
- Maintenance of current
internet databases
PLANNED PROJECTS
Project
[Partners, Co-ordinator underlined]
Linking and Harmonizing the Forests Spatial
Pattern Analyses at European, National and
Regional Scales for a Better Characterization
of the Forests Vulnerability and Resilience
Key Topic
Value Added
Forestry
Information for
Policy and
No.
EFI team
Objectives
Milestones
Time
frame
Budget
total /
EFI
(KEUR)
Schuck, Andreas; This proposal was made by the University of Contract
2006 negotiations in
Tröltzsch, Katja; Molise, Italy, for the JRC project
118/26
2008
Van Brusselen, Jo 2005S_176-174131. The study addresses the progress.
linkages between forests spatial pattern and
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Decision Making
[ Coillte Teoranta (The Irish Forestry Board),
Ireland; European Forest Institute, Finland;
University of Hamburg, Germany; University of
Molise, Italy ]
Feasibility Study on Means of Combating
Forest Dieback in the European Union
Value Added
Forestry
[Federal Centre for Forestry and Forest Products Information for
(BFH); EFI]
Policy and
Decision Making
forest functions with emphasis on forest
biodiversity, forests vulnerability to natural
hazards and human pressure and resilience.
The current study was initiated in order to Proposal
develop a concrete proposal for preventing submitted to
Schuck, Andreas; and mitigating forest deterioration in the EU, EC DG Env.
10
257.8 /
Van Brusselen, Jo; which is based on the analysis of the factors in June 2006.
months 120.4
affecting
deterioration
in
the
EU
and
their
Janse, Gerben
No information
related causes.
on the outcome
yet.
GNU – GMES: Network of Users:
[Federal Environment Agency, Austria; Flemish
Land Agency; Estonian Environment
Information Centre; EFI; Ministry of Ecology
and sustainable development, France; Federal
Environment Agency, Germany; National
Observatory of Athens; Agency for
Environmental Protection and Technical
Services, Italy; Agency for new Technology,
Energy & the Environment, Italy; Latvian
Environment Agency; Environmental Protection
Agency, Lithuania; Slovak Environmental
Agency; European Topic Centre on Terrestrial
Environment at the Autonomous University of
Barcelona; HiTec Marketing, Austria; Joanneum
Research, Austria; Siberian Center for
Environmental Research and Training]
Pilot Study on Harmonising National Forest
Inventories in Europe
Value Added
Forestry
Information for
Policy and
Decision Making
Value Added
[ European Forest Institute, Finland; University Forestry
Information for
of Florence, Dipartimento di Scienze e
Policy and
Technologie Ambientali Forestali, Italy;
Decision Making
University of Hamburg, Germany; CREAF
University of Barcelona, Spain ]
Currently, the GMES user communities are
fragmented and incoherent, and, thus, unable
to issue common and consolidated views and
statements. GNU project intends to initiate a
structuring of the GMES demand side by
Contract
Schuck, Andreas;
setting up an independent platform that will negotiations in 3 years 1 100 / 41
Van Brusselen, Jo
become the focal point and mouthpiece of progress.
European GMES user needs, and, likewise,
will foster a systematic dialogue between the
stakeholder communities including users,
decision makers, and data providers.
The EC JRC Pilot Study of harmonising
National Forest Inventories in Europe deals
with the harmonisation of forest information
Contract
Schuck, Andreas;
in Europe. The major objective of the pilot
2006 negotiations in
Tröltzsch, Katja;
193 / 33
study is to show various harmonisation
2008
progress.
Varis, Simo
approaches for a selected list of forestry
variables and approve them for different test
areas within at least three different countries.
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EFI’S STRATEGIC PLAN 2003-2008
EVENTS
YEAR: 2006 – 2007
EVENTS 2006
Progr
amme
1-4
Event
(organisers, EFI person in response)
EFI’s role
(M = main
organiser
C= coorganiser)
Place
Planned
date
Outcome
EFORWOOD-week
Org.: Skogforsk, Sweden; Forest Research, Northern Research Station, UK; European Forest
Institute (EFI);
Risto Päivinen, Leena Roihuvuo, Brita Pajari
C
Edinburgh, UK
8-12 May
2006
EFI 2006 Annual Conference
Org.: European Forest Institute (EFI) (main); Centre for Ecosystem Studies: ALTERRA, the
Netherlands; Wageningen University and research Centre of Ecosystem Studies,The Netherlands;
Netherland’s Environmental Assessment Agency, the Netherlands; Dutch State Forest Service
(SBB), the Netherlands; Natuurmonumenten, the Netherlands; International Union of Forest
Research Organizations (IUFRO)
Risto Päivinen, Anu Ruusila, Brita Pajari
M
Kerkrade, The
Netherlands
14
September
2006
1-4
Scientific Seminar of the EFI 2006 Annual Conference
The Role of Forestry in Integrated Environmental Assessments Org.: European Forest Institute
(EFI) (main); Centre for Ecosystem Studies: ALTERRA, the Netherlands; Wageningen
University and research Centre of Ecosystem Studies,tThe Netherlands; Netherland’s
Environmental Assessment Agency, the Netherlands; Dutch State Forest Service (SBB), the
Netherlands; Natuurmonumenten, the Netherlands; International Union of Forest Research
Organizations (IUFRO)
Risto Päivinen, Brita Pajari
C
Kerkrade, The
Netherlands
15-16
September
2006
EFI discussion
paper
1-4
International Conference
forestXchange – New approaches in Forest Management
Org.: Forest Research Institute of Baden-Wuerttemberg (FVA), Germany; WSL, Switzerland;
BFW, Austria; LWF, Germany; International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO);
European Forest Institute (EFI)
Andreas Schuck, Brita Pajari
EFORWOOD-week
Org Skogforsk, Sweden; Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal; European Forest Institute
(EFI)
Risto Päivinen, Leena Roihuvuo, Brita Pajari
C
Freiburg,
Germany
25-27
October
2006
Proceedings (not
EFI)
C
Lisbon, Portugal
13-17
November
2006
1-4
22
1
Protected Forest Areas in Europe – Analysis and Harmonisation (PROFOR)
Org.: COST Action E27; Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya (EFI PC), Spain; Universidad
Compludense de Madrid, Spain; Regional Government of Catalunya, Ministry of Environment,
Spain; European Forest Institute (EFI)
Andreas Schuck, Brita Pajari
C
Barcelona,
Spain
22-24
February
2006
3
Winter School
Voluntary Tools for the Implementation of Environmental and Social Responsibilities in Forestry
with special reference to the Balkan Region
Org.: University of Padova, Italy; Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania; European Forest
Institute (EFI)
Ilpo Tikkanen, Tomi Tuomasjukka, Brita Pajari
MCPFE-Seminar and workshop
Policies Fostering Investment and Innovation in Support of Rural Development
Org.: MCPFE Liaison Unit Warsaw; European Forest Institute (EFI); EFI-Innoforce Project
Centre, Austria; National Forest Centre, Slovakia; Union of Foresters of Southern Europe
(USSE); Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF); Ministry of Agriculture, Slovakia;
The Union of the Slovak Scientific and Technological Societies - Slovak Forestry Society;
Slovakia
Ilpo Tikkanen; Brita Pajari
C
Brasov,
Romania
20-26
February
2006
M
Sliać-Sielnica,
Slovakia
27-29
March
2006
Seminar
Strengthening of Science-Policy Interface:
Org.: European Forest Institute (EFI) (main); International Union of Forest Research
Organisations (IUFRO); International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA);
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI); United Nations University (UNU)
Risto Päivinen, Ilpo Tikkanen, Brita Pajari
FOPER Stakeholder Workshop
Org.: European Forest Institute (EFI); EFI-Innoforce Project Centre, Austria
Tomi Tuomasjukka, Mari Pitkänen, Brita Pajari
M
Wroclaw,
Poland
26- April
2006
M
Brać island,
Croatia
23-24 May
2006
3
FOPER Inter-catedra meeting for the chairs of forest policy, forest economics and forest
organisation in BiH, Croatia, SCG, FYROM and Albania; European Forest Institute (EFI)
Org. Faculty of Forestry, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; EFI
Tomi Tuomasjukka, Mari Pitkänen
M
Sarajevo, Serbia
and Montenegro
3-4 July
2006
3
FOPER National Forest Programmes – a Tool for Strengthening Science – Policy Interface in
Practise
Org.: European Forest Institute (EFI); Forest Research Institute Jastrebarsko, Croatia
Ilpo Tikkanen, Tomi Tuomasjukka, Mari Pitkänen, Brita Pajari
M
Zagreb, Croatia
4-5
December
3
FOPER Training Workshop on didactics/pedagogy
Org. EFI
Mari Pitkänen, Tomi Tuomasjukka
M
TBD
TBD
3
3
3
Proceedings in
collaboration with
MCPFE & EFI
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PLANNED EVENTS 2007
Progr
amme
1-4
Event
(organisers, EFI person in response)
Place
Planned
date
M
Brussels,
Belgium
7-11 May
2007
M
Joensuu,
Finland
(TBC)
June 2007
EFI 2007 Annual Conference
Org.: European Forest Institute (EFI) (main); Faculty of Forestry, Warsaw Agricultural
University, Poland;
Risto Päivinen, Anu Ruusila, Brita Pajari
M
Warsaw,
Poland
5 September
2006
(3-4..9.
SAB/Board)
1-4
IUFRO European level meeting and the Scientific Seminar of the EFI 2007 Annual Conference
The Role of Forestry in Regional Development of Europe
Org.: IUFRO; Faculty of Forestry, Warsaw Agricultural University, Poland; European Forest
Institute (EFI)
Risto Päivinen, Brita Pajari, Anu Ruusila
C
Warsaw,
Poland
6-7
September
2006
(7.9. field
trip)
1-4
EFORWOOD-week
Org.: Skogforsk, Sweden; TUZVO, Slovakia; KCPK, Slovakia; European Forest Institute (EFI)
Risto Päivinen, Leena Roihuvuo, Brita Pajari
M
Zvolen,
Slovakia
12-16
November
2007
3
FOPER Training workshop on forest policy and economics research methodologies
Org. EFI
Tomi Tuomasjukka, Mari Ptkänen
M
Banja Luka,
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
2007, TBC
3
FOPER - Strengthening Capacities of Education and Training for Forest Policy and Economics
Development in Western Balkan Region
M
Several
project
meetings and
open seminars
2005 - 2008
1-4
EFORWOOD-week
Org.: Skogforsk, Sweden; CEI-Bois; CEPI; CEPF; European Forest Institute (EFI);
Risto Päivinen, Leena Roihuvuo, Brita Pajari
Career Development in International Forest Science
Org.: European Forest Institute (EFI); woodSCAPE; Erasmus (TBC); Silva Network (TBC)
Brita Pajari, Anu Ruusila, Ilpo Tikkanen
EFI’s role (M
= main
organiser C=
co-organiser)
FOPER – Forest Policy and Economics Education and Research
Tomi Tuomasjukka, Mari Pitkänen
Outcome
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EFI’S STRATEGIC PLAN 2003-2008
PUBLICATIONS
YEAR: 2006-2007
RR = Research report
P = Proceedings
DP = Discussion Paper
TR = Technical Report (Previously Internal Report)
Programme 1 — Forest Ecology and Management
Title
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Series
RECOGNITION: Relationships between Recent Changes of
Growth and Nutrition of Norway Spruce, Scots Pine and
European Beech Forests in Europe
Karjalainen, et al.
RR
Time
frame
2006
Notes / Publisher
Management of Valuable Mixed Broadleaf Forests in
Europe
Spiecker et al
RR
2006
Brill
Forest Models for Sustainable Forest Management
(FORMOD)
Mohren et al.
P
2006
EFI
Status in July 2006
Brill
In preparation, editors have
informed that revised
manuscript would be available
in July 2006
In preparation, editors have
informed that manuscript would
be available for SAB review in
July 2006
Planned
Programme 2 — Forest Products, Markets and Socio-economics
Title
Economic accessibility model (tentative title)
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Michie et al.
Series
TR
Time
frame
2005
Notes / Publisher
Time
frame
2006
Notes / Publisher
EFI WEB only
Status in July 2006
In preparation
Programme 3 — Forest Policy
Title
Review and Analysis of Policy Relevant Research related to
the process of Ministerial Conference on the Protection of
Forests in Europe
Fortune in our Forests
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Bouriard
Tikkanen et al.
Series
RR
2006
Status in July 2006
Brill
Reviews in, revisions expected
in late summer 2006
EFI
In preparation
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Programme 4 — Forest Resources and Information
Title
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Series
Network for a European Forest Information Service (NEFIS)
Schuck et al-
RR
Time
frame
2006
EFIS – European forest information system
Päivinen et al
RR
2006
Status in July 2006
Notes / Publisher
Brill
JRC
In preparation
Planned
International Seminars
Title
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Series
The Multifunctional Role of Forests: Policies, Methods and
Case Studies: Proceedings of the Conference 28-30 April
2005, Padova, Italy
Pettenella et al.
P
Time
frame
2006
Notes / Publisher
Status in July 2006
Forest Modelling and Scenario Analysis: Its Role in
Decision Making for Forest Management and in Forest
Policy Development, Proceedings of the Scientific Seminar
of the EFI 2006 Annual Conference
Nabuurs et al.
P
2006
Online series only
Agreed.
Policies Fostering Investments and Innovations in Support
of Rural Development Proceedings of the seminar in Zvolen,
Slovakia, March, 27-29, 2006
Tikkanen et al.
P
2006
MCPFE Liaison Unit
Warsaw
In preparation, EFI’s
contribution was editorial work
by Tikkanen and Korhonen
Notes / Publisher
Status in July 2006
EFI
In preparation.
Project Centres
Title
Discussion paper based on the results of the joint IEFC /
ConForest conference
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Dedrick, S., Spiecker, H.,
von Teuffel, K
Series
Time
frame
EFI
Planned to be published in late
2006.
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EFI’S STRATEGIC PLAN 2003-2008
PROJECT CENTRES
YEAR: 2006 – 2007
PROJECT CENTRE ConForest
Main objectives
Changing needs of society and the enhanced understanding of forest ecosystems have recently led to increased research activities regarding the question whether these ecosystems and
society would benefit if secondary, pure, even-aged coniferous forests on sites naturally dominated by broadleaf species are converted hoping to improve sustainability, resistance and
biodiversity. CONFOREST is going to promote the understanding of the processes related to conversion measures further and to investigate this topic for relevant coniferous species in Central
Europe, such as Norway spruce, Sitka spruce, Scots pine, and maritime pine. CONFOREST aims at an integrated evaluation of conversion strategies with respect to the ecological and socioeconomic goals of forestry. The impacts of such conversion activities on soil processes, nutrient fluxes, pathogen susceptibility, wood production, and disturbance risks will be studied.
Main targets for the years 2006-2007
The prime target for this year was to be a joint conference organised between the EFI PC’s of the IEFC and CONFOREST to be held in Freiburg in May 2006. The output of a summary paper
of the proceedings of the keynote speeches and the results of the working group session has an expected release date of October 2006.
The 5th working session of the initiative has been scheduled and is to take place in Evora, Portugal, in October 2006. It is expected that the basis for the meeting will be one of consortia
building for the 7th Framework, as well as a themed environment focusing working group output.
Since the final working group structure was decided and working group leaders nominated during CONFOREST’s side meeting at the 11th EFI Annual Conference in Bangor, the working
group leaders have initiated activities with their contributing scientists and set up plans for their activities throughout the second CONFOREST term. These targets have been assimilated and
put into Working Group Action Plans, devised and under responsibility of each WG leader. The activities within these action plans form the main scientific output of CONFOREST, as well as
the basis for agendas. These are reviewed after each bi-annual meeting, with regular contacts between working group leaders and the CONFOREST Board to ensure progress as anticipated.
Working group communication and meetings will be arranged by the working group leaders as required. Several WG meetings are already scheduled to pursue each group’s scientific
targets as stated in its action plan.
The setting-up of the CONFOREST dedicated homepage is now complete, and it became fully-operational within the first half of the year. This has become the portal for all future meeting
activities, with registration pages etc. being initiated. It also hosts the details of all CONFOREST activities, member institutes, research, paper summaries and organisational processes within
the initiative. This site will be updated on a regular basis when meeting outputs are constructed or when new member information is available.
With the rejection of the first COST action submission earlier in the year, the preparation of a second COST action began, with the preliminary proposal submitted in May. In the outcome
of a positive response, the full proposal will be drafted during the summer in readiness for the September submission.
It is expected that a key output of ConForest will be a special issue of Forest Ecology and Management, targeted for release in 2008. The process of organising this has begun, with members
collating authors and abstracts of articles. These will be submitted to FECOM for acceptance in the latter part of 2006.
The process of increasing the visibility of ConForest as a platform of highest quality research in to the field of conversion will continue, in conjunction with the support of liaisons with
other PC’s and with the EFI. ConForest has been included in lectures presented at universities, with students beginning to play a role in its functioning, when an internship student works
with the coordination team in the autumn. Thus, not only is the profile of both ConForest and the EFI being raised, but their ideologies are being broadcast to the next generation of
scientists on an international platform.
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ONGOING PROJECTS 2006-2007
Project
(Co-ordinator; partners)
Preparation of a Cost Action for CONFOREST
(Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg,
Institute for Forest Growth, Freiburg, Germany)
Training for transformation to CCF - Tyfiant Coed
2. School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences of the
University of Wales; Forestry Commission Wales,
United Kingdom
An evaluation of continuous cover forestry in
Ireland – ContinuCover”
(Department of Crop Science, Horticulture and
Forestry, UCD, Republic of Ireland; Department of
Zoology, UCD; Coillte; Mount Callan Tree Farm,
Co Clare)
Objectives
The validation of the application to facilitate networking
•
•
promote good environmental and forest practice
build upon and expand the network of local cluster
groups
Demonstrate the implementation of the various
silvicultural systems, assess the survival and growth of a
number of tree species under various levels of canopy
cover, examine the effects of altered canopy on
conditions within the forest.
Main milestones in 2006-2007
Time
frame
Submission of preliminary proposal in
May 2006.
05/06 –
09/06
•
•
3-4 training sessions per year
best practice guide to CCF
•
•
maintenance of field trials
first results from Ballinagoppe:
survival / height growth data
extension of soil ammonium
analysis to all plots
analysis of data from the second
growing season in the experiment
in Thornfield at UCD
•
•
•
•
Inventory methods
Hubert Sterba; Jaroslav Jankovich, Ana Cristina
Gonçalves
To study and develop inventory methods to monitor the
effects of conversion measures on species composition
and on structural changes.
•
Publications on the relationship
between spatially explicit and
spatially inexplicit structural
indices
Master thesis on inventors designs
for within and between stands
variation of diversity indices of
tree layering
Posters on a) Forest structure and
stem quality and b) Within- and
between stand variation of
important variables in
management districts with evenaged and uneven-aged
management
01/01 12/06
2005 2007
Budget
total
KEUR
unknown
20
28
Development of an ecologically compatible, highly
productive method of timber harvesting for Central
European forestry (ForstINNO). EU project,
COOP-CT-2005. Hohenloher Spezial-Machinenbau
GmbH & Co.Prinz Felix zu HohenloheWaldenburg, Neu-Kupfer, Germany
Konrad Adler GmbH & Co. KG Mr. Adler;
Wolfegg, Germany
CTL Technology GmbH Mr. Kaltofen;
Sehmatal-Sehma, Germany
S.C. Roteca S.R.L. Mr. Cadar; Satu-Mare, Romania
Co. Tree Wood Harvesting Mr. Fish; Bishops
Stortford, UK
Forest Technical Ltd. Mr. Lloyd; Carmarthenshire,
UK
Ing. Vojtech Novotny Mr. Novotny; Dubicko,
Czech Republic
Technische University Dresden Prof. Erler;
Dresden, Germany
Lithuanian University of Agriculture Dr.
Zinkevicious; Kaunas, Lithuania
Nyugat-Magyarorszagi Egyetem Prof. Rumpf;
Sopron, Hungary
•
The demand made of modern forestry is that it must
work, under human working conditions, in highly
productive manner, which is yet environmentally
friendly. In the project ForstInno, the special conditions
and techniques will be worked out in the form of models
for Central European circumstances, the required means
of work assembled, and the necessary purpose built forest
machines manufactured. The topics – processes of timber
harvesting and transportation, economic efficiency and
productivity, as well as environmental aspects and
humanisation of the work place – are the focus of this
project.
•
•
•
Innovative harvester
technology for a highly
productive method of timber
harvesting
The harvesting of broadleaved trees in Central
Europe
Environmentally compatible
timber harvesting with
innovative transportation
technology having low
pressure on soil
Use of a differentiated Global
Positioning System (dGPS)
for process optimisation of
timber harvesting (telematic)
2005 2008
1828
August Cieszkowski Agricultural University of
Poznan Prof. Giefing; Poznan, Polanda
Association Forest Cellulose – Afocel Dr.
Mionetto; Charrey sur Saone, France
IMK engineering GmbH Mr. Frank Herrmann;
Chemnitz, Germany
IUP design Mr. Kramer, Becknag, Germany
MTN – Mechanical Technology Neier Mr. Neier,
29
Schlier, Germany
Comparison of elemental losses in forests
ecosystems
with regeneration via group
shelterwood cutting and clear felling (the impact of
regeneration in mature Norway spruce stands on
soil fertility and nitrate concentration in seepage
water) Prof. Dr. A. Göttlein, Dr. Wendelin Weis
Fachgebiet Waldernährung und Wasserhaushalt
Technische Universität München
Am Hochanger 13, D-85354 Freising
• Improvement of the water
balance calculations for young
stands of European beech (Sep
2006)
• Investigation of the drought
resistance of young beech trees
(Sep 2006)
• End of measurements (Nov
2006)
• Final report (Dec 2006)
• Evaluation of the risk potential concerning water
quality and soil fertility when initialising
regeneration either by clear-cutting or by selective
cutting
• Quantification of the water and element balance
during the first 20 years of regenerating mature
Norway spruce stands with European beech
Prof. Dr. T. Preuhsler
Sachgebiet II - Standort und Umwelt
Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft
Am Hochanger 11, D-85354 Freising
Investigations on the relationships between
Sirococcus shot blight, tree nutrition and growth of
Norway spruce
Nutrition and growth of individuals tree will be assessed
with factors a) with and without sirococcus symptoms
and b) three fertilization treatments
Alternative silvicultural systems for upland forests
in Great Britain” within the national funding for the
research programme “Forest Research”
(Forestry Commission, UK)
Improve understanding of stand microclimate (e.g. light)
in conifer forests and impact of management, classify the
potential for tree regeneration, relationship for risk of
wind damage and stand structures, describe tree growth
dynamics.
ENFOR-CHANGE (BMBF) Prof. Dr. Makeschin,
TUD, TUM, INTERRA, Pietzsch-IT, GWT, Uni
Kiel, GWT, Dr. C. Möhring, Sachsenforst,
METEO-Research
•
C-Sequestration (BMBF) Prof. Dr. Köhl, Uni
Hamburg TUD, TUM, BFH,
Estimation and regionalization of the C-sequestration
potential of forest soils in Germany.
•
Evaluating long term effects of deposition regime
and climate change on forest systems
Transfer into planning practice / publicity
•
•
•
•
Final harvest of the trees, stem
analysis and nutritional status will
be determined in Autumn 2006
revision of existing information
peer reviewed papers
support training courses and
advise on pilot areas
• identification and cataloguing of
key long-term experiments
• Assessment of system processes
depending on changes in
deposition regime and climate in
Dübener Heide and Upper
Lusatian Region
• Regionalization and evaluation of
long-term effects (scale level:
forest enterprises and landscape
• Transfer into planning practice
(process-oriented planning tools)
• Transfer into publicity
• Definition of “virtual forest
enterprises” representing
characteristic situations in
Germany
• Development of up-scaling
(regionalization) approaches
1999 2006
487
2001 2007
35
97 - 08
UN
2005 2009
2100
2005 2009
200
30
MORE (FP 6) Dr. Bieker, ProDV AG Dortmund
Uni Dortmund, Thales, UTP, TUD, Waterford
Institute of Technol., Applied Logic Lab., Uni
Debrecen
DynamicDATA EU25+ (IB) Prof. Dr. Makeschin,
CUA, IPIS (PAS), BOKU Vienna, UFZ, JRC,
University of Leipzig, SLU, INFOTERRA,
INTERRA, Puschino Research Centre, Centre for
Forst Ecology and Productivity, LFUG, RIKS, SFI,
SFS, VITUKI, ProDV, GIP Ecofor;
Conversion of non-natural stands influenced by
change of natural conditions to more close-tonature stands Marek Turcani
Improvement of Data transfer from remote monitoring
plots to various user groups by heterogeneous embedded
systems.
•
•
•
Development of process-oriented land-use management
support systems in trans-boundary catchments.
• Evaluate the threat of bark beetles as an injurious
factor and its impact on the conversion process
• Estimate the spatial and temporal rules of the spread of
bark beetle populations in candidate stands for
conversion
Douglas fir potentials (Sachsenforst)
Prof. Dr. Makeschin, Sachsenforst
Identification of the potential of Douglas fir on poor sites.
Incorporating forest management within biogeochemical-mechanistic forest models
Hubert Hasenauer, Institute of Forest Growth
Research, Vienna
Large scale mechanistic ecosystem models and lased on
plant functional or species types. Our purpose is to 1)
Include historic as well as current density related forest
options and 2) species and structural interactions as they
may affect the carbon, nitrogen and water cycles within
forest ecosystems
•
•
Requirement Analysis (system
environment, main users, software)
Tests in 1 – 2 pilot regions
Development of virtual model
regions
Up-building project framework
Up-building MSS-framework
•
•
•
Data gathering
Data processing
FEM paper by Autumn 2006
•
Evaluation of soil effects of
Douglas fir on poor pleistocenic
sites on Saxonian lowlands
Publication of the management
routine
Validation of the sub-module
Application within differently
treated forests to assess the flux of
C, N and water
•
•
•
2006 2009
56
2005 –
2006
50
2006
8
2004 –
2006
100
2005 2007
50
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PLANNED PROJECTS 2006-2007
Project
(Co-ordinator; partners)
Alternative management regimes for valuable wood
production.
(Institute for Forest Growth, Germany (co-ordinator in a
BMBF-project))
EFORWOOD WP2.1.
(co-ordination of WP2.1: Institute for Forest Growth,
Germany)
Improving the revitalisation of sites and rebuilding the
mountain stands in the regional Directorate of State
Forests in Katowice with regard to ecological demand
and improvements of silviculture. Dr. inz. Józef Barszcz;
Regional Directorate of State Forests in Kazowice
Natural disturbance based silviculture trials; Finnish
Forest Research Institute, Universities of Helsinki and
Joensuu, Metsähallitus
Objectives
•
•
•
•
•
•
Status
analysis of various stand establishment and stand
density regimes for low input management
valuable wood production under these regimes
Management scenarios for improving a) wood
production b) environmental services c) socioeconomic values within the project proposal
Ecological demand
Silvicultural methods
To design plans for the establishment of large scale
experimentation areas on public special use category
forests in southern Finland
Time
frame
Budget
total
KEUR s
Accepted in
February 2005
2005 2007
300
In preparation
20062009
-
Planned
2006 2008
30
Planned
Planning
phase
2006/7
-
EVENTS 2006-2007
Event
Place
Planned dates
Output
Joint ConForest / IEFC conference
Freiburg, Germany
21st – 23rd May
Published summary paper
4th CONFOREST Working session
Freiburg, Germany
24th May
Minutes, updated action plans, web update
5th CONFOREST Working session
(Evora, Portugal)
Oct ´06
Minutes, updated action plans, web update
6th CONFOREST Working session
Poland
c. May ´07
Minutes, updated action plans, web update
7th CONFOREST Working session
Not yet known
c. Nov ´07
Minutes, updated action plans, web update
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PUBLICATIONS in 2006-2007 (and beyond)
Title
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Planned date for the
publication
2006
Publisher (EFI or other)
Transformation to Continuous Cover Forestry in a Changing
Environment
Arne Pommerening
Other
Silvicultural Measures to Increase the Mechanical Stability of Pure
Secondary Norway Spruce Stands Before Conversion.
Marian Slodicak & Jiri Novak
2006
Other
Evaluating Structural Indices by Reversing Forest Structural Analysis.
Arne Pommerening
2006
Other
Inventory and Modelling for Forests in Transition from Even-Aged to
Uneven-Aged
Hubert Sterba & Ledermann, T.
2006
Other
A Comparison of Harvesting Productivity and Costs in Thinning
Operations with and without Midfield
Piotr Mederski
2006
Other
Creaming the Best, or Creatively Transforming? Might Felling the
Biggest Trees First be a Win-Win Strategy?
Martin Price & Colin Price
2006
Other
Water and Element Fluxes During the Regeneration of Norway Spruce
with European Beech: Effects of Shelterwood-Cut and Clear-Cut
Weis, W., Rotter, V. & Göttlein, A.
2006
Other
Discussion paper based on the results of the joint IEFC / ConForest
conference
Dedrick, S., Spiecker, H., von Teuffel,
K.
Late 2006
EFI
Structural indices for assessment in permanent forest inventories.
Hubert Sterba & Arne Pommerening
2006
Other
Reconstructing woodlands from inventories using circular sample plots.
Arne Pommerening, André Tscheschel
and Dietrich Stoyan
Early 2006
Other
Within and between stand correlation of different structural indices.
Hubert Sterba & Arne Pommerening
2006
Other
Review article on the correlation between spatial indices and other
variables (e.g. increment, regeneration, habitat quality)
Aine Ni Dhubhain, Kevin O’Hara
2006
Other
The potential of deriving more meaningful descriptors of spatial
structure from laser scan data.
Heinrich Spiecker & Arne Pommerening
2006
Other
Carbon Balances of Conversion Forestry and Plantation Forests”
Lindner, M.
May `06.
Other
Are edge-corrections really necessary for the estimation of indices
quantifying spatial forest structure?
Dietrich Stoyan & Arne Pommerening
2006
Other
Identification of an optimal sampling design for selected well
performing spatial descriptors and their surrogates in ongoing
conversions.
“Special edition” journal – between 10 and 15 papers are expected for
this publication, with abstracts and authors being currently collated
Hubert Sterba, Heinrich Spiecker &
Arne Pommerening
2006
Other
Combined from within ConForest
2008
Other
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PROJECT CENTRE EUFORIC
Main objectives
EUFORIC has as its general objective the coordination, promotion and development of urban forestry research, practice and education in Europe.
Derived from the general objective are the following specific objectives:
• To further strengthen and develop networking and collaboration among urban forestry research capacities in Europe
• To continue to compile, analyse and distribute information on urban forestry and urban forestry research findings in Europe
• To further promote and develop urban forestry research and education, and its direct link with practice and policy-making in Europe
Main targets for the years 2006-2007
2006
EUFORIC contributed to urban forestry networking in Europe e.g. by co-organising the 9th European Forum on Urban Forestry, in Firenze, Italy (May 2006), and by cooperation with key
organisations such as FAO and IUFRO.
EUFORIC’s efforts within urban forestry education and training intensified, and an international Master programme on urban forestry & urban greening started in September 2005 in
Denmark/Sweden. About 15 students successfully completed the programme, and a new group of around 25 students will start in September 2006. EUFORIC will furthermore co-organise a
training course for urban forestry professionals on communication in urban forestry in November 2006.
Plans for an urban forestry information service are still under development as there were encountered technical problems in being able to provide member login via the EUFORIC website. It
is expected that the service will be operational in fall 2006.
2007
EUFORIC will have its main annual event at the European Forum on Urban Forestry in Gelsenkirchen, Germany (May 16-19, 2007). During 2007, initiatives for new R&D projects will be
developed.
ONGOING PROJECTS 2006-2007
Project
Objectives
Main milestones in 2006-2007
Time
frame
Budget total
KEUR1
International Urban Forestry Advisor for the
Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of
the United Nations
Nordic Master programme Urban Forestry &
Urban Greening
Help to improve FAO’s activities within the
field of urban and peri-urban forestry.
Completion of an inventory of UF activities in
West and Central Asia.
2004-
50
A Nordic Master started in
Denmark/Sweden in September 2005, the
2nd year starts in September 2006.
Enhance Nordic and Baltic R&D
networking.
First year completed successfully, 2nd year to
start with about 25 students.
2005-
Research & research needs assessment for UF
research in the Nordic and Baltic countries
completed and published online
20052009
1
Nordic-Baltic Centre of Advanced Research
on Forestry Serving Urbanised Societies
(CARe-FOR-US)
350
N.B. this includes project funding for institutions that are not formally part of EUFORIC.
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PLANNED PROJECTS 2006-2007
Project
Objectives
Status
Time frame
Budget total
KEUR s
Application for new R&D project focusing on the use of landscape
laboratories as communication tool for UF management
EVENTS 2006-2007
Event
Place
9th IUFRO/EUFORIC European Forum on Urban Forestry
Firenze, Italy
Planned dates
Output
May 22-26, 2006
Abstract book has been published, proceedings to follow
ASEM 2nd Symposium on Urban Forestry, COST E39 2nd
Copenhagen, Denmark
Research Conference, co-organised by EUFORIC: ‘Urban Forestry
for Human Health and Wellbeing’
June 28 – 30, 2006
Abstract book has been published, proceedings to follow
10th IUFRO/EUFORIC European Forum on Urban Forestry
May 16-19, 2007
Gelsenkirchen,
Germany
PUBLICATIONS in 2006-2007 (and beyond) - Selected
Title
COST Action E12: Urban forests and trees - Proceedings
No 2
Urban Forests and Urban Trees in Europe
Urban forests: a different trademark for cities and forestry
– abstract book 8th European Forum on Urban Forestry
Urban forestry: bridging cultures, disciplines, old attitudes
& new demands – abstract book 9th European Forum on
Urban Forestry
Urban Forestry for Human Health and Wellbeing –
conference abstract book
Scientific publications based on the finalised St Petersburg
project
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Konijnendijk, C.C., Schipperijn, J. &
Nilsson, K. (eds.)
Konijnendijk, C.C, Nilsson, K., Randrup,
T.B. & Schipperijn, J (eds.)
Robert Hostnik (ed.)
(Planned) Date for
the publication
2005
Publisher (EFI or other)
2005
Office for Official Publications of the
European Communities, Luxembourg
Springer Publishers
2005
Slovenian Forest Service
Francesco Ferrini, Fabio Salbitano and
Giovanni Sanesi (eds.)
2006
Italian Academy of Forest Sciences
Kjell Nilsson and Anders Busse Nielsen
(eds.)
various
2006
Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and
Planning, KVL
various
2006-2007
35
PROJECT CENTRE IEFC – Multifunctionality of Atlantic Forests
Main objectives
The IEFC promotes the cooperation between institutions and the transfer towards professionals through several activities: organizing conferences, setting up international projects, joint data
managing, taking part in the EFI network and so on. The IEFC is an association, which gathers research organizations, universities, transfer organizations and professional organizations that
wish to take part in the scientific cooperation and in the transfer of the cultivated forest thematic. IEFC’s members include 27 organizations from the Atlantic Arc and 3 associated members.
The project “MAF” (Multifunctionality of Atlantic Forests) for the Regional Centre aims at a more global approach, taking into account the multifunctionality of Atlantic Forests including
coastal and cultivated forests with a special emphasis on socio-economic functions, biodiversity and carbon sequestration.
Main targets for the year 2006
IEFC is managing an INTERREG project called FORSEE aiming at assessing tools for the monitoring of the sustainable forest management on 9 pilot zones with thousands hectares from
Portugal to Ireland. The main challenge will be to address and validate relevant and cost effective methodologies for the 6 criteria of Lisbon resolutions. In the context of the MAF project
we will mainly report the results of the FORSEE project related to criteria 1, 4 and 6 for SFM (ref MCPFE, Vienna 2003). An international conference on Indicators for sustainable forest
management will be organised at the end of the project in December 2006, the 11-13. The IEFC network is also concerned by the redaction of a “Monograph of Pinus -Pinaster” that will
mobilize 100 authors from 10 countries. Another small project, REPSECO, which aims to develop environmentally friendly methods to control bark beetles infestations in pine logs will
start in 2006.
Co-operation with IUFRO is maintained through organizing IUFRO conference in April 2006 dealing with global change, just before a joint event with CONFOREST in May.
In cooperation with Freiburg University and USSE, in the context of the cultivated forest congress, a scientific forum will be organised in October 2006. Some initiatives to improve
cooperation between universities of IEFC network will also start.
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ONGOING PROJECTS 2006
Project
(Co-ordinator; partners)
Sustainable FOReSt management : a nEtwork of pilot zonEs for
operational implementation
Objectives
•
•
(IEFC, France; CRPF, France; USSE, Spain; westernforestrycoop,
Ireland; INRA, France; CAPC, France; Gestión Ambiental, Viveros y
Repoblaciones de Navarra, Spain; FORESNA, Spain; IKT, Spain;
NEIKER, Spain; Confederación de Forestalistas del País Vasco,
Spain; Universidad del País Vasco, Spain; Asociacion, Forestal de
Cantabria, Sapin; Fundacion general de la Universidad de Valladolid,
Sapin; FAFCYLE, Spain : Federacion Asociaciónes Forestales de
Castilla y León, Spain; Confederación Hidrográfica del Duero, Spain;
Universitad de santiago – Lugo, Spain; Associacion Foresta de
Galicia, Spain; Université Catholique Portugaise, Portugal; Institut
Supérieur d'Agronomie, Portugal; Ecole Supérieure d'Agronomie de
Coimbra, Portugal; EFN, Portugal; Confédération d'Agriculteurs du
Portugal, Portugal; CELPA, Portugal; Xunta Galicia, Spain;)
Formation Forêt et Société
REPESCO
•
•
•
•
Main milestones in 2006
To build a network of nine pilot
zones
To build a network of experts on
Criteria and indicators for SFM
To test relevance, cost and feasibility
of some monitoring methods for all
the indicators of SFM
To improve scientific knowledge in
favour of monitoring of the Lisbon
criteria thanks to regional specific
studies
To explain and demonstrate the
interest of indicators to forest owners,
managers, and other regional
institutions through regional events
To do inventory for the monitoring
tools available at the regional level
•
•
•
Exchange between universities of
sociology and forestry.
Development of environmentally
friendly methods to control bark
beetles infestations in pine logs.
Time
frame
Start
11-03
End
04-07
•
•
Kick-off meetings
Experts groups reports
Brochures for regional and
international dissemination
List of relevant indicators assessed
with its cost
Scientific reports about the specific
studies
Field protocols
Report about the existing regional
monitoring tools
Workshops
Seminars
•
Courses
•
•
Field TRIAL
Report
20062007
2006
•
•
•
•
Budget
total
KEUR
3000
20
20
PLANNED PROJECTS 2006
Project
(Co-ordinator; partners)
University Cooperation
Objectives
To improve cooperation within the IEFC network.
Status
design in process
Time frame
2006-2008
Budget
total
KEUR s
0
37
EVENTS 2006
Event
Place
Planned dates
Output
International conference on Indicators for sustainable forest
management
Porto
11-13 December 2006 Reports
2006 International Congress on Cultivated Forests
ROLE OF PLANTED FORESTS IN SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Scientific Forum: Ecosystem Goods and Services from Planted Forests
Bilbao, Spain
Joint meeting with CONFOREST
Freiburg
May 2006
Report
5 FORSEE Technical Committees
Porto, Portugal
Santander, Spain
To be defined
June 2006
Abstracts
FORSEE Final conference
Bilbao, Spain
June 2006
Proceedings
IEFC, Annual meeting
Bordeaux, France
03/2006
Annual report
Proceedings
3 to 7 October 2006
4 to 7 October 2006
PUBLICATIONS in 2006 (and beyond)
Title
Pinus Pinaster Monograph1
Author(s) / Editor(s)
IEFC, INRA (100 authors)
Planned date for the
publication
October 2006
Publisher (EFI or other)
INRA for French (English, Spanish, and Portuguese versions
are not defined yet)
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PROJECT CENTRE INNOFORCE
“Towards a Sustainable Forest Sector in Europe: Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship”
Main objectives
The general objectives of the Project Centre INNOFORCE are further dissemination and communication of research results of EFI RPC INNOFORCE 2001-2003 in practice, further
scientific exploitation of the results as well as further in-depth research on innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) and related policies in both forestry and the forestry-wood chain in order to
enhance the sustainability of the forest sector and contribute to rural development.
In detail, the following research areas will be covered:
o Innovation policy: Analysis of integration of I&E policies with different policy concepts, policies and programmes relevant in the forestry and forest sector context and crosssectoral policy co-ordination as well as instruments of innovation policies,
o I&E in forest related services, i.e. recreational services, environmental services and protective services: Analysis of the actual and potential role of innovation systems and
conditions and options to foster the enhanced provision of forest services by forest related enterprises,
o I&E in wood and non-wood forest products and related production chains; Horizontal co-operations in small-scale forestry and vertical co-operations in the forestry-wood chain.
Main targets for the years 2006-2007
The main target of the Project Centre for the years 2006-2007 is the further implementation of tasks according to the INNOFORCE Work Plan 2004-2008. Research on policy integration
and co-ordination (task 1.1), financial instruments (1.2), informational instruments (1.3), recreational and environmental services (task 2.1 and 2.2) and wood products (3.1) has already been
implemented in the second half of 2004 and in 2005 and it will continue in 2006-2007. Furthermore, research on vertical co-operations along the forestry-wood chain (4.2) was commenced
at the beginning of 2005. In 2006 work on task 3.2 “Non-wood forest products innovations” has started. In addition, communication and dissemination of research results of EFI RPC
INNOFORCE 2001-2003 will continue. The research report on “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Forestry” has been published by EFI and a special issue in the “Journal of Forest Policy
and Economics” on the topic is available online and will be published soon. In May 2005, the first Erasmus Intensive Programme (IP) “INNO-FOREST – Integrating innovation and
entrepreneurship research in higher forestry education” was held. A second IP INNO-FOREST will be held in Zvolen, Slovakia in September 2006. In March 2006 started a new COST
Action E51 “Integrating Innovation and Development Policies for the Forest Sector”. The kick-off meeting will be held in Vienna, Austria in October 2006. The PC INNOFORCE
substantially contributes to this action by participation of partners as well as theoretical and conceptual input. Two new projects related to INNOFORCE have started their work in 2006 FOPER (Forest Policy and Economics Education and Research) and EFORWOOD.
ONGOING PROJECTS 2006
Project
(Co-ordinator; partners)
Innovation Policy Integration and Coordination (Task 1.1)
(Ewald Rametsteiner, BOKU Austria;
Anja Bauer, Austria;
Nickola Stoyanov, Bulgaria;
Dragan Nonic, Serbia and Montenegro;
Vilem Jarsky, Czech Republic;
Gian Antonio Battistel, Italy;
Diana Mizaraite, Lithuania;
Objectives
o
o
Identification of the extent to which innovation
policies are taken up by the forestry and forest
sector, to which innovation concepts are integrated
into main development-oriented policies, and the
causes and consequences of the situation;
Presentation of empirical evidence of innovation
policy integration and of co-ordination between
rural and regional development policies
Main milestones in 2006/2007
o
o
o
Journal article based on the results of the
joint UNECE/INNOFORCE and
CEPF/INNOFORCE surveys
Case studies on best practice examples for
innovation policy integration
Developing theoretical and conceptual
basis for COST Action E51
Time
frame
Start 07-04
/ End 1206
Budget
total
KEUR
11
39
Zuzana Sarvasova, Slovakia;
Milan Sinko, Slovenia,
Laura Bouriaud,
Romania)
Financial Incentives for Innovation (Task
1.2)
(Gian Antonio Battistel, Italy;
Anja Bauer, Austria;
Nickola Stoyanov; Bulgaria,
Vilem Jarsky, Czech Republic,
Meelis Teeder, Estonia;
Diana Mizaraite, Lithuania;
Zuzana Sarvasova; Slovakia
Laura Bouriaud, Romania)
Innovation Policy Instruments:
Informational Instruments (Task 1.3)
(Ewald Rametsteiner, Austria;
Miika Kajanus, Finland;
Gian Antonio Battistel, Italy;
Diana Mizaraite, Lithuania,
Zuzana Sarvasova, Slovakia;
Milan Sinko, Slovenia;
Laura Bouriaud, Romania)
Recreational Services (Task 2.1)
(Anders Lunnan; Norway;
Gerhard Weiss, Austria;
Nickola Stoyanov, Bulgaria;
Rossitsa Chobanova, Bulgaria;
Maria Stoyanova, Bulgaria;
Vilem Jarsky, Czech Republic;
Meelis Teeder; Estonia;
Gian Antonio Battistel, Italy;
Anders Lunnan, Norway;
Zuzana Sarvasova; Slovakia;
Milan Sinko, Slovenia;
Simona Drágoi, Romania)
Wood Products Innovation Systems (Task
3.1)
(Nickola Stoyanov, Bulgaria;
Ewald Rametsteiner, Austria;
Mario Sporcic, Croatia;
Vilem Jarsky, Czech Republic;
Pekka Ollonqvist, Finland;
Meelis Teeder, Estonia,
The objective is to better understand the role,
conditions and design principles for financial
instruments providing incentives for innovations and to
evaluate various instruments of innovation policy and
forest sector policy with regards to their potentials to
stimulate innovation in the forest sector.
o
The objective is to assist in information transfer related
to innovation and start-ups by developing, testing and
implementing, together with relevant institutions,
informational instruments and mechanisms aimed at
supporting innovation and start-ups in forestry and for
forest sector micro-enterprises.
o
o
o
o
The objective is to collect more information on options
and conditions for the marketing of recreational
services, an area where forests play a recognized and
important role for society, however, where existing
positive “externalities” are not internalized due to a
range of factors, including inadequate institutional
designs.
o
The objective is to get an overview of the situation of
innovation and innovation systems in sectors that are
closely linked to forestry, i.e. in forest-based industries,
and to investigate into the links, gaps and overlaps
between these systems.
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Evaluation of selected financial support
programmes regarding their support
effects for innovations in forestry
Joint article on financial support for
innovations in forestry
Country comparison
Start 0704/ End
10-06
11
2nd Erasmus IP course “INNO-FOREST”
in Zvolen, Slovakia, September 2006
Development of web-database for
collected innovation cases in forestry and
forest sector
Start 1104/ End
01-08
11
Finalize country cases (acc. report
structure)
Prepare und submit common article(s)
Prepare common task reports (2.1, 2.2)
Develop further analysis framework
Develop research proposal(s)
Develop seminar/book outline
Start
07/04-End
12/06
n.a.
List of organizations and actors of related
innovation systems
Cases studies, esp. on wood for bioenergy
Interviews with institutional level actors
Case comparison
Start
10/04- End
12/06
10
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Oscar Hultaker, Sweden;
Laura Bouriaud, Romania)
Non-Wood Forest Products Innovations
Systems (Task 3.2)
(Gian Antonio Battistel, Italy;
Nickola Stoyanov, Bulgaria;
Maria Stoyanova, Bulgaria;
Carol Grossmann; Germany;
Simona Drágoi, Romania)
The objective is to collect more and specific data on
innovation systems for niche products from rural areas
/ “traditional” sectors and the specific circumstances
and problems that emerge for innovation and start-ups
in such situations.
o
o
o
o
Vertical Co-operation (Task 4.2)
(Pekka Ollonqvist, Finland;
Ewald Rametsteiner, Austria;
Rossitsa Chobanova, Bulgaria;
Mario Sporcic, Croatia;
Carol Grossmann, Germany;
Gian Antonio Battistel, Italy;
Oscar Hultaker, Sweden;
Laura Bouriaud, Romania)
Scientific exploitation and dissemination
(Task 5.1)
Anja Bauer, Austria;
Rossitsa Chobanova, Bulgaria;
Gian Antonio Battistel, Italy;
Diana Mizaraite, Lithuania;
Zuzana Sarvasova; Slovakia;
Milan Sinko, Slovenia;
Laura Bouriaud, Romania)
Practical exploitation and dissemination
(Task 5.2)
(Miika Kajanus, Finland;
Anja Bauer, Austria;
Diana Mizaraite, Lithuania;
Zuzana Sarvasova; Slovakia;
Milan Sinko, Slovenia)
FOPER (Forest Policy and Economics
Education and Research)
(Co-ordinator - EFI
Faculties of forestry
• University of Belgrade
• Agricultural University of Tirana
The objective is to identify innovation systems designs
that link forestry with secondary and further
processing/manufacturing sectors and are able to
address issues related to common innovation related
problems along the Forestry-Wood Chain. A further
scientific question is the relation of findings from the
innovation system approach to findings on innovation
and related institutional design from network, cluster or
milieu approaches in relation to institutional designs
for inducing innovations in vertical co-operation along
production chains.
The objective of the task is to communicate work and
research results of the EFI RPC and PC to the scientific
community. The task is a crosscutting area, related to
and drawing from the other work areas of
INNOFORCE, which focus on specific topics.
o
o
o
o
o
o
The objective of the task is to develop practical
recommendations and information tools for policy and
forest management practitioners. The task is a
crosscutting area, related to and drawing from the other
work areas of INNOFORCE, which focus on specific
topics.
To strengthen the capacity of modern forest policy and
economics education, training and research in the
Western Balkans region.
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Preparatory work: Innovation and IS in
selected NWFPs
IS for selected NWFP activities:
Institutional system (institutional level
survey)
Innovation for selected NWFPs: forest
holdings level survey
Innovation for selected NWFPs: case
studies
Expert interviews (major public
programmes supporting innovations)
Case study analysis (co-ordinated with
3.1 and 3.2)
1/06-12/06
Support publishing of peer-reviewed or
other scientific articles
Organisation of workshops, conferences
and scientific seminars
Contribution to workshops, conferences
and scientific seminars
Development of master and PhD theses
Start 0704/ End
01-08
6
Publishing articles in practitioners
journals and research briefs
Organisation of workshops, conferences
and seminars
Contribution to workshops, conferences
and seminars
Production of other information material
International Master Program on forest
policy and economics
Professional training courses – life-long
learning in forest policy and forest
economics
Strengthening the science-policy -
Start 0704/ End
01-08
6
2005-2008
2005-2008
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University of ”Sv. Kiril i Metodij”,
Skopje
• University of Sarajevo
• University of Banja Luka
• University of Zagreb
Forest research institutes
• Institute of Forestry, Belgrade, SCG
• Forest Research Institute, Jastrebarsko,
HR
• Forest and Pasture Research Institute,
Tirana, ALB
International partners: United Nations
University and University of Joensuu/Silva
Network)
EFORWOOD
interface in the region
•
To develop methods to assess the sustainability of the
forestry-wood-chain in Europe.
o
o
o
Alpannonia
Gerhard Weiss, BOKU, Austria
Elaboration of financing and organizational options for
the long-distance hiking trail Alpannonia (Austria and
Hungary).
o
develop a draft set of policy-relevant,
coherent and internationally compatible
forestry-wood-chain sustainability
indicators (FWC SIs) that is able to assess
the sustainability of the FWC and
clarifying related data collection issues
establish a comprehensive database of
current EU and international policies
relevant for FWC sustainability,
containing detailed references to the
selected FWC SIs and to compile SI
thresholds set by these policies
a review of policy drivers potentially
affecting the sustainability of the FWC
Ranger concept
2006-2008
2006
PLANNED PROJECTS 2006-2007
Project
(Co-ordinator; partners)
Horizontal Co-operation (Task 4.1)
(Ewald Rametsteiner, Austria; Rossitsa Chobanova,
Bulgaria; Mario Sporcic, Croatia,
Dragan Nonic, Serbia and Montenegro;
Pekka Ollonqvist, Finland; Carol Grossmann, Germany;
Gian Antonio Battistel, Italy;
Diana Mizaraite, Lithuania; Laura Bouriaud, Romania)
Objectives
The objective is to identify innovation systems designs to address
the structural problem of small scale forest holdings and different
ways to manage different areas of operation (e.g. marketing,
harvesting,…) or all operations of a group of forest holdings.
Status
Work plan in development
Time
frame
Budget
total
KEUR s
20062008
42
EVENTS 2006-2007
Event
Place
Planned dates
2nd Erasmus IP “INNO-FOREST” course
Zvolen, Slovakia
4-15 September 2006
5th EFI PC INNOFORCE Consortium Meeting
Vienna, Austria
11 October 2006
1st Meeting of COST Action E51
Vienna, Austria
12-14 October 2006
Output
PUBLICATIONS in 2006-2007
Title
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Planned date for the publication
Publisher (EFI or other)
Forest-based economic development for local
communities in the face of global changes.
Rametsteiner, E.
2006
New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science
Current state of knowledge: innovation research in the
global forest sector
Hansen, Rametsteiner,
Korhonen, Shook
2006
Journal of Forest Products Business
Research
Innovating for forest related services (working title)
Martin, S., A. Matilainen, C.
Nastase, L. Nichiforel, E.
Nybakk, B. Vennesland, G.
Weiss
Battistel G.A., Romagnoli F.
2006
Paper for COST Action E30
2006
Rametsteiner, Bauer
2006
Innovazione ed imprenditorialità sostenibili nel comparto
forestale in Italia. Project FORTIS-P.A.T.
Integrating innovation in forest policies (working title)
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PROJECT CENTRE MEDFOREX
Main objectives
MEDFOREX focuses on setting up standard protocols for valuation, finding values related to several types of Mediterranean forests, testing the transferability of those
values, developing integrated decision making tools and incorporating equity considerations in forest evaluation. The dissemination of the results among the scientific
community and a variety of end-users is as well a strategic objective. MEDFOREX consists of a network of 37 institutions from more than 15 Mediterranean countries.
The three main general areas of research interest for MEDFOREX are
1. Valuation of Mediterranean forest externalities
2. Decision support tools for the management and planning of Mediterranean forests, taking externalities into account
3. Networking and dissemination.
Main targets for the year 2006
2006
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
To establish EFI Regional Office in Barcelona
To publish a doctoral thesis on “Integrating fire risk consideration in Mediterranean forest management planning”
To participate in the EU projects: EFORWOOD and FIRE PARADOX
To start a COST Action- EUROFOREX on European Forest Externalities
To continue work with one doctoral thesis on forest valuation
To organize MEDFOREX annual meeting
To formalize a MoU with FAO Silva-Mediterranea committee
To coordinate the TEMPUS project MEDFOREM on training University teaching staff from Tunisia, Lebanon and Syria on Mediterranean forestry issues.
ONGOING PROJECTS 2006
Project
(Co-ordinator; partners)
Valuation of Mediterranean forest externalities (Pere
Riera, CTFC, Spain)
Objectives
To apply the choice experiment method to value
certain forest externalities (recreational
function, carbon storage, erosion protection etc.)
for different Mediterranean forest types.
Main milestones in 2006
A scientific publication on valuing forest
externalities using the choice experiment.
Time
frame
Budget
total
KEUR
Start 2004/
End 2007
44
Integrating the risk of forest fires into forest
management planning
(Marc Palahí, CTFC Spain, Instituto Superior de
Agronomia, Portugal, University of Joensuu, Finland)
•
•
Innovative and integrated approaches, methods and
tools for Mediterranean forest ecosystem management
(Marc Palahí, CTFC, Spain; University of Vitervo,
Italy; INAT, Tunisia; INGREF, Tunisia; Lebanese
University, Lebanon; University of Aleppo, Syria;
University of Teshreen, Syria.
•
EUROFOREX - Cost Action on European Forest
Externalities (Pere Riera, CTFC, Spain)
1.
•
2.
3.
Implementing individual tree models for optimising
forest management in Catalonia (Marc Palahí, CTFC,
Spain)
To develop new risk assessment models to
integrate forest fires issues into the decision
making process of forest management
planning
To develop and apply multi-objective
optimization techniques for solving fire risk
management problems
•
To update the knowledge of University
teaching staff from Syria, Lebanon and
Tunisia on Mediterranean forest
management and economics
To provide new teaching material on
Mediterranean forestry to the partners from
the third countries
•
To write a full best-practice research guide
for each of the main valuation methods
• Hedonic pricing
• Travel cost
• Contingent valuation
• Choice modeling
To write a protocol for benefit transfer
practices
To disseminate the results to end-users
Kick off meeting
Planned
2006 –
2009 year
3 scientific publications
2005-2007
Develop suitable simulation models for
optimising forest stand management.
Demonstrate the use of simulation-optimization
techniques for solving typical Mediterranean
forest management problems.
•
•
•
A scientific paper on modelling the risk of
fires
A scientific paper on Optimising the standlevel management under the risk of fires
A scientific paper on Integrating the risk of
fires in forest management and planning: a
landscape level perspective
Start -2003
/ End 2006
An Advance course for teachers on
Multifunctional Mediterranean forest
management
A specific web site
Start 2005/
end 2007
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EVENTS 2006
Event
Place
Planned dates
Output
MEDFOREX Annual meeting
Solsona
November
Scientific seminar
Advanced Course on Multifunctional Mediterranean
forest ecosystem management
Solsona
22th May-13th June
Training 20 Professors from Syria, Tunisia and
Lebanon on Mediterranean Forest management and
economics. See www.medforex.net/medforem
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PUBLICATIONS in 2006 (and beyond)
Title
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Planned date
for the
publication
Publisher (EFI or other)
Integrating fire risk into forest planning
Gonzalez, J. R.
2006
The Finnish Society Of Forest Science,
Dissertaciones Forestales 23.
A fire probability model for forest stands in Catalonia
(north-east Spain).
Gonzalez, J. R., Trasobares, A., Palahí,
M., Pukkala, T.
2006
Annals of forest science
Modelling the diameter distribution of Pinus sylvesris,
Pinus nigra and Pinus halepensis forest stands in
Catalonia using the Weibull function
Palahí, M., Pukkala, T., Trasobares, A.
2006
Forestry journal
Comparison of Beta, Johnson’s SB, Weibull and
truncated Weibull functions for modelling the diameter
distribution of forest stands in Catalonia (north-east of
Spain).
Palahí, M., Pukkala, T., Trasobares, A.
2006
Submitted to the European Journal of Forest
Research
Calibrating fitted and predicted tree diameter
distributions in Catalonia (Spain)
Palahí, M., Pukkala, T., Trasobares, A.
2006
Silva Fennica
A Comparison of Contingent Valuation and Choice
Modelling with Second Order Interactions.
Joan Mogas, Pere Riera and Jeff
Bennet
2006
Journal Forest Economics, 12 (1), pp. 5-30.
The effects of illegal logging on the forest wood chain.
A graphical exercise
Pere Riera, Robert Mavsar and Dolores
Garcia
2006
Presented at the conference on research priorities
arising from the ENA-FLEG Ministerial Conference
Programme and the EU-FLEGT-Action Plan –
Science contributing to combat illegal logging and
illegal trade in forest products , Sankt Petersburg,
Russia, 2-3 February 2006.
Predicting tree survival in burned forests in Catalonia
Gonzalez, J. R., Trasobares, A., Palahí,
M., Pukkala, T.
2006-2007
Using expert knowledge to model forest stands
vulnerability.
Gonzalez, J.R., Kolehmainen, O.,
Pukkala, T.
2007
Characterization of wildfire events in Catalonia
Gonzalez, J.R., Pukkala, T.
2006
Optimising the management of Pinus nigra stands
under risk of fire in Catalonia
Gonzalez, Palahí, M., Pukkala, T.
2007
Proceedings of the 12th Symposium for
Systems Analysis in Forest Resources, USA.
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PROJECT CENTRE PROCES
Main objectives
1) Investigation of future forest utilisation in North-West Russia, and particularly the impact of risks on future forest utilisation in North-West Russia;
2) Strengthen the scientific co-operation with current PROCES partners and expanding its network by integrating in the network additional high-level forestry research capacities from
NIS countries as well as other countries in Europe;
3) Building a robust communication structure in order to transfer research results to the forest sector, in particular to practical forest management.
Main targets for the years 2006-2007
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Elaboration of new scientific programs and development of the current projects;
preparing the applications on new research projects;
forming of database of available data on illegal logging for North-west Russia (including a metadatabase);
description of forest hazards, in particular forest fires and storms (including secondary damaging agents) and their effects on forests with regard to forest types that are mainly
affected by disturbances in the Northwest of Russia;
description of methodological approaches for the estimation of forest resources economic accessibility in North West Russian region;
networking;
publications and meetings.
ONGOING PROJECTS 2006-2007
Project
(Co-ordinator; partners)
Risk Assessment in Forest Scenario
Modelling
(Andrey Selikhovkin, Russia; Andreas
Schuck, EFI)
Objectives
The aims of the project are to clarify a role
of main natural hazard forest factors and to
propose prediction tools for different
ecological, economic and social conditions
for Eastern European countries included
Scandinavia countries, Russia, Ukraine and
Byelorussia.
Main milestones in 2005-2006
1.
2.
3.
4.
to provide comparative analysis of the role of
forest hazards included fires, pest and diseases,
storms, water regulation for model regions of
Finland, Russia, Byelorussia and other regions;
to evaluate losses after the factor’s impacts and
determine dominant hazard factors;
to carry out prediction tools for concrete realities
as a model;
to estimate effectiveness of the model for different
scenarios.
Time
frame
01.2004
01.2008
Budget
total
EUR
16400
47
PLANNED PROJECTS 2006-2007
Project
(Co-ordinator; partners)
Transparent timber flow in the Baltic Sea Region
(BSR) – multilateral Baltic 21 Forestry project
Objectives
Status
1. Improve basic data and understanding of timber
production and trade on national, regional and
international level;
2. encourage transparency, improved access to
information & published data;
3. managing timber trade flows – improved crosssectoral cooperation;
4. enforcing governmental and non-governmental tools
to assure legality of timber and forest products.
Project proposal
planning
Time frame
Budget total
EUR
EVENTS 2006-2007
Event
Place
Planned dates
Output
Initial PROCES seminars
St. Petersburg
Each year
Minutes
Annual PROCES seminar
St. Petersburg
December each year
Minutes
Visit of Finnish Forest Owners’ Union representatives
St. Petersburg
27 – 28 July 2006
Modern problems of sustainable forest management,
inventory and monitoring of forests
– international conference
St. Petersburg
22 – 24 November 2006
Proceedings
PUBLICATIONS in 2006-2007 (and beyond)
Title
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Planned date for the
publication
2006
Publisher (EFI or other)
Strategy of international cooperation in Forest Sector
A. V. Selikhovkin (Ed.)
Methodology for assessment and inventory of forest ecosystem
biodiversity: case study for Karelian Isthmus of Leningrad region,
Russia.
Rotation and continuous cover forestry scenarios from the point of
view of the theory of growth and sustainable forest management.
A.S. Alekseev
2006
Transactions of Saint-Petersburg Forest
Technical Academy
SPb FTA
A.S. Alekseev
2006
SPb FTA
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PROJECT CENTRE PHOENIX
Main objectives
The main objectives of PHOENIX are in the development of decision criteria for preventive post-fire forest management. PHOENIX has the following specific objectives:
•
•
•
•
to obtain a sound database gathering the state-of-the-art existing scientific knowledge concerning the fire characteristics of the different forest types and respective species;
to develop a set of criteria which can be used to classify forest types in terms of the associated fire hazard and resilience;
to define the potential and limitation of the various post-fire management options;
to help developing the transfer mechanisms needed between research and its application by end-users in this specific issue.
Main targets for the years 2006 and 2007
During late 2005 and 2006, several important milestones were achieved:
•
•
•
In terms of internal organization and dissemination: (a) the website (http://www.phoenix-efi.org) was implemented; (b) a leaflet was produced; (c) the size of our network increased from
12 to 18 members, with 6 new additions from Spain and Italy.
In terms of knowledge transfer, the highlights were: (a) the organization of an advanced course on post-fire management (Lisbon, November 2005) in order to train new researchers,
including BCs, MSc, PhD and post-doctoral researchers and for mid-career training of forestry professionals; (b) the seminar on post-fire assessment, monitoring and management, with
special emphasis on economical evaluation of fire damages, in Firenze (Italy); (c) the organization of 4 training courses on prescribed burning, in Portugal; (d) the production of a leaflet
on post-fire management to prevent soil erosion, in Portuguese.
Major recent projects include FIRE PARADOX, ALARM, on large scale environmental risks, coordinated by the new partner UCLM (Spain), and SUBERNOVA, and important
project on cork oak forest restoration after fire coordinated by the new partner ICMC (Spain). The RECOFORME project is about to finish, with several outputs on fire impacts on
forests and post-fire management. Recently we have submitted a COST proposal (“Post-fire management in Southern Europe) to finance and coordinate the consortium activities.
Unfortunately, it was rejected.
During the remainder of 2006 and 2007, the following main activities are foreseen:
•
•
•
•
We will organize a second edition of the advanced course on post-fire management, in November 2006 (Lisbon)
We will produce the first PHOENIX newsletter during autumn/winter 2006;
A workshop on restoration of cork oak forests after fire is planned for November 2006 (Mérida).
The Phoenix activities will be presented at the V International Conference on Forest Fire Research (November 2006, Portugal).
Our major constraint continues to be the lack of funding for an effective networking and data transfer and coordination.
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ONGOING PROJECTS 2006
Project
(Co-ordinator; partners)
Objectives
Main milestones in
2006 and 2007
Time
frame
Budget
total
KEUR
627.1
Post-Fire Restoration
http://www.raa.phoenix-efi.org
(CEABN-Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal; University
of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douto, Portugal; University of
Aveiro, Portugal.
Phoenix - Forest conversion in burned areas
(CEABN-Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal; University
of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douto, Portugal; University of
Aveiro, Portugal.
Scientific basis for post-fire management; technical
recommendations; knowledge transfer; technical
guidelines on post-fire management.
Advanced course;
implementation of
website
05-2005 /
05-2009
To understand what forest types are more likely to burn;
To know the characteristics of the dominant tree species
that can explain the different preference to fire of the
various forest types; fire effects on soil erosion; provide
management guidelines.
Scientific research; 1
published paper
06-2005 /
06-2008
82.6
Resistance of tree species to fire and cumulative effects of
herbivory (CEABN-Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal)
Characterize the post-fire survival/mortality rates for
selected tree species; 2) the auto-regeneration strategies
that each species adopts (from base, roots, crown or
seed); 3) the effect of fire intensity or tree age on the
survival and regeneration strategies of the different
species; 4) the recovery response and growth rate of
each species; 5) the effect of cutting in the resprouting
response of the different tree species.
Scientific research; 1
published paper
04-2005 /
04-2007
34.3
Erosfire – A model-based, decision-support tool for soil
erosion hazard assessment following forest wildfires
http://www.dao.ua.pt/RECNATUR/EROSFIRE/index.htm
(University of Aveiro, Portugal; Escola Superior Agrária de
Coimbra, Portugal; New University of Lisbon; consultants: 1)
ALTERRA-WUR (The Netherlands)
The main aim is to develop a software tool, integrated in
a GIS-environment, that allows to assess and map, at the
scale of individual hillslopes, soil erosion hazard in
recently burned forest areas for different scenarios of
post-fire land management, including “no-intervention”
and considering diverse erosion mitigation and control
measures.
Scientific research
06-2005 /
11-2007
87
FIREPARADOX: An Innovative Approach of Integrated
Wildland Fire Management Regulating the Wildfire
Problem by the Wise Use of Fire: Solving the Fire Paradox
(Instituto Superior de Agronomia-Centro de Ecologia Aplicada
Prof. Baeta Neves, Portugal; INRA-PIF, France; EFI, European;
MAICh, Greece; GFMC, Germany; UC3M, Spain; INIACIFOR, Spain; GENCAT/DGB, Spain; UCM, Spain; XGCIAL, Spain; UL-UFF, Spain; CTFC, Spain; WSL,
Switzerland; UNIVEMED, France; Cemagref, France; EM,
France; MTDA, France; IST, Portugal; UTAD, Portugal;
ARBOPAVE-UNINA, Italy; CFVA/RAS, Spain; AUTH,
Greece; UBRIS, United Kingdom; SFI, Slovenia; FRI-FFPL,
The aim of this project is to provide the scientific and
technical building blocks to "learn to live with fire".
1 Leaflet
2 Newsletters
1 website
4 Training courses on
Prescribed burning
20062010
11999
Fire Paradox examines four components of fire:
Prescribed Burning: This fuel reduction technique has
already been studied and developed in some
European countries. The significant development of
this technique in Europe requires not only
accompanying research work, including sociological
research, but also the development of demonstration
tools and specific means adapted to each country.
Wildfire Initiation: This is the phase from the outbreak
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Poland; UEDIN, United Kingdom; VTT, Finland; INRGREF,
Tunisia; ENFI, Morocco; OMIKRON, Greece; UZH, Germany.
www.fireparadox.org
(ignition) of a wildfire to the first intervention by
fire-fighting forces. Control of this first link in the
chain is particularly important in member states that
have put in place a policy that gives priority on fire
prevention (by addressing the underlying causes of
human-ignited fires), and the initial fire fighting
operations (initial attack).
Wildfire Spread: Special emphasis is given to a
domain in which limited research has been carried
out and which are particularly important: flash over,
development of a European fire propagation
simulator, forest / housing (wildland / residential)
interfaces, etc.
Backfire: This wildfire suppression technique is not
sufficiently used in Europe. To master this technique,
it is necessary to work in a co-coordinated manner
using experience acquired by present-day operators,
backed up by the necessary research.
Reproduction of Pinus halepensis Mill. after large fires:
influence of several silviculture treatments in the
reproductive dynamics and in the forest biodiversity
ETSIA, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain
Scientific basis for the management of the early Aleppo
pine stands after great fires. Growth, pine and seed
production, serotiny, can be regulated by using
silviculture treatments.
National scientific
research; 2 international
papers
12-2004/
12-2007
86,25
SUBERNOVA Cork oak forest renovation in Extremadura
and Alentejo
(ICMC Instituto del Corcho, la Madera y el Carbón, Spain;
Direcçao-Geral dos Recursos Florestais (DGRF), Portugal.
Scientific basis for fire effects on cork-oaks.
Experimental and demonstrative post-fire restoration
actions. Knowledge transfer for technicians and
managers.
Fire effects on cork-oak
report. Experimental
restorations. Courses
for technicians. Corkoak post fire restoration
handbook.
01-2005 /
12-2006
745
SINREG - Regenerative syndromes and functional
properties of Mediterranean plant communities in relation
to fire regime
(Centro de Estudos Ambientales del Mediterraneo, Spain;
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
The project aims to relate functional attributes involved
in the uptake and use of resources (mainly water and
nutrients) with different post-disturbance (fire) response
syndromes of Mediterranean plant species. The project
includes several approaches:
1- Effect of fire regime on the success of the different
regenerative responses.
2- Characterization of the function attributes involved
on the uptake and use of resources of the different
regenerative syndromes.
3- Effect of fire regime on the ecosystem functioning
12/2003 11/2006
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Climate Change and Impact Research: the Mediterranean
Environment (CIRCE), Workpackage WP7.3 Fire and
other disturbances
(Centro de Estudos Ambientales del Mediterraneo, Spain;
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
WP Objectives:
a) To analyse fire regime and climate interactions;
b) To elaborate a standardised protocol for evaluating
fire impacts;
c) To compile and analyse plant responses to
disturbance (mainly fire);
d) To determine the ecosystem characteristics that
makes ecosystems vulnerable to fire;
e) To compile strategies for fuel and vegetation
management to reduce fire impact and increase
ecosystems resilience
20072010
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Biodiversity conservation and post-fire rehabilitation of
forest ecosystems in Southern Italy regions – National
Operative Program ATAS - QCS 2000/2006
(University of Tuscia, Italy; University of Molise, Italy)
Objectives/activities:
To assess fire hazard, severity and risk with reference to
forest ecosystems of Southern Italy;
to carry out a multi-temporal and multi-scale analysis of
the post-fire vegetation recovery with distinctive
reference to the territory of National Parks in Southern
Italy.
20042006
125
PYTHAGORAS I: Post fire spatial regeneration of Aleppo
pine forests
(University of Athens, Greece)
The project focuses on the post fire spatial
heterogeneity of Aleppo pine forests at the landscape
level. The aim of the current study is to examine
the factors resulting to different spatial patterns of
Aleppo pine forests’ recovery, other than fire history.
Vegetation patches characterized by different Aleppo
pine densities have been delineated on site and three
classes of Aleppo pine density have been formed.
Rectangular sampling sites of the same size have been
allocated in representative patches of each case. The
obtained results are expected to reveal the factors
underlying the spatial heterogeneity observed in
Mediterranean Aleppo pine forests and the effects that
this heterogeneity might have on the plant communities.
2005-
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RECOFORME project "Structuring Networks and
Cooperative Action Concerned with Mediterranean
Forests”
(International Association for Mediterranean Forests, France;
Vesuvius National Park, Italy; Umbria region, Italy; Generalitat
Valenciana, Spain; Autonomous Murcia region, Spain;
Portuguese National Forestry Resources Service, Portugal;
Alpilles Mountains Public Authority, France)
This project seeks to encompass all aspects related to
natural land areas and forests around the Mediterranean,
with the aim of promoting sustainable management of
such woodlands. The main theme of the Generalitat
Valenciana is the conception and application of
integrated facilities for the prevention of forest wildfire
in areas under major threat: new models for firebreak
grids (its site notebook is available in French on the
Web: www.recoforme.net).
07-2003/
06-2006
About 1700
Bilateral exchanges
between partners (see
www.recoforme.net for
further information)
Seminar of
development of the
recommendations on
the 24th February 2006
in Marseilles
Final seminar in Naples
on April 2006
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EUFIRELAB project “Euro-Mediterranean Wildland Fire
Laboratory, a "wall-less " Laboratory for Wildland Fire
Sciences and Technologies in the Euro-Mediterranean
Region" EVR1-CT-2002-40028
(Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France; over
35 institutions from Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece,
Switerzland, Finland)
Impact of fire regime on vegetation dynamics and
combustibility + Forest Focus
( Cemagref Aix, INRA-PIF Avignon, CNRS-IMEP Marseille,
CNRS-Cefe Montpellier)
DINDIS - Dynamics of bird distribution in Mediterranean
mosaic landscapes affected by large forest fires
(Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya, Spain; and two other
institutions, Spain)
ALARM: Assessing LArge-scale environmental Risks with
tested Methods
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of CastillaLa Mancha plus 53 partners European-wide
Long term goal:
To enhance the co-operation and exchanges of scientists
and students among the European teams, which main
activities of research and/or technological development
are devoted to wildland fire sciences. WP4 deals with
fire, ecosystem functioning and biodiversity:
WP04: Fire, ecosystems functioning and bio-diversity
unit
WP4T1: State of the art and survey of methods for
assessing the impact of fire on the ecosystems
WP4T2: Fire impacts on the different components of
the ecosystems
WP4T3: Methodologies and tools for analysing and
monitoring vegetation dynamics and restoring burned
areas
WP4T4: Prescribed burning, a tool for managing biodiversity and ecosystems functioning
This project aims at assessing the impact of different
fire regimes on vegetation and fuel dynamics in pineoak maquis on acidic soils in southern France (Maures).
Aveiro plenary meeting
on October 21 and 22
20022006
2318
20052009
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The general objective of the project is to be able to
identify the role of different ecological processes that
determine species distribution of open habitat, mainly
early successional, species, in highly spatio-temporal
heterogeneous systems. This will be achieved by using
Mediterranean landscapes and birds as study models
and by combining landscape ecology, biogeographic
approaches and cutting-edge spatial analysis methods,
to develop a multiscale modelling platform aimed to
assess and predict patterns of species distribution
changes in different fire scenarios.
ALARM will develop and test methods and protocols
for the assessment of large-scale environmental risks in
order to minimise negative direct and indirect human
impacts. Research will focus on assessment and forecast
of changes in biodiversity and in structure, function, and
dynamics of ecosystems. Risks arising from climate
change, [which includes climate-related fire risk]
environmental chemicals, biological invasions and
pollinator loss in the context of current and future
European land use patterns will be assessed.
Scientific research
12/2005 12/2008
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Elaboration of maps for
Spain of fire regime
and fire-danger related
variables. Calculation
of fire danger variables
for parts of Europe.
01-2004
/01-2009
149.980
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PLANNED PROJECTS 2006
Project
(Co-ordinator; partners)
“Analysis of forest fire motivations on a regional
basis through the Delphi Technique”
Partenership: Italian Department of Civil
Protection+ State Forestry Service + University
of Basilicata
Objectives
Status
Time
frame
This project aims at surveying fire motivations through
the Delphi Method, based on questionnaires and experts’
panel.
Project currently under evaluation,
is expected to begin at end 2006
Budget total
KEUR s
EVENTS 2006
Event
Place
COST proposal submission “Post-fire management in
Southern Europe”
Planned dates
Output
May 2006
Seminar on post-fire assessment, monitoring and
management, with special emphasis on economical
evaluation of fire damages
Firenze, Italy
18 May 2006
Advanced course on post-fire management
Lisbon,
Portugal
Mérida, Spain
November 2006
4 Training courses on prescribed burning
Marão,
Portugal
April and May 2006
4 Training courses on Prescribed burning
Scientific field base for fire monitoring and analysis
Tivissa, Spain
10-24 July 2006
Scientific field base for fire monitoring and analysis
Course on cork oak forest restoration for technicians.
November 2006
MAIN PUBLICATIONS in 2006 (and beyond)
Title
Phoenix Newsletter
Infor RECOFORME n°5
Infor RECOFORME n°6
Final recommendation Notebook on RECOFORME
Book on cork oak and fire
Web site on cork oak and fire
Brochure on post-fire management to prevent soil erosion
(in portuguese)
Author(s) / Editor(s)
EFI PC PHOENIX
IAMF
IAMF
IAMF
ICMC
ICMC
CEABN-ISA
Planned date for the
publication
December 2006
March 2006
June 2006
June 2006
December 2006
December 2006
January 2006
Publisher (EFI or other)
CEABN-ISA
IAMF
IAMF
IAMF
ICMC
ICMC
DGRF, Ministry of Agriculture, Portugal
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Wildfire Cause Analysis through Delphi Method: Four
Case-Studies in Southern Italy
Fire regime and post-fire NDVI regeneration in the eastern
Iberian peninsula (Mediterranean basin).
New tools for the analysis of fire causes and their
motivations: the Delphi technique
Modelling the effects of distance on the probability of fire
detection from lookouts
Restoration of burned areas in forest management plans
Lovreglio R., Leone, V.., Giaquinto, P.
& Notarnicola, A.
Abdel Malaak, D. & Pausas J.G.
submitted
Int. J. Wildland Fire
in press
Int. J. Wildland Fire
Lovreglio R., Leone, V.., Giaquinto, P.
& Notarnicola, A.
Rego, F & Catry, F.
2006
in press, V ICFFR proceedings, Coimbra 2006
2006
Int. J. Wildland Fire, 15: 197-202
Alloza, J. A. & Vallejo, R.
2006
Land-use history and fire effects on soil fertility in eastern
Spain. European
Post-fire hydrological and erosional responses of a
Mediterranean landscape: seven years of catchment-scale
dynamics.
Simulating Mediterranean landscape pattern and
vegetation dynamics under different fire regimes.
Mediterranean Woodlands.
Duguy, B., Rovira, P. & Vallejo, R.
in press
In: Desertification in the Mediterranean Region.
A security Issue. Pp.475-488. Springer. NATO
Public Diplomacy Division
Journal of Soil Science
Mayor, A.G., Bautista, S., Llovet, J. &
Bellot, J
in press
Catena
Pausas J.G
in press
Plant Ecology
Vallejo, R., Aronson, J., Pausas, J.G. &
Cortina, J
2006
Fire risk and vegetation structural dynamics in
Mediterranean shrubland.
Harmonizing needs in studies of fire effects and firerestoration in southern Europe.
Baeza, M.J., Raventós, J., Escarré, A &
Vallejo, V.R.
Moreno J.M., Zuazua E., Luna B.M,
Cespedes B. & Torres I.
in press
In: van Andel, J., Aronson, J. (eds.).Restoration
ecology: The New Frontier. Blackwell Science.
Oxford, UK .Pages 193-207
Plant Ecology
Interactions between Land Use/Land Cover changes,
Forest Fires and Landscape Structure in Sierra de Gredos
(Central Spain).
Assessing what land-cover types are burned by forest fires
in Central Spain.
Effects of a long-term fire retardant chemical (Fire Trol
934 ®) on seed viability and germination in a
Mediterranean plant community.
Viedma O., Riero I. & Moreno J.M.
2006
In. A. Avdelas, M. Yeroyanni, K. Fabbri (Eds.):
“Proceedings of the EU-MEDIN Forum on
Disaster Research. The Road to
Harmonisation”. Thessaloniki 26-27 May 2003.
Publisher: European Commission. CL.
Environmental Conservation 33 (3): 1-11.
Moreno J.M., Zavala G. & Viedma, O.
in revision
Ecological Modelling
Luna, B. Moreno J.M. Cruz A, &
Fernández-González, F.
submitted
International Journal of Wildland Fire
in press
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9_Item 4_2007 budget
PROVISIONAL EFI BUDGET FOR YEAR 2007
2007
Euro '000
update August 2006
INCOME
Finnish Government Grant
External Funding
Firm
Confident
Membership Fees
Seminar fees
Publication sales
Interest, rents, other minor income
1,009
1,715
1,671
44
155
27
6
23
TOTAL INCOME
EXPENDITURE
2,935
SOURCE of FUNDS
Grant+
External
Memb.f. (inc. overh.f.)
Total
Administration + Research Support
Personnel
Other Costs
300
272
54
76
354
348
Knowledge transfer/Communication
Personnel
Other Costs
152
98
8
30
160
128
Programme 1
Personnel
Other Costs
57
13
251
52
308
65
Programme 2
Personnel
Other Costs
68
5
47
7
115
12
Programme 3
Personnel
Other Costs
56
15
210
618
266
633
Programme 4
Personnel
Other Costs
61
25
327
65
388
90
1,122
694
428
1,745
897
848
2,867
1,591
1,276
37
20
57
Research
TOTALS
Total Personnel
Total Other costs
CHANGES TO ASSET VALUATION
Depreciation
SURPLUS
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Item 5 a
Values of EFI
Following the discussion held at the Annual Conference in 2005, the Board of EFI delegated to the
Secretariat in February 2006 the task of elaborating a draft Global Values Statement for EFI. The
statement was to take into account the proposal made by EFI staff for EFI HQ, and the more global
proposal made by the Director during 2nd Board meeting. A Task Force (Director, Cecil
Konijnendijk, Jean-Michel Carnus (EFI PC IEFC), Jo Van Brusselen (EFI researcher), Ilpo
Tikkanen (Programme Manager) has prepared the attached document, which will be discussed at the
Board meeting and the Annual Conference.
GLOBAL EFI VALUES (2006-08-18)
QUALITY
We strive to deliver high quality research and services. This is also reflected through our
management processes, which base on professionalism, transparency, participation and
fairness.
Links to EFI HQ Staff Values: Transparency; Equality and Fairness; Professionalism; Openness
INNOVATION
We explore and test new and innovative approaches in our research activities. We develop
new ways of organising research, sharing knowledge and improving networking and
partnerships at the Pan-European level.
Links to EFI HQ Staff Values: Caring for the People (Innovative approaches); Professionalism
COMMITMENT
We are committed to serving the needs of our clients, member countries and member
organizations. EFI staff plays a vital role in creating an inspiring and stimulating working
environment.
Links to EFI HQ Staff Values: Caring for the People (Job security, Career development, Rewarding); Good
working environment
PARTICIPATION
We openly invite our members, associate members and the multi-disciplinary forest
research community at large, to utilise and take part in the EFI network. We believe that
such participation helps achieving better co-operation and coordination of research,
improves the knowledge-base for policy making and decision-taking, and strengthens the
science-policy interface.
Links to EFI HQ Staff Values: Participation; Good working environment; Openness
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EFI HQ Staff Values (2006-02-14)
This values statement for EFI HQ was compiled through a participatory process involving all staff at EFI HQ.
The process involved four open meetings at which all staff members had the opportunity to voice their
opinions. An attempt has been made to reach a consensus between the staff and to be as inclusive as
possible, while at the same time keeping the statement concise.
The staff of EFI Headquarters share the following values:
Transparency. Decisions are made based on clear, openly stated procedures and criteria. The outcomes
with justifications are accessible to all EFI HQ staff. Transparency is exercised in such a manner that personal
privacy is not infringed. Maintaining transparency is a duty of all EFI HQ staff.
Participation enables the EFI HQ to be innovative, dynamic and transparent. Participation is expressed by
providing all staff with the possibility to be involved in decisions regarding their work and working
environment.
Equality and fairness are guiding principles in EFI HQ’s daily work. The EFI HQ treats all staff members,
and the staff deal with each other, in a fair and equal manner.
Caring for the people is essential for EFI HQ because people are its most important asset. Caring includes:
providing good physical and social working conditions within an innovative and stimulating working
environment; providing maximum job security; promoting career development; and rewarding the staff for
good work.
Job security is expressed in continuity of employment, implies that the future of a staff member is taken into
account when hiring and managing personnel. Recruitment of staff is based on objective criteria. The aim of
caring for staff members is maintaining maximum benefit for both the staff and the EFI HQ.
Innovative approaches in planning human resources contribute to higher performance and achieving a critical
mass of professionals for delivering high quality services at EFI HQ.
Career development is enhanced by nurturing professional personal development within EFI HQ. This also
means helping the staff to develop an attractive profile in a highly competitive job market.
Rewarding good work is incorporated into EFI HQ management in order to promote best performance of its
staff, and thus of the whole organization. The work itself should be gratifying for the individuals, and this is taken
into account when designing positions and elaborating job descriptions.
Quality of work, professionalism and evolution are essential and inseparable aspects of our work.
Professionalism at EFI HQ means delivering high quality in everything we do. Professionalism is important
in order to successfully evolve in a continuously changing environment and thus maintain and improve our
reputation.
EFI HQ strives to provide a good working environment in which dialogue, interaction, caring for and helping
one another, and social relations are actively encouraged. Through dialogue we achieve a common
understanding – this involves finding a balance between listening and expressing ourselves. Openness is the
cornerstone of our social relations. Positive interaction is used to strengthen in-house coherence.
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Item 5 b
Vision and Strategy for EFI
At its last meeting in Joensuu, February 2006, the Board asked the Director and
Secretariat to draft a Strategy paper to be discussed at the next Board meeting,
articulating the vision (as agreed in Barcelona) and the values, with proposals about
future EFI structure, and with an agenda for actions to be taken at shorter and longer
terms. A Task Force (Director, François Houllier (EFI Board), Konstantin von Teuffel
(EFI Board/ EFI PC CONFOREST), Marcus Lindner (EFI Programme Manager) and
Leena Roihuvuo (EFI Administrator) has prepared the attached documents for the
Board, SAB and Annual Conference to consider and discuss.
The draft strategy has been circulated among the whole staff of EFI for comments.
Background papers:
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EFI Vision and Strategies
Implementingthe strategies
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Background paper for the EFI Board meeting, 12-13 September 2006
Draft 18 August 2006
(The purpose of this paper is to provide a basis for the Board to discuss and agree on
the main contents of the strategy statement. Further editing will take place after the
Board meeting and on the basis of the comments received at the Annual Conference)
EFI VISION AND STRATEGIES
1. Background: environment of forest research is changing
There are several trends that are having and will continue to have an impact on forest
research:
• The values of urbanised societies are becoming more dominating which
creates new expectations towards forests and forestry, and consequently new
research needs
• Climate change is occurring, and will have an impact on the functioning of
ecosystems and cause abrupt changes through natural disasters
• Increasing needs for energy as well as the current energy policies change the
structure of wood and fibre consumption, and, consequently, wood markets
• The globalisation and development of economies changes the production and
consumption patterns of forest based products
• Policy goals set by EU – such as competitiveness and sustainability – have
major implications for the forest sector
• Forestry and forests are increasingly seen as integral parts of larger entities
(environment, landscape, wood-based industries) and forestry is fading away
as a separate concept in research, education and administration.
EFI needs to identify its role in responding to these changes and to contributing to
the needs of the forest sector and of society at large, in order to fulfil its mission to
promote the conservation and sustainable management of forests in Europe.
2. Overall EFI Vision:
•
EFI is the leading institution conducting and advocating forest research and
facilitating forest research networking at the pan-European level.
Options for second sentence:
• It is a provider of unbiased, policy-relevant information on European forests
and forestry.
• It is acknowledged provider of unbiased, policy-relevant information on
European forests and forestry.
• It is the main provider of unbiased, policy-relevant information on European
forests and forestry.
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•
It is the main contact point for unbiased, policy-relevant information on
European forests and forestry.
3. Strategic functions:
In order to achieve the goals set in the vision, EFI
• facilitates and stimulates forest research networking at the pan-European
level
• conducts research and provides expertise at the pan-European level
• promotes the supply of unbiased and policy-relevant information on
European forests and forestry
• advocates forest research and the use of scientifically sound information as
a basis for policy-making on forests in Europe.
4. Goals for strategic functions (mid-term)
Networking
Goals:
The EFI network is consolidated to consist of Headquarters in Joensuu with a critical
mass of research capacity and of strong sub-networks in other parts of Europe
concentrating on regional and thematic issues.
EFI connects forest researchers within the research community and with researchers
in other fields, as well as with forest practitioners, policy makers, administration and
other stakeholders.
Elements: Networking strategy, Associate Members, Regional Offices, Project
Centres, Conferences and seminars, publications, Task Forces for specific questions,
strategic alliances with other key organisations, modern communication methods,
personal contacts.
Research
Goals:
The EFI network conducts research relevant for supporting sustainable forest
management in Europe, focusing on issues defined in its research strategy. Outputs
are relevant, high quality research results and expertise, which improve the basis for
policy-making on forests and forestry on a European scale.
Elements: Research Strategy, Research Staff at Research Programmes at the HQ,
Regional Offices, Project Centres and Associate Members.
Information
Goals:
EFI is the main contact point for researchers and decision-makers seeking unbiased
and policy-relevant information on European forests and forestry. Besides
disseminating its own research results, EFI provides links to other existing forestrelated information, provides value-added syntheses, foresights, conclusions and
decision options for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers.
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Elements: Communication strategy, EFI web-site, information portal, EFI
publications, scientific journals, seminars and conferences, policy reviews
Advocacy
Goals: EFI represents the pan-European forest research community in relevant policyscience interfaces, in cooperation with other fields of science and with practitioners
within forestry sector. EFI is contributes to the main processes in creating policyrelevant research agendas. EFI is ‘the voice of forest research in Europe’.
Elements: representation in the relevant scientific, technical and policy processes,
statements and declarations on important research issues prepared by a special Task
Force, Liaison office(r) in Brussels.
5. Tactical objectives (short term)
Networking
• Networking strategy produced and finalised, including clarification of the
roles of the various actors (HQ, PC, RO, Associate members, etc)
• Enhanced capacity at HQ made available for network management
Research
• The Research Strategy (2006) reviewed and focused targets for the Research
Programmes and Regional Office set
• Consolidated research programmes and EFIMED Regional Office
• Strengthened EFI’s research capacity, especially by senior researchers at the
HQ and in the network
• Innovative modes of operation in a decentralised network, by employing novel
management solutions and technology.
Information
• EFI forest information portal launched and in use
• The Communication Strategy reviewed, in view of the overall objectives
• The number of peer reviewed publications increased
• The number of summer schools increased
• ‘Digested’ policy relevant reviews for policy makers’ use introduced
• Increased visibility of EFI in the forest sector and public
Advocacy
• Advocacy policy established
• Representative/office in Brussels
• Role in Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform strengthened
• Role of EFI in the MCPFE
• A Task Force on ‘Voice of forest research in Europe’ established
• Coordination of advocate network (Director, Board members, PCs and ROs)
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Annex to the Background paper for the EFI Board meeting, 12-13 September 2006 “EFI VISION AND
STRATEGIES “
IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGIES
Draft 18 August
(This document refers to the plans and ideas on how to put the strategies into practice.
Will be modified in more detail after the strategies have been decided)
A. Prerequisites for achieving the strategic goals
The following critical factors can be seen as instrumental in achieving the goals set in
the strategy:
a. Financial resources - funding for the activities as voluntary contributions by
member states and external funding for projects
b. Personnel resources - staff capacity: quantity, expertise, skills and
motivation
c. Image - reputation as a capable and reliable service provider and partner
d. Governance: efficiency and transparency
Plans to improve the above prerequisites:
a) development of needed strategies: finalization of the overall strategy and
strategies for four strategic functions, elaboration of financing strategy and
personnel strategy
b) introduction of a systematic method of measuring performance (BScorecards).
c) implementation of a “work environment development project” (funding has
been applied from Finnish Ministry of Labour), which aims at:
a. identification and description of key processes needed to achieve the
strategic goals
b. introducing strategic goals into the staff’s work descriptions in a
participatory manner
c. capacity building through management and project management
training; and by improving internal communication tools and skills.
B. Methods to assess the performance towards strategic goals
The success indicators should cover various dimensions, for instance
a. Impact of activity (to clients, to policy-making, to science, to other EFI
sectors…)
b. Quality of the activity (quality of research, administration and communication
to be assessed somehow)
c. Effectiveness of the activity (input/output ratio, workload/achievements …)
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Networking
Success indicators may include: Volume of relevant for Europe networking projects
addressing actual problems. Volume of successful multi-disciplinary co-operation
with other relevant disciplines. Number of active EFI member organisations. Active
participation in events.
Research
Indicators may include:
Relevance: clients’ interest in commissioning and funding services. How widely can
the results be applied?
Quality: number of peer reviewed articles.
Advocacy
Indicators may include: Active role of EFI in relevant policy processes etc.
(Successful lobbying of) EU and national funding for research relevant for European
forests.
Information
Indicators may include: Perception of EFI by clients as a main provider of relevant
information on European forests. Visitors at EFI website, users of EFI information
tools, sales/downloads of EFI publications, number of events, feedback on events,
media hits.
C. Possible management/target units for monitoring the indicators
(Note: the links between these and 4 strategic processes are to be identified).
a. Research
Research Programmes and Regional Office(s)
b. Communication Unit
Internet, Media, EFI Publications, Events
c. Research support
Staff capacity maintenance, financial administration, research
administration
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Item 5 c)
Structure of EFI
EFI Project Centres and Regional Offices
In early 2006, the Board of EFI made a decision to establish a Regional Centre –
EFIMED - of EFI in Barcelona, Spain. The grounds and background for this decision
are in annex 1, letter to the associate and affiliate members of EFI of 27 March 2006.
This decision was preceded by careful discussions and investigations by the Board
and the Secretariat as to which is the most functional and secure way to proceed with
the establishment. The agreement on EFIMED will likely be signed between the
Ministry of Education and Science of Spain and EFI in late 2006.
It is intended that Regional Offices strengthen EFI activities and such offices would
exist alongside with the EFI Project Centres. It is foreseen that, for the time being,
EFI will have Project Centres and Regional Offices – both with a role in EFI
networking. See annex 2.
Main elements of Project Centres and Regional Offices compared
Both
• carry out research in the scope of EFI’s research strategy
• implement a work programme accepted by EFI
• co-ordinate a network
• activities consist of research, networking, dissemination & training
Project Centre
Regional Office
- co-ordinated by a local host,
independent of EFI
- not a juridical body
- governed by a legally non-binding
MoU
- employees employed by local host
- liaison to EFI HQ is looser
- structural, integral part of EFI
- juridical body
- governed by Terms of Reference and
EFI management practises
- employees employed by EFI
- liaison to EFI HQ is close
Joensuu, 27 March 2006
Continuously strengthening EFI’s network
Dear Associate & Affiliate Members,
The new status of EFI as an international organization opens the door to exciting and
innovative possibilities for further development. EFI is now an institute under international
law and as such, has taken increased responsibility for forestry and forest research in Europe.
Ten States have already ratified the EFI convention, which had been signed by 20 States, and
136 institutions are presently Associate or Affiliate Members of EFI. EFI is the most
important network in forest research at the pan-European level.
The core tasks of EFI are to
• conduct research on topics of European importance,
• improve access to a comprehensive data on European forests and forestry, as well as to
• facilitate networking among European forest research organizations, and
• represent the forest research community i.a. in the European policy processes.
Over the past 13 years, EFI has built up a pan-European network of institutions, a well
established headquarters in Joensuu, Finland, and seven Project Centers dealing with issues of
European scope. The Project Centres, in particular, have given to EFI, a truly European
research dimension.
With the new international status of the institute, interest of Member countries has emerged in
favour of further development of EFI. An important element for the future of the Institute is
found in strengthening the EFI network by establishing “Regional Offices” in various
locations in Europe as integral parts of the Institute.
Such Regional Offices would obtain their budget from financing institutions (countries, states,
regions, industries, other organizations) via EFI Headquarters in Joensuu. The annual work
program of Regional Offices would be approved by the EFI organs, in accordance with EFI’s
strategies and processes. Thus, the coordination of the Regional Office with the activities of
EFI as a whole would be secured while fulfilling the expectations of the funding institutions
in the respective regions.
As a first step in this direction, and after various consultations with the Spanish Government
and the Catalan Region as well as the EFI Council, EFI Board has decided to establish a
Regional Office – tentatively called EFIMED (EFI Mediterranean Regional Office) – based in
Barcelona, Spain. The activities of MEDFOREX Project Centre will continue under the
auspices of the EFI Regional Office. This change will not have any impact to the other six
Project Centers.
The financing agreement with the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science and the Catalan
Region, which is yet at its draft phase, will be made for five years with a possibility of
continuation. According to current plans, the agreement should be signed in fall 2006. Cooperation with Forest Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC) the former host of
MEDFOREX, will continue as before, and CTFC will, inter alia , provide administrative
services to the new Regional Office.
In this process the Board sees the potential for EFI to promote forest research and research
networking in Europe. EFI will support and coordinate further development of Regional
Offices in other European regions provided they are in full compliance with EFI’s vision and
mission.
The Board of EFI looks forward to open discussion on this vision of forest research in Europe
with all Member States, Associate Member institutions, Project Centres, staff members and
various other partners.
François Houllier
Chairman of the Board
Risto Päivinen
Director
Item 6. Future of Forest Research
Brussels, 31/05/06
The Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform (FTP) in the Implementation Phase
Content:
1. A short summary about European Technology Platforms (ETPs) as seen by the EU
Commission.
2. Where is the FTP in its development?
3. What is in front of us? – The Implementation Phase.
4. Structure and roles in the FTP from now on.
5. The Action Plan for research.
1. European Technology Platforms
The main objective of an ETP is to boost European competitiveness through a coherent approach in
formulating strategic research priorities involving a broad range of relevant stakeholders and interest
groups, with industry in the lead.
ETPs will have a significant influence on setting priorities for Community funded research
programmes, but their influence goes much wider and will impact positively national and regional
initiatives. As such, ETPs are set to play a key role in shaping research and innovation policies within
Europe. However, ETPs will also impact a range of other Community policies. This is especially
important when considering the long-term view of the Strategic Research Agendas (SRAs).
A strong commitment to openness and transparency is a key success factor of an ETP. Given that the
majority of ETPs are currently preparing for their implementation stage, issues are now beginning to
arise regarding how to obtain an appropriate balance between openness and transparency on the one
hand and propriety of knowledge on the other.
Effective and efficient organisational structure is also important to ensure the successful development
of ETPs. Each ETP has its own characteristics, history and modus operandi and can determine the
most appropriate organisational structure for its needs. A “one-size-fits all” approach is not
appropriate. However, certain guiding principles should be respected. The ETPs must have strong
leadership with the credibility to bring together and mobilise stakeholders as well as to maintain their
long-term commitment.
ETPs should be proactive in identifying sources of financing. They should not focus exclusively on
Community and national public funding sources, but also identify sources of private funding. The role
of public funding should be to leverage substantial private investment in the SRAs.
SMEs can add significant value to the process of developing and implementing ETPs, but awareness of
the particular needs and constraints of SMEs is essential for their effective participation.
The above was underlined at a recent Austrian Presidency Conference on European Technology
Platforms, which took place in Vienna on May 4 and 5 with 500 participants from all platforms.
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2. Where is FTP in its development?
On 15 February 2004, the European forest-based sector launched its Vision 2030 as part of its
Technology Platform initiative. The aim of the initiative is to drive the industry toward the continued
sustainable development and innovation needed to nurture growth in the sector over the next 25 years.
This event was also the start of the next phase of defining an SRA.
Effectively, more than 1,000 forest-based sector representatives in some 20 European countries have
been actively engaged in this process, which generated a pool of more than 700 proposals. These
proposals have been condensed into the SRA document published in February 2006 as a main
document and an annex. The main content was first presented and discussed in a large open conference
in Stockholm, Sweden, on November 9-10 2005.
The next phase – the Implementation Phase – was started with a successful conference “Bringing the
Vision to Reality” in Irdning / Admont, Austria, on May 2-3 2006.
3. What is in front of us? – The Implementation Phase.
The SRA with its 5 Strategic Objectives and 26 Research Areas points out the directions in which the
forest-based sector needs to go in order to realize its Vision 2030. The SRA now has to be turned into
programmes and projects during the Implementation Phase.
In the SRA, the implementation is treated under the chapter – “Implementation – Bringing the Vision
to Reality” and its sub-sections:
3.1 From planning to action
3.2 A need for a broad spectrum of sciences
3.3 An improved climate for innovation
3.4 Strengthening education and training
3.5 Communication with society
3.6 Synergies with other Technology platforms
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4. Structure and roles in the FTP from now on
Value Chain Representation
4.1 High Level Group (HLG)
The HLG is as earlier the decision body of the FTP. The composition of the HLG is:
Wolfgang Pfarl, SAPPI (new chairman since May 1)
Giuseppe Fedrigoni, Cartiere Fedrigoni, Italy (CEPI)
Mikael Eliasson, Setra, Sweden (CEI-Bois)
Antti Sahi, MTK, Finland (CEPF)
Tomasz Lucjan, STEICO, Polen (representing the new member states)
Teresa Presas, Managing Director, CEPI
Filip de Jaeger, Secretary General, CEI-Bois
Natalie Hufnagl, Secretary General, CEPF
Lars Gädda, M-real, Finland (chairman of Advisory Committee)
Yves Birot, INRA, France (chairman of Scientific Council)
Commission representatives participate in the HLG work as observers.
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4.2 FTP management
The FTP management has since April 1 2006 moved its secretariat to CEI-Bois office in Brussels.
During the Implementation Phase, the FTP management will:
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Support the prioritization of European and national agendas and work programmes
Facilitate the development of the SRA into programmes and projects
Identify funding opportunities
Have a dialogue with EU Commission and Parliament
Facilitate research-consortia creation, cooperation with other ETPs and identify funding
options
Address the issues education and training as well as innovation
Develop and execute an Action Plan for research and a Communication Plan
Promote the availability of evaluators in FP7
4.3 National Support Groups (NSGs)
To be successful, the FTP has to mobilise the NSGs including all key stakeholders and the research
community. An NSG will in the Implementation Phase have to adapt to national conditions but is
expected to
• Promote the implementation of the SRA through national participation
• Introduce and inform about the FTP in its country, e.g. contacts with the high level authorities,
public funding agencies etc., and do active lobbying work
• Facilitate coordination of national agendas
• Secure that the key stakeholders are represented in the NSG.
4.4 Advisory Committee (AC)
The AC will as earlier be forum for stakeholder information and feedback with representation from all
NSGs and core federations. Also, the Commission participates with observer. In the AC, all types of
questions related to the FTP can be treated.
Chairman of the AC is as earlier Lars Gädda.
4.5 Scientific Council (SC)
The SC has during the SRA development phase been a valuable body with a holistic and independent
view. It will continue during the Implementation Phase with partly new tasks and participants.
The tasks of the SC during the Implementation Phase are:
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Review the Action Plan
Promote an holistic approach in the SRA process
Support in organising strategic workshops and consortia
Liaise with other Technology Platforms, networks and instruments (COST actions, ERA-Nets
etc.)
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Promote the participation of a broader spectrum of scientists and emerging technologies into
the FTP
Evaluate the scientific value of cooperation outside of Europe
Chairman of the SC is as earlier Yves Birot.
4.6 Value Chain Representation
The defining of Research Areas in the SRA was based on a crosscutting approach of different value
chains (forestry, wood products, pulp & paper products, bio-energy, specialities) and impact
dimensions (consumer, society, environment, energy, competitiveness).
A value chain representation is necessary also in the Implementation Phase. As this phase will be
much longer time wise than the SRA phase, it is necessary to have a more permanent structure than
during the development of the SRA. Therefore the Value Chain Groups used during the SRA
development will be restructured into a body which is connected to existing core federations and
associations. This should, combined with the Advisory Committee (AC) and the Scientific Council
(SC), secure a proper balance between major stakeholders.
The new value chain representation will if possible be based on industry federations and research
associations as can be seen below.
Value chain Forestry will be represented through CEPF, EFI and other forest owners (state,
industry etc.).
Value chain Wood Products through CEI-Bois and Innovawood.
Value chain Pulp & Paper Products through CEPI and EFPRO.
Value chain Bio-energy is under consideration by the FTP management. CEPF, CEI-Bois and
CEPI will be represented.
Value chain Specialities is under consideration by the FTP management.
The major task of the Value Chain Representation is to support the FTP management during the
Implementation Phase and more specifically to:
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Secure close links to European core federations, associations and industry
Participate in monitoring and reviewing the implementation process
Promote access to core competencies
Participate in prioritisation processes related to the Action Plan
Secure the industrial commitment to the implementation process
Assess the industrial impact of project proposals
Contribute to dissemination, communication and education and training
The function of the Impact Coordinators during the SRA phase will with the new tasks be taken over
by Value Chain Representation and SC in the Implementation Phase.
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4.7 Communication Group
Effective communication is a critical success factor for the FTP.
The FTP envisages a bottom-up communication approach, mirroring the platform’s organisational
structure during the implementation. A network will be established which includes the NSGs and
which can both facilitate communication and deliver on communication objectives. This network will
focus on key SRA messages to:
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Raise awareness of the role of the forest-based sector in the wider community by promoting the
importance of research in advancing Europe
Assist in spreading information and knowledge of research from the SRA-implementation
Stimulate industry and forest owners to mobilize research resources and invest in research
A Communication Plan will be developed covering internal and external activities.
To guide the work; the FTP has a Communication Group chaired by Teresa Presas.
4.8 Special Task Forces
In the SRA process a special IT Task Force was established to cover IT related questions crossing all
value chains. For the Implementation Phase the same demand for an overall treatment of IT questions
exists, so the IT Task Force will continue as a resource.
Task Forces can, from time to time, be considered also for other areas. One area under discussion for
establishing a Task Force is biorefinery.
5. The Action Plan for research
During the AC and HLG meetings in March, it was decided that the FTP shall now develop an Action
Plan. This Action Plan was later decided to focus on research and it will in the short term be the
instrument for managing and guiding the FTP, including influencing the work programmes issued by
the European Commission (SRA prioritization). It will also define how to establish necessary links and
cooperation with other ETPs .
One of the most urgent tasks is a prioritization of the SRA content. During meetings in AC and HLG,
European Commission representatives have asked for such a prioritization. This will help the European
Commission to understand which Research Areas, or parts of the stakeholders of the FTP consider
most urgent in time and most important. It is not necessary to make an absolute prioritization list of all
Areas. The important question is which Areas FTP prioritizes per Theme in the first place during
2007/08. This will allow FTP management to push for early FP 7 calls in these Areas and the countries
to support this.
In such a work it will be a value in itself for FTP to find Areas or programmes covering several value
chains.
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Following the above principal, the Action Plan will include:
SRA prioritisation
Criteria to be a FTP project or programme
Actions to coordinate SRA with national agendas
The connection between FTP/SRA and existing instruments, programmes and projects
Identification of instruments and activities outside ‘Cooperation’ in EC FP7 that are of interest
for the FTP
o How to deal with IPR issues
o Dissemination issues
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FTP has applied for a Specific Support Action (SSA, see picture below) to support its activities during
the coming 18 months of the Implementation Phase. This application provides in many aspects the
base for the Action Plan and Communication Plan.
Lund, 2006-05-31
FTP management/CG Beckeman
Sustainability Impact Assessment of the Forestry - Wood Chain
What is EFORWOOD?
EFORWOOD is a four-year integrated
project, funded under the EU “Global
change and ecosystems“ research
activity of the Sixth Framework
Programme.
Objective
The objective of EFORWOOD is to
develop a quantitative decision support
t o o l f or S us t a i n a bi l i t y I m p ac t
Assessment of the European ForestryWood Chain (FWC) and subsets
thereof (e.g. regional), covering
forestry, industrial manufacturing,
consumption and recycling.
Partners
EFORWOOD includes 38 organisations in 21 countries, with total
estimated budget of €20 million - of
which the European Commission
contribution is approximately €13
million.
EFORWOOD gathers a consortium of
highest-class experts, including the
most representative forest-based sector
research institutions and the leading
European industry confederations in the
sector.
Module Structure
EFORWOOD is organised in a
modular structure.
M6
Knowledge
Transfer
M2
Forest
Resource
Management
M1
Sustainability
Impact
Assessment
M3
Forest to
Industry
Interactions
M5
Industry to
Consumer
Interactions
M4
Processing
Manufacturing
& Converting
Module 1 is the integrating module,
where the common framework and
tools for the Sustainability Impact
Assessment will be developed.
Modules 2 to 5 concentrate on the
different aspects of the FWC from
Forest Resources through to Interactions with Consumers and all in
between.
Module 6 is focused on the dissemination of project results.
Duration:
November 2005 - October 2009 (4 years)
EU Scientific Officer:
Dr. Daniel Deybe
DG RTD,
Strategies and Policy for Sustainable
Development Unit
Project Co-ordinator:
Prof. Kaj Rosen
Address:
The Forestry Research Institute of Sweden
Skogforsk
Dag Hammarskjölds väg 36A,
Uppsala Science Park
S-751 83 UPPSALA
Sweden
Phone: +46 18 18 85 00
Fax:
+46 18 18 86 00
E-mail: kaj.rosen@skogforsk.se
M0
Scientific Co-ordination & Management
Module 0 includes the project management and the co-ordination of
stakeholder interactions.
EFORWOOD Product
The Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment (ToSIA) is the main
product of EFORWOOD, which integrates major outputs from the Modules of
the project. This tool will allow the assessment of the FWC, based on
previously determined social, economic and environmental indicators and it
will be developed as a dynamic analysis model, using a consistent and
harmonized framework from the forest to the end-of-life of final products.
Several kinds of test chains will be used to test the ToSIA, from simple test
cases to regional cases and cases representing current Europen FWC.
A user-friendly, web-based version, ToSIA-U, will also be developed, including a menu-surface and context-help, allowing fast learning and application of
the tool. A demonstration package of ToSIA-U, with selected case study data
and policy scenarios, will be available on the Internet and will also be used
and disseminated in stakeholder training courses.
www.eforwood.com
Sustainability Impact Assessment of the Forestry - Wood Chain
Overall Work Plan
Start
Phase I
Stakeholder
exchange
SIA on “Test chains”
- Re-assessment of C & I
- Identification of “Regional
cases”
- Data collection
Phase II
The project will be developed in four phases:
Stakeholder
exchange
SIA on “Regional cases”
- Re-assessment of C & I
- Preparation of scenarios in cooperation with policy makers
and other stakeholders
- Data collection
- Refining of SIA-tools
Phase III
Phase IV
SIA on European FWC
- Current Situation
- Scenarios
(including identification of
possible improvements)
Synthesis and Reporting
End
Stakeholder
exchange
POLICY MAKERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS
- Description of FWC-processes
- Selection of criteria and
indicators
- Identification of “Test chains”
- Data collection
Phase I will focus on data collection and tool development for "Test
Chains".
After an assessment of the ToSIA prototype with stakeholders, the
tool will be extended to complete "Regional cases" in Phase II.
The model will then be tested on the current European FWC in
Phase III. In addition, it will be used to study scenarios of future
FWCs and allow identification of the most sustainable economic, social and environmental options. A test on selected cases in the developing world is planned. A user-friendly version will be made available for users representing industry and policy-making, and demonstration packages for the web will be prepared by Module 6 in close
co-operation with Module 1.
Finally, synthesis and reporting of results will be performed in Phase
IV. Global aspects of FWCs will be analysed by looking at mutual
influences on levels of sustainability of inherent inter-dependencies
between European regions and regions outside Europe.
Project Impacts
The EFORWOOD ToSIA tool will be valuable:
• across policy areas and elements of the FWC, such as Environmental issues related to forests and the FWC,
(biodiversity, forest investments, timber supply & markets, forest-based industries, climate change); Social
aspects (employment, rural development); and Economic aspects (e.g. enlargement issues),
• across sectors influencing the European FWC, such as forestry, agriculture, environment, energy, transport,
ITC and enterprise policies,
• across policy instruments (regulative, financial and informational), institutions and mechanisms including
technical norms and standards,
• for policy makers and stakeholders in negotiation, implementation or review of policies in different contexts,
including the EU, the MCPFE (Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe), national
authorities and international treaties.
Partner List
AFOCEL -Association Forêt Cellulose (FR)
AIDIMA - Asociación de Investigación y Desarrollo en la Industria del
Mueble y Afines (ES)
Alterra- Alterra BV, Centre for Ecosystems Studies (NL)
ALUFR - Institute of Forest Utilisation and Work Science, Albert Ludwigs
University, Freiburg (DE)
BFH - Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products (DE)
BOKU - Dept. of Forest and Soil Sciences, Institute of Siliviculture,
University of Natural Resources and Applied Sciences, Vienna (AT)
BRE - Building Research Establishment (UK)
CATIE - Dept. Natural Resources,Tropical Agricultural Research and
Higher Education Center (CR)
CEI-Bois -European Confederation of Woodworking Industries (BE)
CEPF - Confédération Européenne des Propriétaires Forestiers (BE)
CEPI -Confederation of European Paper Industries (BE)
CIFOR - Center for International Forestry Research (ID)
CIRAD - CIRAD, Forestry dept. (FR)
CTFC - Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya (ES)
EFI - European Forest Institute (FI)
FR - Forestry Commission Research Agency (UK)
FVA - Baden-Württemberg Forest Research Institute (DE)
IBL - Dept. of Forest Management in Mountain Regions, Forest
Research Institute (PL)
IFE-MUAF - Institute of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forest and Wood
Technology, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry (CZ)
IFER - Institute of Forest Ecosystem Research (CZ)
IW - InnovaWood Ltd. (IE)
INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (FR)
ISA - Instituto Superior de Agronomia (PT)
JPC - JP Management Consulting (Europe) Oy (FI)
KCL - OY Keskuslaboratorio – Central-laboratorium AB (FI)
KCPK - Kenniscentrum Papier en Karton (NL)
KVL - The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (DK)
Savcor Indufor - Savcor Indufor OY (FI)
SFI -Slovenian Forestry Institute (SI)
SGGW - Dept. of Forest Utilisation, Faculty of Forestry, Warsaw
Agricultural University, (PL)
SILAVA - Latvian State Forestry Research Institute (LV)
Skogforsk - The Forestry Research Institute of Sweden (SE)
SLU -Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet (SE)
STFI-Packforsk - STFI-Packforsk AB (SE)
TUZVO - Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen (SK)
UMB - Dept. of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, The
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NO)
UR2PI -Unité de Recherché sur la Productivité des Plantations
Industrielles (CG)
VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland (FI)
www.eforwood.com
Annual Conference of EFI
14 September 2006
Kerkrade, the Netherlands
Item 7
I
a)
Appointment of Board Member
From the Board Appointment Committee:
Proposal to change rules of procedure of the Conference
The BAC suggests to the Conference to adopt the following proposal to change the rules
of the nomination procedure as follows (proposed changes in bold italics):
***
Appendix 1 to Rules for the election and rotation of EFI Board members elected by
the Conference: Rules for the nomination and appointment of EFI Board Members
and Guiding Principles
The Annual Conference of the European Forest Institute appoints four members of the Board.
Every third year, the Council will elect four members prior to the annual conference. The
preparatory work of selecting the candidates for the Conference’s consideration is undertaken by
a Board Appointment Committee (BAC), consisting of the Conference Chairman and two ViceChairmen of the year in question.
1. Rules for the nomination and appointment of Board Members
1) Invitation by the Board Appointment Committee (BAC) to all EFI Associate members to
nominate one or more persons to serve on the Board.
2) Proposals submitted to the Director of EFI. The proposals should include:
• A brief curriculum vitae (CV) of not more than one page of each person.
• Letters of support of at least two other Associate member institutions signed by the official
contact persons.
3) The secretariat will forward the nominations and a list of the existing Board members and
their periods of election to the BAC.
4) The BAC will analyse the nominations, on the basis of which it will draw up its proposal for
the composition of the Board, taking into account the guiding principles agreed upon by the
Conference, and send it to the Director of EFI. Instead of or in addition to a proposal, the
BAC may also suggest voting.
5) The EFI Secretariat will include the BAC statement in the Conference material sent out to the
EFI members.
6) The Conference is invited to elect the Board on the basis of the BAC proposal. Candidates
may avail of the opportunity to address the conference for a maximum of five minutes. Only
one representative of each Associate member is eligible to vote.
7) The election procedure is to have one vote for each free seat by each member institution.
8) The nominations will be valid also for two following conferences, if the candidate is not
elected. In such cases, the secretariat will check the availability of the candidate to stand
for Board membership.
***
The BAC sees it as an advantage that good candidates can officially offer their interest to
serve as Board Member on one Conference. In the following two Conferences they do
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not need to present them again two times, but rather can signal on a direct way with the
EFI Secretariat, if they are still available, if not being elected at the first or second
occasion. The BAC sees this approach as a more efficient one, because for a candidate
that is still available no new formal procedure with CV and supporting letters is
necessary. Paperwork can be reduced without loosing flexibility as other new candidates
are not excluded.
II
Appointment of Board Member in 2006
In the following is a copy of the letter from the BAC to EFI Associate Members
regarding nominations to EFI Board in 2006. Attached are CVs of three candidates and
letters of support for their nomination.
The BAC has analysed the proposal and will draw up its proposal for the composition of
the Board. Instead of, or in addition to the proposal, the BAC may also suggest voting.
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22 May 2006
Dear Associate Members of EFI,
With the EFI Annual Conference approaching in September, I am contacting you on
behalf of the Board Appointment Committee (BAC).
The BAC consists of Chairman and two vice-chairmen of the Annual Conference,
from one Annual Conference to the next one. In 2005, two Conferences were held,
one of the EFI Association and one of the new EFI. Therefore we have four members
of BAC: Tim Peck, Karoly Redéi, Margarida Tomé and myself.
The Board Appointment Committee oversees the procedures related to the election of
the Board members by the Conference. The Rules of Procedure with annexes that
were approved by the 1st Conference of EFI established by Convention are enclosed
to this letter.
Regarding the composition of the Board, the Convention on EFI states as follows:
Article 8: The Board
1. The Board shall be composed of eight individuals with established competence in the
field of the activities of the Institute. Such Board members may serve no more than two
consecutive terms.
2.a. Four members of the Board shall be appointed by the Council for a period of three
years.
b. Four members of the Board shall be appointed by the Conference for a period of three
years.
c. The Council and the Conference shall adopt rules relating to the process of nomination
and rotation of the members they appoint.
d. Interim vacancies shall be filled by written procedure by the Council or the Conference,
respectively.
Following earlier decisions within the EFI Board, Chairman of the Board, François
Houllier, is due to step down in 2006. He has approached the BAC with the attached
proposal for the procedure of the election of EFI Board members elected by the
Conference in 2006. The BAC has reviewed the proposal and agrees with it.
Consequently, I am now requesting the Associate Members for their proposals for a
new EFI Board member. The rules for the election below were approved at the 1st
Conference.
Rules for the nomination and appointment of Board Members
1) Invitation by the Board Appointment Committee (BAC) to all EFI Associate
members to nominate one or more persons to serve on the Board.
2) Proposals submitted to the Director of EFI. The proposals should include:
• A brief curriculum vitae (CV) of not more than one page of each person.
• Letters of support of at least two other Associate member institutions signed
by the official contact persons.
3) The secretariat will forward the nominations and a list of the existing Board
members and their periods of election to the BAC.
4) The BAC will analyse the nominations, on the basis of which it will draw up its
proposal for the composition of the Board, taking into account the guiding
principles agreed upon by the Conference, and send it to the Director of EFI.
Instead of or in addition to a proposal, the BAC may also suggest voting.
5) The EFI Secretariat will include the BAC statement in the Conference material sent
out to the EFI members.
6) The Conference is invited to elect the Board on the basis of the BAC proposal.
Candidates may avail of the opportunity to address the conference for a maximum
of five minutes. Only one representative of each Associate member is eligible to
vote.
7) The election procedure is to have one vote for each free seat by each member
institution.
I hereby request your proposals by 24 July 2006. Please send the proposals with
supporting documents addressed to Director Risto Päivinen at anu.ruusila@efi.fi.
If you have any questions about the matter, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Harald Mauser
Chairman
Board Appointment Committee
Encls.
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Rules of procedure of Conference with annexes
Proposal for the procedure of the election of EFI Board members
elected by the Conference in 2006
EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE
Proposal
Board members elected by the Conference in 2006
Rationale
The Convention on the European Forest Institute states:
Article 8: The Board
1.
The Board shall be composed of eight individuals with established
competence in the field of the activities of the Institute. Such Board members
may serve no more than two consecutive terms.
2.a.
b.
c.
d.
Four members of the Board shall be appointed by the Council for a
period of three years.
Four members of the Board shall be appointed by the Conference for a
period of three years.
The Council and the Conference shall adopt rules relating to the
process of nomination and rotation of the members they appoint.
Interim vacancies shall be filled by written procedure by the Council
or the Conference, respectively.
Rota system in 2008
Eight members of the Board have been elected to serve for three years by the EFI
Conference and Council. One member will, however, step down in 2006.
All remaining seven Board members are allowed to continue up to at least September
2008.
In order to ensure a balance between continuity and renewal, especially during the
first three years of the newly established EFI, the Board Appointment Committee,
may:
(1) propose one or more candidates to the Conference in order to fill the interim seat
in September 2006;
(2) endorse the fact that the three other elected Board Members (elected in Barcelona)
should serve a full 3-years mandate (up to 2008);
(3) propose to the Conference to confirm the Board Appointment Committee system
that was applied under the 'old EFI' (the BAC may serve in case other Board Members
step down);
(4) propose to the next BAC (to be appointed by the next Annual Conference in the
Netherlands) to propose a rotation system for the 4 Board Members elected by the
Conference. This system would be discussed in the 2007 Conference and would be
applied in 2008 and following years in order to ensure a balance between continuity
and renewal.
CONFERENCE
OF THE EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE
RULES OF PROCEDURE
Adopted by the Conference on 8 September in 2005
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CONFERENCE
OF THE EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE
RULES OF PROCEDURE
Adopted by the Conference on 8 September in 2005
RULE 1
1.1
1.2
The Conference shall consist of representatives of the Associate Members.
The names of the official representatives of Associate Members shall be submitted to
the Secretariat not less than one week before the date fixed for the opening of the
Conference session.
RULE 2
2.1
2.2
3.3
4.2
MEETINGS OF THE CONFERENCE
The Conference shall meet once a year in plenary session.
The Conference decides upon the location of the forthcoming Conference meetings
two years in advance. The Board decides on the exact dates of the Conferences.
An extraordinary meeting shall be held when the Conference so decides, or when the
Board deems it necessary, or when at least a simple majority of the Associate
members of the Institute request it to be called for consideration of a matter submitted
by them.
RULE 4
4.1
CHAIRMAN AND OTHER OFFICERS
The Conference shall elect its Chairman and two vice-chairmen and other officers to
chair the Conference and fulfil other necessary duties.
The Chairman and Vice-chairmen will form a Board Appointment Committee. The
Board Appointment Committee oversees the procedures related to the election of the
Board members by the Conference. The duties are defined in the appendix to ‘Rules
for Election and Rotation of EFI Board Members elected by the Conference’.
RULE 3
3.1
3.2
REPRESENTATION
AGENDA
The Director shall in consultation with the Chairman of the Board prepare the
provisional agenda for the sessions of the Conference.
The provisional agenda of the sessions of the Conference shall be transmitted by the
Director to the Associate and Affiliate Members at least 30 days before the date of the
regular session. The Conference shall, inter alia,
a) appoint the members of the Board in accordance with the Convention,
Article 8, paragraphs 2 b), c) and d);
b) determine the membership fees for the Associate and Affiliate Members;
c) make recommendations to initiate activities with a view to the realisation
of the purposes of the Institute;
d) approve the audited financial statements;
e) approve the work plan for the following year submitted by the Board;
f) review and adopt the Annual Report on the Institute´s activities; and
g) approve and amend its Rules of Procedure.
RULE 5
SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS FOR SESSIONS OF THE
CONFERENCE
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5.1
5.2
The supporting documents shall, to the extent possible, be transmitted by the
Secretariat to the Associate and Affiliate Members at least one week before the date
of the regular session.
If a member wants a presentation or a proposal to be taken up by the Conference, the
Director and the Chairman of the Board should be notified in writing in good time,
i.e. at least 60 days before the Conference, so that the matter can be included in the
provisional agenda. The Conference decides what measures are called for by
presentations and proposals thus made.
RULE 6
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
Each Associate Member shall have one vote in the Conference. The name of the
person granted the voting right by each Associate member organisation shall be
received by the Secretariat not later than one week before the opening of a session.
The Conference shall take decisions by a simple majority. If the votes are evenly
divided, the Chairman’s opinion shall be decisive.
Between the meetings of the Conference a written vote may be taken.
An Associate Member not participating in a session of the Conference may give a
proxy to another Associate Member. The Proxys shall be received by the Secretariat
not later than a week before the session of the Conference.
RULE 7
7.1
RECORDS AND REPORTS
At the end of each meeting the Conference shall adopt a list of decisions. The
Director shall, in consultation with the Chairman of the Conference, submit the
minutes of the meeting, including the list of main decisions, to all Associate and
Affiliate Members, members of the Board and Members of the Institute.
RULE 9
9.1
LANGUAGE
The language of the Conference shall be English.
RULE 8
8.1
VOTING
AMENDEMNTS TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE
These Rules of Procedure may be amended by the Conference by a simple majority.
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ANNEX 1
Rules to the Election and Rotation of EFI Board Members Elected by the Conference
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RULES FOR THE ELECTION AND ROTATION OF EFI BOARD MEMBERS
ELECTED BY THE CONFERENCE
As stated in the EFI Convention, four members of the Board shall be appointed
by the Conference for a period of three years. It is also stated that the Council
and the Conference shall adopt rules relating to the
A) process of nomination and
B) rotation of the members they appoint.
A) The Conference of EFI adopts the procedure employed in the EFI
Association (appendix 1).
B) The Conference establishes a rotation of the Board members, aiming at
evenly distributed change of Board members over time as follows:
1. The Conference should elect one Board member every year between the
Council meetings.
2. Those members elected in 2005 and who had previously a seat in the EFI
Association Board, shall follow the order of resignation of the EFI
Association. Those who are elected in 2005 but have not had a seat in the
Board of EFI Association step down in the descending order of the votes
received.
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APPENDIX 1 to
RULES FOR THE ELECTION AND ROTATION OF EFI BOARD MEMBERS
ELECTED BY THE CONFERENCE
Rules for the nomination and appointment of EFI Board Members and Guiding
Principles
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Rules for the nomination and appointment of EFI Board Members and Guiding
Principles
The Annual Conference of the European Forest Institute appoints four members of the Board.
The preparatory work of selecting the candidates for the Conference’s consideration is
undertaken by a Board Appointment Committee (BAC), consisting of the Conference
Chairman and two Vice-Chairmen of the year in question.
1. Rules for the nomination and appointment of Board Members
1) Invitation by the Board Appointment Committee (BAC) to all EFI Associate members to
nominate one or more persons to serve on the Board.
2) Proposals submitted to the Director of EFI. The proposals should include:
• A brief curriculum vitae (CV) of not more than one page of each person.
• Letters of support of at least two other Associate member institutions signed by the
official contact persons.
3) The secretariat will forward the nominations and a list of the existing Board members and
their periods of election to the BAC.
4) The BAC will analyse the nominations, on the basis of which it will draw up its proposal
for the composition of the Board, taking into account the guiding principles agreed upon
by the Conference, and send it to the Director of EFI. Instead of or in addition to a
proposal, the BAC may also suggest voting.
5) The EFI Secretariat will include the BAC statement in the Conference material sent out to
the EFI members.
6) The Conference is invited to elect the Board on the basis of the BAC proposal.
Candidates may avail of the opportunity to address the conference for a maximum of five
minutes. Only one representative of each Associate member is eligible to vote.
7) The election procedure is to have one vote for each free seat by each member institution.
2. Guiding Principles
In voting for the Board members, the Conference should take the following guiding principles
into consideration:
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Candidates should have extensive knowledge and experience of the Forest and Forest
Industries Sector.
A majority of the Board members should be representatives of EFI members.
Board members should be representatives of different parts of Forest and Forest
Industries Sector (research and teaching, management of forestry and forest industries,
economic, environmental and social interests, public administration, policy making).
Board members should be representatives of all parts of the European region; there
should not be more than one member from the same country.
There should be a representation of Project Centres (PC) on the Board.
More effort should be made to attract women to serve on the Board.
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EFI Board 2005/2006
Board rota
Name
X. Ballabriga
M. Benko
F. Houllier
C. Konijnendijk
L. Saarenmaa
A. Selikhovkin
B. Solberg
K. von Teuffel
country
Spain
Croatia
France
Denmark
Finland
Russia
Norway
Germany
elected to the Board due to step down
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2008 / 2011
2008 / 2011
2006
2008/ 2011
2008 / 2011
2008/ 2011
2008/ 2011
2008/ 2011
elected by Council/ Conference
Council
Council
Conference
Council
Council
Conference
Conference
Conference
Annual Conference of EFI
14 September 2006
Kerkrade, the Netherlands
Nomination of a new Board member 2006
Candidates:
- Dr. Jean-Marc Guehl, France
- Prof.Dr. Jim Lynch, UK
- Prof. Dr. Lisa Sennerby-Forsse, Sweden
Annual Conference of EFI
14 September 2006
Kerkrade, the Netherlands
Item 8
a)
Membership matters
Membership fees for 2006/2007
It is proposed that the membership fee remains the same, i.e. 1250 euro for Associate
Members and 1000 euro for Affiliate Members.
In 2006, the EFI membership scholarships have been awarded to
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Mr Rupert Seidl (University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences,
Department of Forest- and Soil Sciences, Austria) for ‘Assessing Possible Effects
of Natural Disturbances in Secondary Norway Spruce Forests Under Conditions
of Climate Change’, under Research Programme 1
Mr Balázs Mayer (Forest Research Institute, Department of Forest Economy and
Policy, Hungary) for ‘Pellet in Europe: a renewable fuel of increasing importance
– review of the European pellet markets, possibilities of further development’,
under Research Programme 2
Mr Roope Husgafvel (University of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry,
Finland) for ‘European Forest Policy and Law: Challenges for National Level’,
under Research Programme 3
Annual Conference of EFI
14 September 2006,
Kerkrade, the Netherlands
Item 8 b
Results of the survey ‘The flow of information
between forest science and forest policy in Europe’
This study has been conducted by EFI researcher Gerben Janse by sending
questionnaires on the subject to EFI Associate and Affiliate members, as well as to
policy makers, such as participants to the most recent MCPFE round table meeting.
A total of 38 EFI Associate and Affiliate members and 39 policy makers sent their
contributions.
Abstract
The purpose of the study is to gain insight into the flow of information from forest
research to groups of end-users, with special emphasis on policy-makers sensu stricto
(i.e. government and forest administration). In other words: to see in which way
scientific information is received by different end-users; which types of information
are provided to and needed by end-users; which channels are used to transfer that
information; and the possible impact of that information on decision-making
processes.
The method of assessment comprises two surveys. For the first part the European
Forest Institute’s (EFI) network of member organizations is taken as a case-study. The
approximately 131 EFI members organizations are asked to assess to whom (which
end-users) they provide which types of information and how (which channels); for
what reasons they are asked to provide this information; how frequent the contact is;
their self-evaluation of the impact of the provided information etc. Specifically, the
organizations are asked to evaluate their communication with policy-makers and also
to try to assess if their membership in the EFI network has had any effect on their
communication with policy-makers.
For the second part of the study a shorter questionnaire is sent out to policy-makers
(e.g. the MCPFE participants list) asking them for the types of (scientific) information
they need, the availability of that information, what information they are missing, and
how they actually see the role of the information provided to them.
The results of this study will hopefully benefit the understanding of the science-policy
interface, and thereby have a positive effect on the understanding of the role of
scientific information in the forest policy-making process and help increase the
mutual understanding between forest researcher and forest policy makers.
Annual Conference of EFI
14 September 2006 Kerkrade, the Netherlands
Item 9 b)
Annual Conference 2008
Proposed host:
Institute of Environmental & Forest Biology – CNR (Porano, TR, Italy)
Contact persons:
Prof. Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza, Ms. Giovanna Marinelli
Via G. Marconi, 2 - "Villa Paolina"
05010 Porano (TR) Italy
Tel: +39-0763-374911/927/928/917; Fax: +39-0763-374980
giuseppe.scarascia@ibaf.cnr.it
http://www.ibaf.cnr.it
Co-organiser:
University of Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy)
Contact Person:
Prof. Lorenzo Venzi
Via S.C. De Lellis
01100 Viterbo
Tel. +39-0761-357747
Proposed venue:
City of Orvieto, 100 km north of Rome.
Proposed topic of the scientific seminar:
Landscape ecology and agroforestry management / Trees, forests and European agroenvironmental measures
Annual Conference of EFI,
14 September 2006
,Kerkrade, the Netherlands
Item 10 a)
Ponsse Award
Forestry technology manufacturer ‘Ponsse Ltd’ has established a fund which aims to
support European innovations related to forest technology research with an emphasis
on sustainable development. The first award of 16 000 euro was presented in 2006 to
Marcin Pisarek from Poland on his research on the transfer of forest bioenergysupply technology to Central and East European countries.
The study addresses the use of modern forestry technologies such as CTL machines,
harvester concepts for thinning operations and technologies relevant for energy wood
production. The study will also include an analysis of supply/production chains in
Poland as an integral part of energy development projections both at the regional and
national levels in Eastern Europe.
Poland, like other EU countries, is ambitious to increase its bioenergy production.
However, as earlier studies has revealed, there is still a lack of driving forces in the
bioenergy production support from the forest industry and the agricultural sector
despite the fact that various incentives on demand side have arisen.
Because of this demand, one of the main tasks of the study is to develop an
assessment of forestry energy potentials, evaluate the projections for the demand of
bioenergy from forestry sector, and to create a cost comparison benefit analysis of
modern forestry fuel production technology in Poland. Additionally, the study looks
at how to adjust forestry fuel supply chains by taking into account environmental and
social concerns. Despite the special, well-managed and unique regulations in forestry
management in the CEEC at the European level, much is to be done to adjust supply
technology and supply chains to prevent growing environmental impacts in Central
and East European countries.
The EFI research is expected to determine what are the CTL operation costs related to
physical environment of forests in Central-East Europe e.g.: stand types, species, age,
hilly and wet areas, but also to define socio-economical factors of modern technology
implementation. Factors include i) forest operation organisation, ii) attitudes and
constraints defined by State Forest representatives, forest operation entrepreneurs,
private forest owners and iii) the current wood removal costs and forest operations
costs will be investigated.
The grant winner Marcin Pisarek works as EFI’s scholarship researcher and in close
collaboration with Metla experts under the supervision of Professor Antti Asikainen
from Metla, Joensuu.