forest policy in europe
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Hauptverband der Land- und Forstwirtschaftsbetriebe Österreichs
ELO 07.10.2004
Forest Policyin Europe
Hauptverband der Land- und Forstwirtschaftsbetriebe Österreichs
ELO 07.10.2004
1. Some figures about forest and wood in Europe:
• Total forest area (EU 25): 162 Mio. ha or 40 % of EU land area
• Productive forests: 87 Million ha
• 5 % of worlds forest, but provide 12 % of global felling of roundwood and 23 % of global industrial wood
• 15 Million private family forest owners
• 60 % of forest are (15 % in Greece, 83 % Austria) managed by families
• Small scale ownership: average size 5 ha
• FBI (EU 15) employs 2.7 Million people and has a turnover of 335 Billion €
• FBI (CEEC) employs 650.000 people and has a turnover of 20.6 Billion €
Hauptverband der Land- und Forstwirtschaftsbetriebe Österreichs
ELO 07.10.2004
2. Characteristics of forest management in Europe
• Multifunctional forest management (balancing economic, social, ecological and cultural requirements
• High natural diversity (from Lappland to Crete) of stands; diverse cultures of management and cooperation; various traditions and experiences
• Generation contract• Local ownership, contributing to economic and social
sustainability of communities• Nature oriented management (integration of nature
conservation values)• Only 1 % of EU forests undisturbed by man, but over
2/3 are seminatural• 12 % protected areas• Annual increase of wood and forest land
Hauptverband der Land- und Forstwirtschaftsbetriebe Österreichs
ELO 07.10.2004
3. Forestry in EU Policy
• Forest + timber are not part of EU treaties (Rome treaty): no special EU competence over forestry
• ART 32/3 EG – treaty without wood
• Subsidiarity
• No market regulation for wood
Hauptverband der Land- und Forstwirtschaftsbetriebe Österreichs
ELO 07.10.2004
4. Forestry in EU Policy
• Many regulations concerning forests and wood, but no coordination and no strong strategy in favour of wood:
• Council Regulation 3528/86: protection of forests against atmospheric pollution
• Council Regulation 1467/94: genetic ressources• Directive 1999/105/EG: marketing of reproductive
material • Forest focus regulation (2002): monitoring of forests and
environmental interactions• Natura 2000 (FFH, Birds directive)• EFICS: European Forestry Information and
Communication System (1615/89), data collection about forest sector
Hauptverband der Land- und Forstwirtschaftsbetriebe Österreichs
ELO 07.10.2004
• EC 1257/99 Rural development
• Biodiversity strategy 1998 and Community Biodiversity Action Plan adopted
• Kyoto Protocol 1997 and 2001 European Climate Change Programme
• FLEGT
• Revision of the EU forestry strategy (1999/C56/01) in progress
Hauptverband der Land- und Forstwirtschaftsbetriebe Österreichs
ELO 07.10.2004
5. Coordination and support needed
• Efforts to include forestry under Article 1-16 of the Draft Constitutional Treaty on “Areas for supporting, coordinating or complementary action” in 2003/2004 without success
• Concentration on the revision of the EU forest strategy
Hauptverband der Land- und Forstwirtschaftsbetriebe Österreichs
ELO 07.10.2004
6. Our Partners at EU Level
CEPF: specialised in forestry issues
ELO: general ownership matters
Hauptverband der Land- und Forstwirtschaftsbetriebe Österreichs
ELO 07.10.2004
7. Action in Brussels
→ Member in different Commission Advisory Commitées (forestry + corke, Rural Development, Climate Change)
→ Lobbying in EU institutions• DG Agri, Environment, Enterprise, Trade • Parliament→ CEPF+CEPI+Cei Bois Working groups• Natura 2000 Forum (ELO,CEPF,FACE, Fishers)→ CEPF Working Group for Climate Change,
Communication etc.→ Close Cooperation between CEPF and the Certification
System PEFC
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