Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for foresters and society

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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society

• Multifunctional Forestry as a part of the EU
  Forestry Strategy
• Marius Lazdinis
• Unit F.1 Environment and Forestry
• DG Agriculture and rural development
• European Commission

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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society

• Multifunctional forestry is a key principle
  underpinning the EU Forestry Strategy
• Council Resolution of 1998 Identifies as
  substantial elements of this common Forestry
  Strategy sustainable forest management
  and the multifunctional role of forests as
  overall principles for action

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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society

• EU Forestry Strategy
• Is a Community means to
• Promote, maintain, enhance and communicate
• SFM and the multifunctional role of EU forests
  (or European model of forestry)

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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society

• Why is our forestry multifunctional?
• Developments in the area of EU forest policy
• Stocktaking of the EU Forestry Strategy
  implementation
• The way forward

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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society

• Why is EU forestry multifunctional?
• Traditions and diversity in EU
• Socio-economic
• Forests
• Forest cover
• Forest types
• Forestry
• Administration
• Ownership structure
• Silvicultural practices

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In total, forests and other wooded land occupy
some 160 million ha or 35 of the EUs land area
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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society

• Population density
• 1231/km2 Malta, 476/km2 Netherlands
• 17/km2 Finland, 22/km2 Sweden
• GDP per capita in PPS (EU average 100)
• 214 Luxembourg, 122 Denmark and Austria
• 41 Latvia, 46 Lithuania and Poland
• Forest cover
• 75 Finland, 66 Sweden
• 9.6 Ireland, 11 Netherlands and Denmark
• Forest area per capita
• 4.2ha Finland, 3.1ha Sweden
• 0.1ha Germany and Belgium

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Average annual timber production in the EU is
only slightly over 60 of the annual forest
growth being harvested
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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society

• Developments in the area of EU forest policy

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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society
EU forest policy No Common EU Forest Policy
(like CAP) The Council Resolution on a Forestry
Strategy for the European Union
(1998) Established a framework for
forest-related actions in support of sustainable
forest management Forest policy - competence of
the Member States - principle of subsidiarity and
concept of shared responsibility
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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society

• Primary legislation - Legal base - Treaty
• Since 1957 all actions in the area of forests and
  forestry have been carried out under legal bases
  relating to other policies
• Agriculture / Rural development
• Environment / Biodiversity cons.
• Energy / Climate change mitigation
• Internal market / forest products

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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society
Stocktaking of the EU Forestry Strategy
implementation Evaluation of the implementation
of the EU Forestry Strategy - European
Commission Focused on Community actions (not MS,
with few exceptions)
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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society

• Consultations with
• Member States
• Standing Forestry Committee
• Stakeholders
• Advisory Committee on Forestry and Cork
• Advisory Committee on Community Policy Regarding
  Forestry and Forest-based Industries
• Stakeholders
• Internet consultation - open to anyone

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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society

• Result
• Almost 100 pages
• Rural development
• Forests and biodiversity
• Forest certification
• Forests and climate change
• Forestry within the EU research policy
• Forest-based and related industries
• and other
• Available at www.eu.int (Agriculture)

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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society
Main findings Competitiveness and economic
viability of sustainable forestry is increasingly
being challenged An emerging necessity to
enhance cross-sectoral cooperation and
coordination and coherence between forest policy
and other policies that affect forests and
forestry Need for good governance, which
requires additional efforts, resources and skills
from forest owners and managers
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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society
Main findings Basic principles of the Strategy
SFM and the multifunctionality are still
valid The implementation of the Strategy must be
improved and respond to the newly emerging policy
context
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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society
The lack of specific targets, indicators and
monitoring mechanisms makes a full assessment of
the implementation of the Strategy difficult!!!
(CSWD) Need for more cooperation within the
sector and more communication with the general
public (Stakeholder consultation report)
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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society

• The way forward

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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society
The Commission proposed to (1) Develop an EU
Action Plan for Sustainable Forest
Management (2) Review the existing Community
means and practices to facilitate coordination,
communication and cooperation between different
policy sectors Countries agreed!!!
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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society

• The EU Forest Action Plan will
• Contain vision, objectives, actions
• Serve as an instrument of coordination between
  Community actions and the forest policies of the
  Member States
• Support the implementation of the Strategy (also
  monitoring and reporting)
• Will be developed by mid-2006
• Multifunctional forestry remains an underpinning
  principle

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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society

• Concluding remarks

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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society

• The European motto
• United in Diversity
• Chosen from some 80 000 suggestions submitted by
  young Europeans

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Multifunctional Forestry Challenge for
foresters and society

• European forestry motto
• Managing for Diversity
• Promote, maintain, enhance and communicate
• Multifunctional EU forestry