11th Annual Conference of European Forest Institute 3 September 2004 Bangor, Wales, UK
Background documents
11th Annual Conference of European Forest Institute Provisional Agenda 3 September 2004 University of Wales, Bangor, UK 1. Opening of the Conference a) Registration of the Participants b) Adoption of the Agenda 2. Election of the Officers of the Conference a) Chairman and Vice-chairman b) Minute-checkers c) Vote-checkers 3. EFI's 11th year: Reports on Activities in 2003 - 2004 a) Annual Report 2003 & highlights in research areas b) Reports by the Project Centres c) Activities of the Board d) Report of the Scientific Advisory Board e) Final accounts and Auditors' report f) Ratification of the accounts and discharge of liability i) Approval of the establishment of the reserve fund 4. Work plan and budget 2005 5. Appointment of Board members and auditors 2004/2005 a) Appointment of Board members 2004/2005 b) Appointment of Auditors of 2005 accounts 6. Changing the status of EFI o Introduction: Terminology Key & Foreseen schedule o Convention on EFI a) Progress Report; information by the Depository of the Convention b) Decision on dissolving of the association c) Plan for transfer of assets and liabilities d) Election of an executor e) Recommendations to the 1st Conference of the New EFI i) Process for electing Board members ii) Election of Board members to be recommended to New EFI iii) Other 7. Membership matters & Membership fees 2005 8. Project Centres a) Terms of Reference for Project Centres b) New Project Centres c) Potential topics for future Project Centres 9. Future Annual Conferences a) Preparations for Annual Conference 2005 b) Venue & host of Annual Conference 2006 10. Any other business
11th Annual Conference of EFI 1-2 September 2004, Bangor, UK
Item 3e
Final Accounts and Auditors’ Report
EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE EUROOPAN METSÄINSTITUUTTI R.Y.
BALANCE SHEET BOOK TASEKIRJA 31/12/2003
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TILINPÄÄTÖS 01.01.2003 - 31.12.2003
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Income statement
1
Balance sheet
2
Notes to the account
3-6
Date and signing of the financial statements
7
Auditor´s notation
8
List of accounting books
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Two similar copies have been prepared of this balance sheet book, one in Finnish and the other in English. Tätä tasekirjaa on laadittu kaksi samansisältöistä kappaletta, toinen suomeksi ja toinen englanniksi.
To be filed until 31.12.2013.
EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE EUROOPAN METSÄINSTITUUTTI R.Y.
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT 01.01.2003 - 31.12.2003
1
2003/EUR
2002/EUR
1928975.24
1710084.83
-1320971.31 -55606.64 -1581027.56 0.00 -2957605.51
-1321636.93 -57514.77 -1479987.45 -2455.00 -2861594.15
**
-1028630.27
-1151509.32
**
165000.00 165000.00
151750.00 151750.00
**
-863630.27
-999759.32
**
2974.19 -447.31 2526.88
1570.85 -546.90 1023.95
-861103.39
-998735.37
1009000.00
1009000.00
PROFIT
147896.61
10264.63
SURPLUS FOR THE PERIOD
147896.61
10264.63
ORDINARY OPERATIONS REVENUE EXPENSES PERSONNEL DEPRECIATION OTHER EXPENSES CHANGE OF THE PUBLICATION INVENTORY EXPENSES ** DEFICIT SOURCE OF FUNDS REVENUE SOURCE OF FUNDS DEFICIT FINANCIAL INCOME AND EXPENSES INCOME EXPENSES FINANCIAL INCOME AND EXPENSES DEFICIT
SUBSIDIES
**
EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE EUROOPAN METSÄINSTITUUTTI R.Y.
BALANCE SHEET 31/12/2003
2
2003/EUR
2002/EUR
16447.60 16447.60
14098.91 14098.91
**
50970.06 50970.06
64918.37 64918.37
INVESTMENTS OTHER SHARES AND SIMILAR RIGHTS OF OWNERSHIPS INVESTMENTS **
2371.45 2371.45
2371.45 2371.45
69789.11
81388.73
RECEIVABLES ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ACCRUED INCOME AND PREPAID EXPENSES ADVANCE PAYMENTS PAID RECEIVABLES **
73173.89 522382.81 2977.10 598533.80
102495.42 317181.65 0.00 419677.07
CASH IN HAND AND AT BANKS
**
337456.02
200293.78
**
935989.82
619970.85
***
1005778.93
701359.58
**
0.00 182704.33 147896.61 330600.94
1489.30 172439.70 10264.63 184193.63
LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES ADVANCE PAYMENTS RECEIVED PURCHASES PAYABLES ACCRUED LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED INCOME OTHER LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES **
265614.94 253685.14 30608.49 125269.42 675177.99
250618.47 95433.15 33015.77 138098.56 517165.95
LIABILITIES
**
675177.99
517165.95
***
1005778.93
701359.58
ASSETS NON-CURRENT ASSETS INTANGIBLE ASSETS OTHER CAPITALISED LONG-TERM EXPENSES INTANGIBLE ASSETS ** TANGIBLE ASSETS MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT TANGIBLE ASSETS
NON-CURRENT ASSETS TOTAL
**
CURRENT ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS TOTAL ASSETS LIABILITIES EQUITY OTHER RESERVES OTHER EQUITY SURPLUS (DEFICIT) FOR THE PERIOD EQUITY
LIABILITIES
EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNT 31.12.2003 3
PROJECT ACCRUALS The amount equivalent to the eligible costs as defined in project contracts is booked for projects as income. In those projects which have ended during the financial period also the eligible amount of overheads is booked as an income. ORDINARY OPERATIONS, REVENUE CONFERENCE FEES PUBLICATIONS SALES GRANTS FOR PROJECTS RENTS OTHER INCOME
PARTNERS' SHARES INCLUDED INTO GRANTS FOR PROJECTS ( EQUIVALENT AMOUNTS ARE BOOKED UNDER SUBCONTRACT COSTS) EFFE Project NEFIS Project (started in 2003) RECOGNITION Project (ended in 2002)
2003/EUR 59612.47 2614.00 1835197.69 4470.10 27080.98 1928975.24 2003/EUR
2002/EUR 131659.21 13041.40 1524199.47 7008.45 34176.30 1710084.83 2002/EUR
379541.92 203797.00 0.00 583338.92
156941.89 0.00 169376.25 326318.14
2003/EUR 95804.07 24330.12 217242.87 48766.28 12594.57 11996.81 70336.38 22849.38 4903.59 820196.68 172255.81 0.00 33281.14 28458.00 6806.76 11205.10 1581027.56
2002/EUR 98296.12 23545.06 307955.73 53953.92 11399.12 8754.89 66941.80 36397.72 34630.68 634976.78 113975.83 21077.64 24286.57 21834.70 8858.10 13102.79 1479987.45
2003/EUR 165000
2002/EUR 151750.00
REMARKABLE ITEMS IN OTHER EXPENSES RENTS VOLUNTARY SOCIAL COSTS TRAVEL COSTS MEALS, TRANSPORTATION, EXCURSIONS IN EVENTS CLEANING SERVICES PR-COSTS; PR GIFTS, CATERING ETC. MAIL, TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATION COSTS OFFICE & ADP SUPPLIES, PAPER, ENVELOPES ETC. BOOKS AND JOURNALS SUBCONTRACTING EXTERNAL SERVICES (GRAPHIC, ADP, PRINTING, CONSULTATIO, AUDITING) DATA MEETING & CONSULTATION COSTS CREDIT LOSSES CAR OTHER COSTS (INSURANCE, PAID MEMBERSHIP FEES, OTHER UTILITIES)
SOURCE OF FUNDS MEMBERSHIPFEES
The membershipfees includes also the fees paid in-kind, in year 2003 those were 13.000 EUR and in 2002 12250 EUR. The equivalent amount was booked as a cost under the project or event concerned. FINANCIAL INCOME AND EXPENSES INTERESTS RECEIVED INTERESTS PAID
2003/EUR 2974.19 -447.31 2526.88
2002/EUR 1570.85 -546.90 1023.95
EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNT 31.12.2003 4
STRAIGHT-LINE DEPRECIATION BASED ON ECONOMIC LIFE SOFTWARE ADP/OFFICE EQUIPMENT FURNITURE (OFFICES AND FLATS) VALUATION OF FIXED ASSETS THE FIXED ASSETS HAS BEEN VALUED TO DIRECT AQCUISITION COST.
3 YEARS 3 YEARS 5 YEARS
EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNT 31.12.2003 5
DEPRECIATION FOR THE PERIOD OTHER CAPITALIZED EXPENDITURE MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
2003/EUR
2002/EUR
12874.12 42732.52
9676.49 47838.28
55606.64
57514.77
2003/EUR
2002/EUR
OTHER CAPITALIZED EXPENDITURE ACQUISITION COST 1.1. INCREASE DURING THE PERIOD DECREASE DURING THE PERIOD ACQUISITION COST 31.12. ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 1.1. DEPRECIATION FOR THE PERIOD ACCUMULATED DEPREC. ON DECREASE ACQUISITION COST 31.12.
117661.52 15222.81 0.00 132884.33 103562.61 12874.12 0.00 16447.60
104771.35 12890.17 0.00 117661.52 93886.12 9676.49 0.00 14098.91
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION COST 1.1. INCREASE DURING THE PERIOD DECREASE DURING THE PERIOD ACQUISITION COST 31.12. ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 1.1. DEPRECIATION FOR THE PERIOD ACCUMULATED DEPREC. ON DECREASE ACQUISITION COST 31.12.
433639.98 28784.21 0.00 462424.19 368721.61 42732.52 0.00 50970.06
385326.15 48313.83 0.00 433639.98 320883.33 47838.28 0.00 64918.37
CHANGES IN THE INTANGIBLE AND TANGIBLE ASSETS
EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNT 31.12.2003 6
2003/EUR
2002EUR
SUPPORT FUND PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT EXPENSES OTHER PERSONNEL EXPENSES TRAVEL COSTS PR COSTS MAILING COSTS MEALS AND CATERING EXPENSES DEFICIT
0 1489.3 0 0 0 1489.3
26.00 4325.71 1503.10 74.10 141.00 6069.91
-1489.30
-6069.91
417.73 417.73
417.73 417.73
0
1071.57
417.73
1489.30
417.73
1489.30
1489.3 -1489.3 0 0
7559.21 -6069.91 1489.30 1489.30
417.73
0.00
417.73
1489.30
BALANCE SHEET ASSETS CASH IN HAND AND AT BANKS OP JOENSUU, CURRENT ACCOUNT CASH IN HAND AND AT BANKS ACCURED INCOME AND PREPAID EXPENSES ASSETS LIABILITIES OTHER EQUITY SUPPORT FUND 1.1 CHANGE SUPPORT FUND 1.1 OTHER EQUITY ACCRUED LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED INCOME LIABILITIES
EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNT 31.12.2003 7
REMARKABLE ITEMS IN ACCRUED INCOME AND PREPAYED EXPENSES 499.444,24 EUR IS ACCRUED PROJECT GRANTS.
REMARKABLE ITEMS IN ACCRUED LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED INCOME 2003/EUR UNPAID HOLIDAY ACCUMULATION WITH SOCIAL COSTS PER 31.12.2003 PENSION INSURANCE LIABILITY Recognition, MUNCHEN, subcontractors share 10 % OVERTIME PAYMENT: PAJARI, KOKKONEN BRILL, PUBLICATION COSTS OTHER ACCRUED LIABILITIES
REMARKABLE ITEMS IN ADVANCE PAYMENTS RECEIVED
64745.84 3704.14 16500.00 13419.98 20606.40 6293.06 125269.42
2003/EUR
Skogforsk, Woodenman project advance Event accruals Publication accruals SILVICS, EC,project advance Carboinvent, EC, project advance GSE Monitoring, project advance NEFIS, EC project advance Carbo Europe, EC project advance Suomen Akatemia, project advance Metsämiesten säätiö, forest policy book, advance CAMELS, EC, project advance Other advance payments received
27,430.00 19,427.00 18,550.00 6,965.00 29,152.00 8,160.51 59,939.65 11,708.00 46,579.00 15,000.00 15,344.00 7359.78 265,614.94
LEASING CONTRACT LIABILITIES LIABILITIES DUE DURING THE NEXT FINANCIAL PERIOD LIABILITIES DUE LATER
10877.04 20338.32 31215.36
PERSONNEL THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL WAS 34 DURING THE PERIOD OF 2003, DURING THE PREVIOUS PERIOD IT WAS 37. PERSONNEL EXPENSES
SALARIES AND FEES PENSION COSTS OTHER INDIRECT PERSONNEL COSTS
2003/EUR
2002/EUR
1104431.63 170493.87 46045.81 1320971.31
1095653.35 176442.05 49541.53 1321636.93
EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE EUROOPAN METSÄINSTITUUTTI R.Y.
LIST OF ACCOUNTING BOOKS
Main accounting records 1 Financial statements 1 General ledger 1 Nominal ledger 1 Balance sheet specifications
Additional accounting records 1 Cash book 1 Payroll accounting 1 Accounts payable accounting 1 Accounts receivable accounting
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Item 4
EFI WORK PLAN AND BUDGET 2004-2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY
2
WORK PLANS: PROGRAMME 1 – FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
5
PROGRAMME 2 – FOREST PRODUCTS MARKETS AND SOCIO-ECONOMICS
12
PROGRAMME 3 – FOREST POLICY
17
PROGRAMME 4 – FOREST RESOURCES AND INFORMATION
22
EVENTS
29
PUBLICATIONS
34
PROJECT CENTRES
37
BUDGET 2004 AND 2005
63
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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Summary In 2004-2005, EFI has app. 32 ongoing projects, of which it coordinates 6 projects and is the only partner in 5 projects. 15 of the projects are co-funded by the European Commission DG Research and 17 from other sources. As far as EU-funding is concerned, the landscape has changed considerably for forest research within the past couple of years along with the 6th Framework Programme: the niches for forest research are few compared to earlier framework programmes. This does not necessarily show quite yet in EFI’s current research programme, in which many 5th Framework projects are still ongoing, but certainly calls for actions regarding the future. On one hand, EFI is committed to “lobbying for forest research” in order to improve the current situation. On the other hand there is a need to expand the scope of potential funding sources. What is encouraging, is the fact that among the financiers of EFI’s new projects are such new for EFI funding sources as DFID (Development Agency of the UK Ministry of Foreign Affairs), which co-finances a study on illegal logging in Russia, carried out under Programme 2, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland which finances EFI’s new large project on strengthening capacities of education and training for forest policy development in Western Balkan region, carried out under Programme 3 and starting in autumn 2004. Programme 4 has built close working relations with EEA for which it is preparing i.a. information on biodiversity indicators. Programme 4 provides information services also for a European Space Agency project related to the GMES priority area of forest monitoring. The 6th Framework Programme calls for multidisciplinary projects, and forest science faces the need to ally with other disciplines such as agriculture research or land use planning. The new SENSOR project (Sustainability Impact Assessment: Tools for environmental, social and economic effects of multifunctional land use in European regions), which starts in November 2004, is an example of such an multidisciplinary project. EFI’s Programmes 1 and 4 participate in the SENSOR project, which is co-ordinated by Leibniz-Center for Agricultural Landscape and Land Use Research. The consortium has app. 40 partners. Last year EFI was a major partner in the EFORWOOD (Improving the sustainability of the complete forestry-wood chain) proposal, which addressed more or less the only forestry topic in the 6th FP Global Change and Ecosystems Work Programme. The proposal was nearly accepted. The same topic re-opened in the third call and the consortium is preparing an improved application to be submitted next October. The four EFI research programmes are complemented by the research activities of the six Project Centres: CONFOREST, EUFORIC, IEFC, INNOFORCE, MEDFOREX and PROCES, which started this year a new five-year term of activities. The first initial term was only 3-4 years, which allowed to establish activities of the network and its co-operation with the headquarters, and thus gave a good platform for continuing the well-started activities.
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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Sources of funding 2004 (1000 EUR)
Share of subcontracts from other project funding, 49 2%
Membership Fees, 150 5%
Finnish Government Grant, 1009 34 %
Other project funding, 453 15 %
Share of subcontracts from EU funding, 661 22 %
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Other sources, Total 118; Events 95, Publications 16, rents&other 7 4%
European Commission Funding (used at EFI), 544 18 %
Sources of funding 2005 (1000 EUR)
Share of subcontracts from other project funding, 368 14 %
Other sources, Total 150; Events 127, Publications 16, Membership rents&other 7 Fees, 150 6% 6%
Other project funding, 426 17 %
Finnish Government Grant, 1009 38 %
European Share of Commission subcontracts Funding (used at from EU funding, EFI), 377 90 15 % 4%
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Use of funding among activities 2004 (1000 EUR) Core Funding + Membership Fees
Programme 1 Programme 2
External Funding used by EFI, 1145
Programme 3 Programme 4
Share of subcontracts from External Funding, 660
Research Support Communication
Applied
Members, Board and SAB RPC's
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
Regional Project Centres´ own funding, 1150. NOT included in EFI budget.
Use of funding among activities 2005 (1000 EUR) Programme 1
Core Funding + Membership Fees 1159
Programme 2 Programme 3
External Funding used by EFI, 954
Programme 4 Research Support
Share of subcontracts from External Funding, 487
Communication Members, Board and SAB
Applied
RPC's
0
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
Regional Project
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EFI’S STRATEGIC PLAN 2003-2008 PROGRAMME 1 – Forest Ecology and Management
YEAR: 2004 - 2005
Strategic issues Five strategic areas of interest have been identified based on current research challenges: 1. Carbon sequestration in forestry 2. Effect of environmental changes on forestry 3. Management of forests under various pressures 4. Biodiversity and other ecosystem services 5. Forests as a renewable energy source Climate change has been identified as one of the major threats to the societies and environment. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and implementation of the Kyoto Protocol require reliable information about the role of forests in the carbon cycle. Recent changes in forest growth and soil chemical properties reported for many European forest ecosystems emphasise the need for detailed investigation into the interrelationships between forest growth, forest nutrition and site conditions in order to assess the sustainability of the productivity of forest ecosystems. Forests in Europe are mostly managed, however, the management objectives and intensity vary. There is a continuously increasing trend towards managing forests as ecosystems, taking into account both the economic benefits and environmental values. In sustainable forest management, various pressures and demands, both environmental and societal, need to be considered, e.g. climate change, air impurities, land-use changes, protection, biodiversity, certification, timber production and water resources. How energy will be produced in the future will become an increasingly important question, and in this respect forestry can play an important role in providing renewable material also for energy production. The need to protecting biodiversity will remain an important topic in discussion and research. These strategic issues have been noted as important topics also among our members. The European Research Area (ERA) and the EU sixth framework programme have emphasised them, namely under the heading “Sustainable development and global change”. Also the Ministerial Conferences in Strasbourg, Helsinki and Lisbon, as well as many other international processes clearly stated the demand for reliable information on these topics. Most important ongoing projects 577 – ATEAM: Advanced Terrestrial Ecosystem Analysis and Modelling (ends 6/2004) 578 – MEFYQUE: Forecasting the Dynamic Response of Timber Quality to Management and Environmental Change: an Integrated Approach (ends 12/2004) 581 – Integrated method to estimate carbon budgets of forests (main activities end 5/2004) 5002 – CARBOINVENT: Multi-source inventory methods for quantifying carbon stocks and stock changes in European forests EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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5015 – MEACAP: Impact of environmental agreements on the CAP XXX – SENSOR: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Tools for environmental, social and economic effects of multifunctional land use in European regions
Direction for the future The expertise on carbon sequestration, availability of suitable tools and involvement in the networks in this field has been the precondition for the involvement in many of the ongoing projects. The development of the EFISCEN model will be continued. The main field of new applications in the near future will be sustainability assessment, which is a central topic in the FP6. The linkage with other models available at EFI is planned and would open new fields of possible research activities. Strategic issues will be revised in 2005 to respond to changes in the project activities. Topics of potential future relevance include disturbance impacts, risk assessments and multi-criteria analysis as a support for decision making in forest management. Collaboration with project centers and between the priority areas will be continued or further intensified.
ONGOING PROJECTS Carbon Sequestration in Forestry
1
Project (Co-ordinator; partners)
No.
CASFOR II – modelling carbon sequestration in forested landscapes (Wageningen Univ. and Research Centre; ALTERRA, Lab. De Bioenergia, Instituto de Ecologia, Univ. of Mexico (UNAM), Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza) Integrated method to estimate carbon budgets of forests (Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla)) CARBOINVENT – Multi-source inventory methods for quantifying carbon stocks and stock changes in European forests (JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Metla, PIK, Soils Center Gent, TU Dresden, Italian Environmental Protection Agency, National University of Ireland, Dublin, Institute of Forest Ecosystem Research, The Hungarian Forest
558-1
Objectives
EFI team
581
5002
Milestones in 2004/2005
Time frame
Budget total/EFI k euros
Liski (Lindner from 3/2004), Vilén1, Eggers
To develop a general model for estimating carbon balance and carbon sequestration capacity in forested landscapes or regions, and to disseminate this model amongst the user-community via the Internet.
Release of final model to user platform; Workshop to compare results from comprehensive case studies, and to discuss results with user representatives; updates of Website; final report
20012004
Liski, Palosuo, Eggers Lindner, Vilén, Pussinen, Schuck
To develop a new multidisciplinary method for better estimates of the carbon budgets of forests. to identify, develop and provide methodologies and information that will facilitate assessment of carbon stocks and stock changes in forests at national and European level, for the purposes of the UNFCC and the Kyoto Protocol
Dissemination of results
20012004
257 / 120
Incorporation of age dependent BEFs into top-down forest inventory based carbon accounting using the EFISCEN model; uncertainty assessments of the carbon accounting methodology.
20022005
2 664 / 341
1 067 / 278
Former name: Kaipainen
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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11th Annual Conference of EFI 3 September 2004, Bangor, UK Research Institute, Austrian Federal Forest Research Center, SLU, University of Gembloux) CARBOEUROPE GHG – Synthesis of the European Greenhouse Gas Budget (University of Tuscia; University of Aberdeen, Lund University, INRA, University of Pierre et Marie Curie, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Global Terrestrial Observing System, University of Stuttgart, LSCE-CNRS, University of Amsterdam, Joint Research Centre, Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, University of Edinburgh, Alterra) Uncertainty analysis of forest carbon balance (Metla; VTT)
5007
Lindner
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.
Completion of Specific Study on Forests (SS1). ). Contribution to report on End-user needs. Workshop “Management of Forest ecosystems and their impact on the GHG budget”
20032006
1 258 / 48
5010
Liski, Palosuo
Uncertainty Assessment, Implementation of Kyoto carbon reporting
20032005
330 / 110
CarboEurope IP – Assessment Of The European Terrestrial Carbon Balance (Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, MPI-BGC; consortium of 65 partners)
5011
Lindner, Pussinen, Vilén,
Forest Inventory based carbon budgets for Europe
Identify components of forest carbon budgets and determine related uncertainties (size and form of distribution), modify existing calculations, evaluate suitability of the approach for LULUCF sector and reporting Develop detailed gridded forest carbon inventory database and methodologies for upscaling.
20042008
16 310 / 208
Time frame
Budget total/EFI k euros
20012004
2 850 / 238
Effect of Environmental Changes on Forestry (climate change, deposition etc.) Project (Co-ordinator; partners) ATEAM – Advanced Terrestrial Ecosystem Analysis and Modelling (Potsdam Institute for Climate Research; Centre d’Ecologie Functionelle et Evolutive Montpellier, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Univ. of Wageningen, Max Planck Institute für Biogeochemic, Jena, Lund University, Univ. Catholique de Lourain, CREAF, Inst. of Arable Crops Research, Univ. EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
No.
577
EFI team
Liski (Lindner from 3/2004), Meyer, Zudin, Pussinen
Objectives
To develop a comprehensive modelling framework for predicting the dynamics of and services provided by major European terrestrial ecosystems. The framework covers EU15, Norway and Switzerland. To apply this framework for the analysis of European terrestrial ecosystems, to determine the vulnerability of ecosystem services with respect to global change.
Milestones in 2004
Analysis of land-use and climate change scenarios. Final results and reporting
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To include a strong dialogue with stakeholders to provide research results that are applicable to the management of natural resources in Europe.
Management of Forests under Various Pressures Project (Co-ordinator; partners) MEFYQUE - Forecasting the Dynamic Response of Timber Quality to Management and Environmental Change: an Integrated Approach (Forestry Commission Research Agency; Univ. of Antwerpen, Technical Univ. of Berlin, Univ. of Tuscia, Univ. of Ghent, Building Research Establishment)
No.
EFI team
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Time frame
Budget total/EFI k euros
578
Liski (Lindner from 3/2004), Eggers, Zudin, Pussinen
To develop an integrated system to enable forest managers, the timber industry and policy makers to decide whether management of forests should be primarily for production, conservation or amenity outputs. Particular emphasis will be placed upon the prediction of timber quality and marketability, in addition to the more traditional outputs of growth and yield, whilst the potential for carbon sequestration will also be assessed.
regional scale model; international workshop; scientific papers; technical papers; unified database of data from the monitoring, experimental, laboratory and manipulative components; database of modelling scenarios; final report
20012004
2 113 / 396
5001
Lindner
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.
Maintenance of the web-site; application of EFISCEN model in Chukhloma case study; comparison with results of EFIMOD and FORRUS models
20022005
150 / 12
MEFYQUE is also related to Effect of Environmental Changes on Forestry (climate change, deposition etc.) topic SILVICS – Silvicultural Systems for Sustainable Forest Resource Management (Wageningen Agricultural University; Fraunhofer Institute for Autonomous Intelligence Systems, Institute of PhysicoChemical and Biological Problems of Soils/, St. Petersburg State University, Moscow State University, All-Russian Research and Information Centre for Forest Resources and Institute of Mathematical Problems in Biology)
Milestones 2004/2005
Objectives
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Biodiversity and other ecosystem services Milestones 2004
Project
No.
EFI team
Objectives
5009
Schuck, Lier, Lindner
To review the role of dead wood as an indicator of forest biodiversity, to review the currently applied monitoring procedures with regard to dead wood, to propose a concept for the operational application of dead wood as indicator of forest biodiversity, to present initial study results at the Conference “Monitoring and indicators of forest biodiversity in Europe – from ideas to operationality” (Florence, Italy, 12-15 November 2003) and to submit a report about the study results to the Conference proceedings.
No.
EFI team
Objectives
5015
Lindner, Meyer, Vilén, Palosuo
Analyse forestry measures and bioenergy options in the context of the Kyoto Protocol and how this could be implemented into CAP
(Co-ordinator; partners) The further operationalisation of indicators of forest biodiversity - Dead wood
Review of ‘deadwood’ as indicator of forest diversity submitted in the format requested to the proceedings of the Conference “Monitoring and indicators of forest biodiversity in Europe – from ideas to operationality” by 31 January 2004
Time frame
Budget total/EFI k euros
20032004
11 / 11
Time frame
Budget total/EFI k euros
20042007
1 417 / 127
Forests as a renewable energy source Milestones 2004/2005
Project (Co-ordinator; partners) MEACAP – Impact of environmental agreements on the CAP (Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP); Federal Agricultural Research Centre, Institute for Energy and Environment, Humboldt University, Alterra, Institute of Forest Ecosystem Research, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Scottish Agricultural College)
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Assessing potentials for bio-energy in underutilized forest resources in Germany; planning studies to assess (i) bio-energy potentials arising from expected land-use changes, and (ii) distribution and accessibility of under-utilized forest biomass in Europe
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PLANNED PROJECTS PROGRAMME 1 – Forest Ecology and Management EFI team
Objectives
Status
Time frame
Budget total/EFI k euros
SENSOR - Sustainability Impact Assessment: Tools for environmental, social and economic effects of multifunctional land use in European regions (Leibniz-Center for Agricultural Landscape and Land Use Research, 40 partners in consortium) EXTEND – New Accounting Frameworks for Externalities in Sustainability Assessment (Core partners: University of Bath; National Environmental Research Institute, Dept. of Policy Analysis, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya, The Centre for North and South Economic Research, Istituto di Studi per l’Integrazione dei Sistemi, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam – Institute for Environmental Studies, Charles University Environment Center, Prague ) Forest Focus “Monitoring changes in the carbon stocks of forest soils” (Metla)
Lindner, Pussinen, Schuck, Varis (Joint activity with PA4)
Aims at delivering ex-ante Sustainability Impact Assessment Tools (SIAT) to support decision making on policies related to multifunctional land use in European regions
Negotiations, expected project start Nov. 04
20042008
9 300 /
Lindner, Meyer
to develop the externality assessment framework and to apply state of the art valuation methods so as to obtain better estimates of the external costs and benefits of activities related to agriculture, biodiversity, forestry, industrial activity, and tourism; to extend the externality framework to the external costs and benefits of changes in government policies and to apply this extension to obtain estimates of the externalities associated with the removal of agricultural subsidies, and with urban development to use the additional estimates of externalities as an input in the formulation of policies to internalize the external effects.
Evaluation was positive, but project was not on shortlist. First project on waiting list
20052009
4 500 / 139 (budget reduction pending)
Palosuo
to develop a method to monitor current and future changes in the carbon stocks of forest soils
20042005
454 / ?
Schuck, Lindner
investigate what type of monitoring activities relating to the Forest Focus topics are currently implemented in EU and EU Accession countries. Implement overview on the representativeness of the current Level II plot network putting main emphasis on the question on how far the plot design can produce data for the Forest Focus Monitoring Programme. Design a potential plot network in Finland consisting of different monitoring activities required by the Forest Focus Programme
Submitted 2003, decision expected until Sept 04 Submitted 2003 via Metla to EC, decision expected until Sept 04
Intensive Monitoring Approaches at representative forest sites within the Forest Focus Programme – Outline for a proposal to be submitted to the Finnish National Forest Focus Programme (EFI; Metla)
20042005
140 / 84
Project (Co-ordinator; partners)
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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11th Annual Conference of EFI 3 September 2004, Bangor, UK Resource Utilisation Options and Consequences for Carbon Mitigation in Contrasting Conditions - Future Scenarios of Forest Resource Management in Finland and Germany
Lindner, Meyer
Eggers,
Climatic effects on soil carbon – distinction between young and old carbon, and new future scenarios (Finnish Environment Institute; Metla, University of Helsinki)
Lindner, Eggers
Palosuo,
Developing methods for assessing impacts of climate change using process-based forest simulation models at intensive monitoring plots (Proposal for a Pilot Study in the Finnish National Forest Focus Programme)
Lindner, Zudin
Meyer,
SustainAForest II (EFI, SLU, Agricultural University of Norway, Warsaw Agricultural University, Institute of Forest Ecosystem Research, BOKU, CTFC, Instituto Superior de Agronomia) Three Scenario Study (Helsinki University of Technology, University of Hamburg)
Lindner, NN
Lindner, Eggers
20052006
142
20052008
459 / 63
Develop climate change impact assessment methodology based on the application of process based simulation models. To elaborate standard model input data sets of selected ICP Level II plots, suitable for a range of forest simulation models.
Submitted May 04 to Academy of Finland, the decision is due Nov 04 Submitted to Ministry of Ag&Forests July04
20052006
115 / 115
To develop tools for the Sustainability Assessment (SA) of alternative forest management strategies in Europe, and bring together. The developed tools will be applied and tested in four case studies in European regions facing different forest sustainability challenges. To run EFISCEN for three extreme scenarios: complete forest conservation, 100 % bioenergy production, multipurpose (BAU) and assess the implications for carbon mitigation
positively evaluated but not funded, resubmission Nov. 2004 Planned to be submitted to Wood Focus
20052009
(4 359 / 703 old proposal)
20042005
?/ 6.8
to explore possible future scenarios of forest resource utilisation under climate change in the different forest management situations of Finland and Germany with special emphasis on climate change mitigation potential. Application of EFISCEN. Main research questions are: (i) What are the net carbon mitigation effects of a change from multipurpose forestry to either intensive forest conservation or bio-fuel production management? and (ii) How can the forestry sector in the study countries contribute to carbon mitigation by changes in forest management, resource utilisation, and industrial efficiency? to 1) quantify the effects of climate on decomposition of young soil carbon, 2) quantify these effects for older soil carbon, and 3) predict changes in soil carbon in temperate and boreal forests in response to climate change.
Submitted May 04 Academy Finland, decision is Nov 04
to of the due
Networking
Jari Liski is member of the advisory group of the LUSTRA project in Sweden (coordinated by Mats Olsson from SLU, funded by MISTRA). ), Marcus Lindner is member of Steering Committee and Working Group Leader of COST Action E21 “Contribution of Forests and Forestry to Mitigate Greenhouse Effects”
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EFI’S STRATEGIC PLAN 2003-2008 PROGRAMME 2 – Forest Products Markets and Socio-economics
YEAR: 2004-2005
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 programme in 2004: •
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
•
collaboration with UN/ECE, EFI RPCs and other EFI programmes
ONGOING PROJECTS Rural development and socio-economics of forest uses No projects at the moment.
Economics of multifunctional uses of forests and forest externalities No projects at the moment.
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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Analysis and modelling of the supply and demand for timber and forest products Project (Co-ordinator; partners)
No.
EFI team
Time frame
Budget total/EFI k euros
Final draft of the book accepted
20012005
710 / 15
Project completed in 2004
20012004
198 / 198
Ottitsch, Saramäki
To determine specific data needs of European pulp and paper producer, to disseminate the results and to host a workshop in Europe
Hosting a group of workshop in Europe in 2004 Dissemination of results Determining special data needs of European pulp and paper producers Arranging a seminar in Brussels in spring 2005
20032005
840 / 43
Pussinen, Michie, Saramäki
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
Kick off meeting in April/May 2004 EFI’s part starts in 2005 with the analyses of forest resources in Komi
20042007
711 /
Solberg, Moiseyev
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
Kick off in spring 2004
20042005
2 652 / 83
595
Wardle, Ottitsch
586
Pussinen, Michie, Saramäki
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 Southeast Asia (CIFOR; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD) Forét) Towards progressive forest sector in NorthWest Russia (Metla; University of Joensuu, All-Russian Research Institute for Silviculture and Mechanization of Forestry, Petrozavodsk State University, FTA) INSEA - Integrated Sink Enhancement Assessment (IIASA; Joint Research Center, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute, Lulea University of Technology, University of Hohenheim, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Joanneum Research, University of Bodenkultur, CIRAD)
5008
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Milestones 2004 Milestones 2005
To prepare a book on world forests environment and society to be published in IUFRO World Conference in Brisbane in 2005 To (i) analyse the development of forests in Komi and Vologda regions for next 50 years, (ii) analyse the location of forest resources in Novgorod region, (iii)analyse the reliability of forest inventory information, (iv) assess geographical distribution of different wood harvesting levels and their economic accessibility.
WFSE - World Forests, Society and Environment (IUFRO/WFSE;, CIFOR, CATIE, INBAR, UNU, Metla, CIRAD, ICRAF, BFH, WFC) Modelling and assessment of forest resources, their future use and economic accessibility in North-West Russia (EFI; St Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy (FTA), Institute for the Forest Specialists Education and Training, University of Joensuu)
5012
Objectives
Model on economic accessibility used in GIS applications.
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11th Annual Conference of EFI 3 September 2004, Bangor, UK Impacts of reduction of illegal logging in European Russia on the EU and European Russia forest sector and trade (EFI; Syktyvkar Forest Institute (Centre of GIS) Russian Research and Design Institute of Economics, Production Management and Information for Forest, Pulp and Paper and Woodworking Industries)
GTM – BIOMASS Skogforsk Norway)
(Subcontracted
by
5014
Ottitsch, Moiseyev, Kazusa
to extend the existing knowledge 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; - 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.
5013
Moiseyev, Solberg
To analyse the competitiveness of (domestic) forest fuels in the Nordic and Baltic countries in an extended version of the European Forest Sector Model EFI/GTM
No.
EFI team
Kick off in spring 2004 Mid-term report in September 2004 Final report in November 2004
2004
125 / 125
Preliminary outline and model description in May 2004. Completion of work by end of 2004
20032004
35 / 35
Time frame
Budget total/EFI k euros
20012005
75 / 75
Forest products trade analysis Project (Co-ordinator; partners) Forest products trade flow analysis (EFI; IUFRO/WFSE)
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Objectives 590
Wardle, Michie, Janse
To further develop the standardised Forest Products Trade Flow database, to utilise the existing database information on forest products trade and market analyses, as well as on research on forest products trade and to build a service for EFI where the standardised Forest Products Trade Flow database could be used as a initial source of information for various research and commercial purposes
Milestones 2004 Milestones 2005 Presentation of paper on “Trade flow discrepancies” at meeting of Scandinavian Society of Forest Economists, Use of database in several other papers to demonstrate possibilities to scientific community Development of projects for end-user access for specific user groups
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Competitiveness of forest sector enterprises Project (Co-ordinator; partners)
No.
EFI team
Objectives
Milestones 2004
Time frame
Budget total/EFI k euros
Alternative paths for forest sector development: Competitive advantages of small and medium size companies in woodworking industries (EFI; Agricultural University of Norway)
5003
Husso Ottitsch
To analyse and compare the competitiveness (profitability, effectiveness, internationalisation) of forest sector SMEs in Norway and Finland
Data for Norway collected. Analyses of collected data. Articles on profitability and effectiveness prepared and submitted.
20032006
55 / 55
Time frame
Budget total/EFI k euros
PLANNED PROJECTS PROGRAMME 2 – Forest Products, Markets and Socio-economics EFI Team
Objectives
Status
Project (Co-ordinator; partners) Improving the Interfaces between Forest Science and Society
Janse, Ottitsch, Tikkanen, Ruusila
Economic approaches to forest ecosystem management in North Western Russia (EFI, Agricultural University of Norway, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, FTA) Development of a comprehensive tropical timber trade database (EFI, ITTO)
Ottitsch, Michie, Saramäki
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Ottitsch, Michie, Wardle
PhD. Thesis, research appropriation applied from the Academy of Finland Assessment of scientific state of the art and current practices for mechanisms for communication and information flow at the “science-society”-interface; SWOT-analysis of mechanisms for communication and information flow at the “science-society”-interface in light of available scientific expertise; summary report of SWOT results. Development of “Guidelines on an improved interface between forest sciences and society”, based on the results of preceding activities The course is aimed at introducing students to the potentials which the integration of new economic tools for forest management planning offers to the specific challenges for forest management in NW Russia
Submitted in May 2004, decision in autumn 2004
20052007
453 / 453
Submitted to NorFA in April 2004, decision in October 2004
2005
47 / 27
Through joint use of ITTO and EFI data it is possible to establish a more comprehensive tropical timber and timber products trade flow database. The objective is to enhance user value of data gathering by providing both better data and improved access to the existing databases.
To be submitted to ITTO and potential supporting governments (Finland, Austria) during 2nd half
20052006
123 / 123
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Development of a trade-flow-database tool for the specific use of forest sector SMEs (EFI; INCAFUST, Puugia and additional partners (SMEs and research institutions) from Germany and Poland to be selected) Implementation of socio-economic methods in forecasting and mitigation of landslides and avalanches (BOKU, WSL, CEMAGREF…)
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Ottitsch, Michie
Ottitsch
Outputs from the suggested project include: updated data, database description, retrieval examples, illustrative overviews, training material and dissemination workshop. Adaptation of EFI’s trade flow database to the specific practical needs of forest sector SMEs (production sector and consulting services) in Europe Development of an end-user ready query and research tool Implementation of financial evaluation of forest ecosystem services in watershed management
of 2004
To be submitted to 6th FP SME-specific program (cooperative research project), November 2004 To be submitted to 6th FP, Global Change and Ecosystems, Oct 04
2005 – 2007
1800 / 120
2005 2009
1800 / 300
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EFI’S STRATEGIC PLAN 2003-2008 PROGRAMME 3 – Policy Analysis
YEAR: 2004-2005
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 policy-makers. The main strategic tools and approaches for implementing these aims include: -
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, FAO, UNFF, UNU, World Bank and MCPFE; dissemination of information through publishing of research reports, conference proceedings and policy scientific textbooks, and organising forest policy summer schools, and under the auspices of Forest Policy Research Forum organising international workshops, seminars and conferences to provide a discussion forum for scientists and policy-makers.
All of these areas are active in 2004 and 2005 in terms of progress of the ongoing projects or starting and planning of new projects within the theoretical frame of the strategic plan. Over the last years, it has been possible to steadily increase the level of activity in this programme, which is also reflected in the share of externally funded projects. A significant achievement has been the acquisition of the 5th Framework shared cost research project Evaluating Financing of Forestry in Europe (EFFE) (QLK5-CT-200001228), which brings together 16 research institutes from thirteen European countries. This project examines the public funding of forestry activities both from national sources and also from EU-sources, where applicable, by using an econometric approach, as well as qualitative methods. In addition to research activities, this project also focuses greatly on the dissemination of project results, involving potential end-users throughout the whole project-lifetime. EFFE will end at the end of 2004. An International Conference, where project results will be disseminated, will be organized in October 2004 in Warsaw. EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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Values and attitudes of relevant actors are of interest in two more projects, in which the programme has been involved since 2001, with one focusing on Urban Forestry (Neighbourwoods – Advancing the quality of life and the environment of European cities through socially-inclusive planning, design and management of urban woodlands) and related policies and the other one focusing on the dissemination of research results among the practitioners in the field (RAP: Realising Ash’s Potential). 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 further explored. 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. A textbook on policy analysis (Author: Max Krott) for forest policy students will be published in 2004. A project in partnership with United Nations University (UNU) and Silva-network/University of Joensuu on the role of research and capacity development for national forest programmes in CITs began in 2002 with the International Symposium in Kaunas, Lithuania and continued with the International Symposium and Workshop in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro in 2003. Based on this project, a new 4-year project on “Strengthening capacities of education and training for forest policy and economics development in Western Balkan region” will start in 2004 and is funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. 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 planning, in collaboration with other science community institutions, to organize the preparatory workshop on “Strengthening of science-policy interface” in 2004 in Warsaw. The workshop will address topics to be discussed in the International Conference, which will be organized to bring together European policy makers and the scientific community in 2005. The Conference is planned to be the first in the series of multi-stakeholder symposia linked to the resolutions and work programme of the MCPFE process, focusing topics addressed in the Vienna Declaration and Resolutions. In all projects, co-operation with the member institutions and Project Centres, especially INNOFORCE/Boku will be strengthened.
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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ONGOING PROJECTS 2004-2005 Evaluation of Forest Policies to Secure Economic, Social and Ecological Aspects of Sustainable Forest Management Project (Co-ordinator; partners) EFFE - Evaluation of Forestry Financing in Europe EU-5th Framework Programme: QLRT1999-31228 (EFI, Czech University of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry, Estonian Agricultural University, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Bundesforschungsanstalt für Forst- und Holzwirtschaft, Institute for Forestry and Nature Research, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya, Professur Forstpolitik und Forstökonomie ETH Zûrich, Switzerland, University of Ghent, University of Joensuu, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Institut Badawczy Lesnictwa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Centro Regional do Porto)
No.
573
EFI team
Objectives
Milestones in 2004
Kaczmarek Tikkanen, Zyrina, Ottitsch
Assess the level, effectiveness and efficiency of all forms of public financial assistance to forest activities in Europe.
Compilation and dissemination of project results;
Time frame
Budget total/EFI k euros
2001– 2004
2 620 / 819
Time frame
Budget total/EFI k euros
2004
15 / 15
Workshop (Geneva) – to provide information about the EFFE project preliminary results and to ensure inclusion of end-users inputs into the final EFFE project report; International Conference (Warsaw) – to discuss project results and the state of the art in the field of policy evaluation and analysis and to discuss further research needs and challenges
Review of policy relevant research related to MCPFE-process (Ministerial Conference on Protection of Forests in Europe) Project (Co-ordinator; partners)
No.
EFI team
Objectives
Milestones in 2004
Review of policy relevant research related to MCPFE-process (EFI)
5017
Tikkanen, Bouriaud
Review policy relevant research related to MCPFE process and identify research results, which can bring an input to MCPFE process.
Review of the ongoing research and related issues among EFI members; Conceiving and sending questionnaire; Analysing received answers; Review of policy relevant research results; and Reporting at preparatory workshop in Warsaw.
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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Behaviour, goals and values of relevant actors Project (Co-ordinator; partners) RAP - Realising Ash’s Potential (Teagasc, Agriculture and Food, Development Authority; I.N.R.A., Lower Saxony First Research Institute, Coillte, Irish Forestry Board; Forest Research, Univ. of Paris 11, FBVA, Research Institute; CRP-CU, Vitroform, Institut fur pflanzenkultur, CNR- IMGPF, Institute for Forestry and Game Management, HRI East Malling, CRNFB) Neighbourwoods – Advancing the quality of life and the environment of European cities through socially-inclusive planning, design and management of urban woodlands (Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute; Department of Landscape Planning, Alnarp Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Department of Science and Technologies of the Forest Environment, University of Florence, Faculty of Forestry, University of Joensuu, Flemish Forestry Association, Human Ecology Department, Free University Brussels, Landscape Architecture Leeds Metropolitan University)
No.
584
585
EFI team
Ottitsch, Hunter, Janse
Ottitsch, Hunter, Janse
Objectives
Milestones in 2004
Identify the factors which influence the decisions of farmers / foresters and market actors in relation to the uptake of improved genetic material. Establish a Consultation Panel of end-users and interest groups to inform them at each stage and incorporate their views.
Economic and social consequences evaluated
Development of tools for the planning and design of urban woodlands, taking into account values and attitudes of all relevant stakeholders
Time frame
Budget total/EFI k euros
2001– 2004
2 000 / 70
2001– 2004
1 219 / 100
Time frame
Budget total/EFI k euro
2002– 2005
107 / 107
Information booklet and some demonstration plots established Report on possible methods of molecular certification “blind” test completed Development of final set of tools for the socially-inclusive planning and design of urban woodlands Distribution of the project findings among relevant end-users Providing recommendations for policy-making and research, focusing on European context
Dissemination of Forest Policy Research Results Project (Co-ordinator; partners) Book on ‘Fortune in Our Forests’ in Europe (EFI; Editorial Board: Buttoud, Koch, Petrov, Solberg, Spiecker)
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
No.
589
EFI team
Objectives
Milestones in 2004-2005
Tikkanen, Konijnendijk Päivinen, Korhonen
Describe the diversity of socio-economic and ecological benefits of forests and forest sector in Europe
2004: New funding sources explored and identified Manuscripts for articles compiled (* subject to raising external funds) 2005: Editing of the book articles Ready for publishing
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PLANNED PROJECTS PROGRAMME 3 – Forest Policy
Project (Co-ordinator; partners)
EFI team
Objectives
Milestones in 2004-2005
Strengthening capacities of education and training for forest policy development in Western Balkan region (EFI: United Nations University, Silva-network)
Tikkanen, Päivinen, (Coordinator, administrat or)
To build capacities for modern forest sector and policy development processes in terms of educated forest economics and policy experts, appropriate with current socio-economic, environmental and political context in Western Balkan region
2004: Education and training needs and local capacities in Balkan region identified; Planning phase for the M.Sc. course and continuous education for forestry administrators started;
Time frame
Budget total/EFI k euros
2004– 2008
3 300 / 3 300
20052007
To be specified
2005: Planning phase for the M.Sc. course and continuous education courses completed. Assessment of National Implementation of Global and Pan-European Forest Policy Commitments (IIASA)
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Tikkanen, researcher
Analyse the impacts of global and PanEuropean forest policy commitments on national forest policy formulation and implementation
Collection of data on selected European countries on national implementation
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EFI’S STRATEGIC PLAN 2003-2008 RESEARCH PROGRAMME 4 – Forest Resources and Information
YEAR: 2004-2005
Main strategic issues in Research Programme 4 1. 2.
Information on the options for the future of European forests Value-added information for policy and decision-making through a comprehensive information source on European forests and its products
One of the main tasks of EFI's Research Programme 4 (RP4) is the compilation and the analysis of forestry information of Europe and the construction of comprehensive and user-friendly interactive Internet driven databases. The information serves as the basic input to EFI’s information and data analysis system making it an important source of forestry information. Under the strategic issue of providing information on options for the future of European forests, scenario modelling plays a major role. Scenario modelling targets to project options for the future of Europe's forests under various forest management policies. Focusing on options for utilising the EFISCEN model in other areas of interest is of high relevance. Major ongoing projects One of the core activities of RP4 is the ‘European Forestry Information and Data Analysis System (EFIDAS)’. It provides comprehensive European forestry information and user-friendly data analysis systems. These systems are to promote the utilisation and analysis of European forestry statistics as a basis for conducting high quality, panEuropean forestry research. The second major project cluster is forest scenario modelling. The large-scale forestry scenario model (EFISCEN) attempts to project the development of European forests under various scenarios. Numerous related projects which involve the EFISCEN model (e.g. EFSOS, 2001-2003 completed, publication in preparation; Russian North-West regions project, under RP2). EFISCEN is also used in particular within RP1. Furthermore the 5th FP project ‘Carbon assimilation and modelling of the European land surface (CAMELS)’ is under way involving the application of forest resources inventory data (EEFR), EFISCEN and its experiences of map preparation. Other major projects ongoing in Programme 4 in 2003 and 2004: (1) 5th FP Accompanying Measure project NEFIS (Network for a European Forest Information Service. It builds on the experiences collected in the ‘European Forest Information system (EFIS)’ project completed during 2002. It will present the possibilities of EFI based on a divers set of data sets. It will run until 2005. (2) (2) Co-operation with the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Topic Centre on Nature Protection and Biodiversity. EFI is as a core group participant in ETC/NPB over a period of 3 years (2001-2003). EFI has elaborated with help of experts biodversity indicators on the request from the ETC/NPB related to forests, contributing to various reports both by ETC/NPB and EEA. The cooperation will continue in 2004. (3) GSE – Forest monitoring: A consortium led by the GAFAG has the task 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 (Stage 1: consolidation). The project is being implemented for the ESA. The first phase has been completed successfully and phase 2 is being implemented during 2004. On success the project may proceed to stage 2 (implementation) with prospects to implement the services until 2008. (4) Further Programme 4 (in cooperation with Programme 2) has built close working relations with the EEA for which it is preparing information on the operationalisation of dead wood as an indicator for biodiversity. Direction for the future The long-term goal 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. This effort, is tackled in co-operation with other EFI RPs. This will contribute to a more transparent view of forestry related matters in EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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European countries. The future direction of EFIDAS and other established databases and meta-information services will allow EFI to develop to an important information source of European forests. It will incorporate information from EFI's research activities. Links to ongoing initiatives in the field of information dissemination have been established (IUFRO Special Programmce ‘Global Forest Information Service’). Especially the outcomes from the European Forest Information System (EFIS) project and the continuation within NEFIS can make a significant contribution to the activities of creating forest information services. Concerning the future direction of forest scenario modelling it is planned to make EFISCEN into a tool which may be used to answer various types of ‘what if’–questions in the field of forest resources management, wood supply and demand, climate change, carbon sequestration, natural disturbances and other related issues. Together with RP1 an improved version of EFISCEN is being developed. It will be served by a Internet based EFI’s forest inventory database (ongoing in 2004) and a portfolio of map based visualisation and analysis tools. EFISCEN and its database have shown their value in previous/ongoing projects and will play an important role in upcoming funding applications to the 6th FP.
ONGOING PROJECTS Vision on the Future of European Forests Project (Co-ordinator; Partners) CAMELS - Carbon assimilation and modelling of the European land surface (Met Office; IPSL, MPI-BGC, Alterra, UNITUS, CEH)
No.
5004
EFI team
Schuck, Pussinen, Zudin S., Van Brusselen
Objectives
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
Milestones in 2004 Ø Ø
Forest map preparation (volume, biomass, carbon, fellings) European land carbon datasets
Time frame
Budget total/EFI k euros
2002-2005
2 200 / 300
Value Added Forestry Information for Policy and Decision Making Project (Co-ordinator; Partners) EFIDAS - European Forestry Information and Data Analysis System
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
No.
EFI team
Objectives
501
Varis, Zudin S., Zudin E.
Build 'first-stop-shop' providing comprehensive European forestry information and user-friendly data analysis system to promote improved utilisation and analysis of European forestry statistics for conducting high quality Pan-European forestry research.
Milestones in 2004 Ø Ø Ø
Restructuring of EFIDAS and improvement of the output interface Preparation of graphical outputs and data analysis tools Further development of DFDE and EEFR databases
Time frame ongoing
Budget total/EFI k euros 28 / 28
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11th Annual Conference of EFI 3 September 2004, Bangor, UK Ø Ø NEFIS - Network for a European Forest Information Service (EFI; Joint Research Centre, International Union of Forest Research Organizations, Dresden University of Technology, Chair of Forest Biometrics and Computer Sciences, Fraunhofer Institut Autonome Intelligente Systeme, Metla, Inventaire forestier national, The Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, University of Greenwich, Regione dell’Umbria, Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products, Hungarian State Forest Service) GSE Forest Monitoring (GAF AG; SFM Consultants GmgH, Geoapikonisis Ltd., Metria Miljöanalys, VTT, LaWuF, BMVEL, UBA, NOA, National Board of Forestry Sweden, University of Tuscia, Stora Enso Forest Consulting Oy, DLR, Infoterra, Joanneum Research, University of Freiburg, ECORYS Nederland BV, Quali Systems Ltd) European Topic Centre Nature Protection and Biodiversity: Forest biodiversity indicators and EUNIS 2004 contribution
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
5006
5005
Päivinen, Schuck, Green, Richards, Varis, Zudin S.
Schuck, Van Brusselen, Päivinen
coordinate ongoing efforts in creating forest information services and to support data providers at the country and international level by developing harmonised standards and procedures for data provision; develop unified and operable methods for communication between different Internet based forest information services (metadata standards and controlled vocabularies/keyword lists, on-line data processing toolkit) Providing national and international data sets for use through the service To offer 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
Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø
Ø Ø Ø Ø
5016
Schuck, Van Brusselen
EFI acts as a core group participant of the ETC/NPB Contribution to the EEA ‘State of the Environment Report 2005’ (SOER2005) Other activities as agreed with ETC/NPB
Ø Ø
Ø
Updating and maintenance of current internet databases Cooperation with GFIS related to metadata Mid-term meeting Controlled vocabulary and keyword lists for forestry topics NEFIS knowledge base Initial activities for identifying data sets for testing the EFIS prototype Preparation of metadata and data sets Evaluation of the EFIS prototype
Further develop policy foundations review expand global user needs directory update and further develop key user-segment profiles Update analysis of in-situ infrastructure Revisit prospectus appraisal Background papers on forests for SOER2005 sub-report “Halting the loss of biodiversity” and subreport 4 “Sustainable use of natural resources” Development of indicator fact sheet for selected topics
Ongoing 2002-2005
740 / 204
2003-2004
~1000 / ~70
2004
40 / 38
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11th Annual Conference of EFI 3 September 2004, Bangor, UK Sustainability impact assessment: Tools for environmental, social and economic effects of multi-functional land use in European regions (SENSOR) (ZALF: BTUC, UBER, TU Munich, Alterra, WUR, ECNC, LEI, IUNG, ILE SAS, SZIE.KFI, UWH, MEPA, U Tartu, Intercolledge, FR, UCL, U Bath, UNOT, CEH, Cemagref, CRSA/ERAS, NERI, DIAS, FSL, SLU, LU, EFI , WAFO, BOKU-SS, U Vienna, IIASA, ARC-Sys, WSL, JRC, DEART-UNIFI, UNPADU-I, CODIMA)
-
Options for elaborating and compiling panEuropean tree species maps
-
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Schuck, Zudin
Tröltzsch, Van Brusselen
Research Programme 4 involvement (Work Module 5) develop a framework for indicator sets and criteria for indicator selection in the SENSOR project set-up a data infrastructure by means of an integrated data management system with common protocols and facilities for harmonised data administration satisfying the users’ needs.
Ø
Literature study on approaches (to date) on tree species mapping in Europe Collection and preparation of statistical data by tree species and countries Application of calibration method* by main species (* Päivinen et al, 2001, EFI Res. Rep. 14) evaluation of result for selected European countries Investigate options of incorporating other tree species mapping methods Propose effective/applicable method for tree species mapping at European level
Ø
Ø Ø
Ø Ø
common metadata profile for all project data is developed including guidelines proposal for design of the integrated data management system A GIS based integrated data management system including a data warehouse for centralised management of all project data and related information and web-based user interfaces (clearinghouse) enabling participants to discover and download appropriate data European tree species maps (for main tree species) EFI Internal Report Scientific paper
contract negotioations) 2004-2008
1000 / 100/
Leonardo da Vinci Grant 2004-2005
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PLANNED PROJECTS RESEARCH PROGRAMME 4 – Forest Resources and Information Vision on the Future of European Forests Project (Co-ordinator, partners)
EFI team
SUBFOR - Sustainable Use of Boreal orest ecosystems in Komi Republic (Alterra-Green World Research; Swedish Univeristy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Biology, Komi Rep., Syktyvkar Forest Institute, Forest Certification and Audit Centre of Komi Republic, St. Petersburg Forest Technical Academy, Moscow State Forestry University)
Schuck, Ottitsch, Pussinen, Zudin, Varis, Van Brusselen, Michie, Saramäki
EFORWOOD II: Skogforsk Sweden (Sub-project 7: Knowledge Transfer: Innovawood, EFI (Programme 4 and Administration), Fraunhofer Institute, CEPI, CEI Bois, ENFE, CEPF) Intensive Monitoring Approaches at representative forest sites within the Forest Focus Programme - Outline for a proposal to be submitted to the Finnish National Forest Focus Programme: EFI: Metla
Schuck, Van Brusselen, Varis, Korhonen, Pajari Schuck, Lindner
Objectives
Status
Time frame
Budget total/EFI k euros
to assess different aspects of forest management regimes, in terms of environmental impact (soil, water, carbon sequestration), wood production, socio-economical returns, and biodiversity conservation to provide quantitative guidelines to forest owners for forest management in order to reduce environmental impacts and optimise socio-economic benefits to contribute to the planning mechanisms for management of natural resources in boreal forest ecosystems in the Komi Republic to provide recommendations for policy development for sustainable use of boreal forests in the Komi Republic Knowledge Transfer sub-project (SP 7)
Submitted to INCO April 2004
3 years
1 000 / 238
Proposal to EC Fall 2004
20042008
To be defined
investigate what type of monitoring activities relating to the Forest Focus topics are currently implemented in EU and EU Accession countries. Implement overview on the representativeness of the current Level II plot network putting main emphasis on the question on how far the plot design can produce data for the Forest Focus Monitoring Programme.
Submitted to Metla in September 2003, after approval from Finnish Ministry submission to EC
decision June/July 2004
140 / 84
20042005
produce proposal for a potential plot network in Finland consisting of different monitoring activities responding to the Forest Focus Monitoring Programme needs
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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11th Annual Conference of EFI 3 September 2004, Bangor, UK Participation in application for new EEA European Topic Centre Biological Diversity (National Museum of Natural History; European Centre for Nature Conservation, Wetlands International, Estonian Environment Centre, Institute for Landscape Ecology, Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic, Regional Environment Centre for Central and Eastern Europe, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Instituto Centrale per la Ricerca Scientifica e tecnologica applicata al Mare) E-Carelia (University of Joensuu; European Computer Driving Licence Founation, METLA, Indufor Oy, Metsähallitus, Russian Agency for Small and Medium Enterprises Support, JSC TransTeleCom Company, WM-data Oy)
Schuck, Päivinen, Van Brusselen
Assistance of the EEA by executing sizable, continuous, well defined tasks with involvement of member countries in the field of biological diversity EFI will take a role as a core partner within the ETC/BD core partner consortium
submitted June 2004
20052008
to be specified
Schuck
Submitted May 2004
n.a.
maximum budget: 2000
GSE Forest Monitoring (Stage 2) (GAF AG; SFM Consultants GmbH, Geoapikonisis Ltd., Metria Miljöanalys, VTT, LaWuF, BMVEL, UBA, NOA, National Board of Forestry Sweden, University of Tuscia, Stora Enso Forest Consulting Oy, DLR, Infoterra, Joanneum Research, EFI, University of Freiburg, ECORYS Nederland BV, Quali Systems Ltd) Project idea (submitted to SAB) MCPFE C&I – How ready are European countries to report according to the 35 improved indicators of SFM? (BFH Hamburg)
Schuck, Van Brusselen
Assistance to local businesses support structures in providing sustainable ICT-related accessibility, training and business development for enterprises Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation Service Procurement notice: EuropeAid/117057/C/SV/RU Application Phase 1: Presentation of Consortium and expertise, if consortium is selected full proposal will be elaborated Stage 2: Implementation of developed service roll-out for monitoring forests If the GSE FM consortium is selected a new proposal will need to produced
investigate in how far European countries are able to respond to MCPFE reporting requirements, what are their reporting schemes in place and where are the crucial bottlenecks both in terms of data availability and information structures.
funding options under investigation
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Schuck
20052008
Submission to ESA by Autumn 2004
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To be specified
to be determined
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11th Annual Conference of EFI 3 September 2004, Bangor, UK Project idea (submitted to SAB) Name of project to be identified (FVA Baden-Württemberg; MLR Baden-Württemberg, country experts)
Schuck
investigate how European countries (i.e. countries represented within the MCPFE process) integrate their nature protection strategies into practical forest management on the total forest area of all ownership categories. assess the extent to which the basic protection of forests as a whole and its functions are fulfilled through regional and national policy measures and legal regulations and how they are enforced. assess the approaches of safeguarding and protecting forests with respect to all its functions in particular with respect of emerging threats for example illegal logging and illegal wood trade and use.
funding options to be identified
-
to be determined
Project idea Timber Price Information Collection and Dissemination in Europe. (UNECE; Metla)
Schuck
Preparation phase (Funding body to be identified)
To be specified
~60-80 (tentative)
Project idea (submitted to SAB) Improvement of data flow and data quality /transparency in procedures related to the COMEXT data: EFI
Schuck, Van Brusselen, Wardle, Michie,
to conduct an assessment of available forest products price statistics available via print and electronic (e-mail and Internet) sources for the UNECE region. to construct a website interface to make available the price series in a user-searchable database Follow-up of previous Eurostat project implemented in 2000-2001, EFI RR 15 published in 2003
Eurostat may open a call for proposals in 2004
2004
Range 50100
Network activities COST-Action E27: “Protected forest areas in Europe (EFI: Schuck, Metla: Parviainen)
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
COST
Schuck (German national representative and Working Group 3 leader)
Widening the information base to all types of protected areas in European countries in order to respond to the needs of the forthcoming Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forest in Europe
Action under way
2002-2006
Travel and meeting costs covered
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PLANNED PROJECTS PROJECTS INVOLVING ALL PROGRAMMES
Project (Co-ordinator; partners) EFORWOOD II – Improving the Sustainability of the Forestry Wood Chain. (SkogForsk, EFI, Alterra, BOKU, IFER etc).
EFI team
Päivinen; Lindner, Pussinen, Schuck, Roihuvuo
Objectives
Status
EFORWOOD will analyse the complete forestry wood chain, as well as its integral parts. The aim is to support European forestry and forest industry in its ambitions to contribute to the sustainable development on local to global scales and thereby improve its competitiveness.
Proposal to be submitted to the 3rd Call of the 6th Framework Programme in Oct 2004.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EFI’S STRATEGIC PLAN 2003-2008 EVENTS
Time frame 20052008
Budget total/EFI k euros 1000015000 / ?
YEAR: 2004 - 2005
PLANNED EVENTS 2004 Progr amme
1-4
Event (organisers, EFI person in response)
EFI 11th Annual Conference Org.: EFI, School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University of Wales, UK Risto Päivinen, Anu Ruusila
Scientific Seminar of the EFI 11th Annual Conference Continuous Cover Forestry in a Changing Environment Org.: School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University of Wales, UK, EFI, IUFRO 4.04.09 Scenarios for Transformation Forest Management Risto Päivinen, Anu Ruusila EFI Work Plan 2004-2005 1-4
EFI’s role (M = main organiser, C= coorganiser)
Place
Planned date
M
Bangor, UK
3 September 2004
C
Bangor, UK
4-7 September 2004
Outcome
Special issue in a journal (Forest Ecology and Management) (tentative information)
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11th Annual Conference of EFI 3 September 2004, Bangor, UK 1 International Congress Silvopastoralism and Sustainable Management Org.: University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Spanish Forenstry Society, Spain, FAO, EFI EC funding as an accompanying measure, Xunta de Galicia, Funding Marcus Lindner, Mercedes Rois Dias, Brita Pajari
C
Lugo, Spain
19-24 April 2004
4 publications
1
International Scientific Conference Impacts of the Drought and Heat in 2003 on Forests Org.: IWW, FVA, ECOFOR Co-org.: IUFRO Unit 4.01.08, EFI Marcus Lindner, Brita Pajari
C
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
17-19 November 2004
The abstracts of the accepted papers and posters will be published in the conference background material.
2
Workshop Consultation Workshop with European Stakeholders Org. CIFOR, EFI, Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF), CIRAD-Forêt Andreas Ottitsch, Suvi Hirvonen
M
Brussels, Belgium
24 March 2004
Related to the EU-project: Feeding China’s Expanding Demand for Wood Pulp: Diagnostic Assessment of Plantation Development, Fiber Supply, and Impacts on Natural Forests in China and in the South-East Asia Region
3
EFFE Project meeting Evaluating Effectiveness and Efficiency of Forestry Incentive and Assistance Programmes in Europe Org.: EFI Krzysztof Kaczmarek, Olga Zyrina, Mirja Kokkonen
M
Geneva, Switzerland
10 May 2004
3
Side Event at the Fourth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF4) Supporting Informed Decisions: The Role of Forest Science in the Global and Regional Context Org.: The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), the Government of Queensland/ Australia, EFI Ilpo Tikkanen
C
Geneva, Switzerland
11 May 2004 at 13:15 - 14:45
M
Epinal, France
27 June – 3 July 2004
3
Workshop: The Evaluation of Forest Policies and Programmes Org. EFI, ENGREF, EOMF (European Observatory of Mountain Forests), ONF (The French State Forest Agency) Ilpo Tikkanen, Mirja Kokkonen EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
EFI proceedings, 6-8 papers to Journal of Forest Policy and Economics 30
11th Annual Conference of EFI 3 September 2004, Bangor, UK 3 Seminar Co-operation Platform for State Forest Research Institutes Org.: Federal Office and Research Centre for Forests (BFW), Austria, EFI, Forest Research Institute of Baden-Württemberg (FVA), Germany Risto Päivinen
C
Vienna, Austria
5-7 July 2004
EFI web-proceedings?
Nordic Workshop International Forest Conventions and Agreements Org. Dept. of forest products and markets, SLU, Sweden, NLH, Norway, EFI, Institute of International Affairs, KSLA, Sweden Ilpo Tikkanen Workshop Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration: Investing in People and Nature, Central and Northern Europe Workshop Org. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland, Ministry of the Environment, Finland, EFI Risto Päivinen, Ilpo Tikkanen, Brita Pajari
C
Stockholm, Sweden
16 September 2004
Workshop report, not EFI publications
C
Hämeenlinna, Finland
6-8 October 2004
EFI web-proceedings
3
EFFE Final meeting and Open Seminar Evaluating Forestry Incentive and Assistance Programmes in Europe challenges to improve policy effectiveness Org.: EFI, Forest Research Institute in Warsaw, Poland Krzysztof Kaczmarek, Mirja Kokkonen
M
Warsaw, Poland
10-12 October 2004
EFI Proceedings
3
Preparatory Workshop Strengthening of Science-Policy Interface – Reviewing Needs for and Potentials of Policy Relevant Research in Europe Org.: EFI, MCPFE, IUFRO, Warsaw Agricultural University, Poland, Forest Research Institute in Warsaw, Poland Risto Päivinen, Ilpo Tikkanen, Brita Pajari
M
Warsaw, Poland
13 October 2004
Technical report
3
3
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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PLANNED EVENTS 2005 Progr amme
Event (organisers, EFI person in response)
EFI’s role (M = main organiser C= coorganiser)
Place
Planned date
EFI 12th Annual Conference Org.: EFI, CTFC, Spain Risto Päivinen, Anu Ruusila, Brita Pajari
M
Barcelona, Spain
10 September 2005
Scientific Seminar of the EFI 12th Annual Conference Multifunctional Forest Ecosystem Management in Europe: Integrated approaches for considering the temporal, spatial and scientific dimensions Org.: CTFC, Spain, EFI Risto Päivinen, Brita Pajari, Anu Ruusila
C
Barcelona, Spain
11-12 September 2005
1
Workshop WS-7- Management of Forest ecosystems and their impact on the GHG budget Workshop of the project on CARBO-EUROPE GHG Synthesis of the European Greenhouse gas Budget (5th FP, Concerted Action). Org.: EFI, Marcus Lindner, Brita Pajari
M
2
Research Symposium European Forests in Ethical Discourse Org.: University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forestry, Finland, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Germany, Finnish Institute in Germany, Silva Network, EFI Andreas Ottitsch, Brita Pajari
C
Berlin, Germany
18-19 January 2005
2
Workshop 2 Consultation Workshop with European Stakeholders Org.: EFI, CIFOR, Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF), CIRAD-Foret Andreas Ottitsch, Brita Pajari (Kaija Saramäki)
M
Brussels, Belgium or Helsinki, Finland
Spring 2005
1-4
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Outcome
Possibly EFI proceedings or a journal
2005
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MCPFE work programme meeting Social and Cultural Values & Sustainable Development Org.: FAO/ECE/ILO Committee on Sustainable Forestry, EFI, Liaison Unit Warsaw Risto Päivinen, Ilpo Tikkanen, Brita Pajari
C
Stockholm, Sweden
Spring 2005 (postponed from fall 2004)
3
Conference Strengthening of Science-Policy Interface: Reviewing Needs for and Potentials of Policy relevant Research in Europe Org.: EFI, IUFRO, UNU, IIASA, IPGRI Risto Päivinen, Ilpo Tikkanen, Brita Pajari
M
Malta (tentative)
2-4 November 2005 (tentative)
3
Role and Contribution of EFI to MCPFE-process in 2004-2008 Risto Päivinen, Ilpo Tikkanen
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Events: 1. Workshop on valuation of the full range of goods and services of forests and its marketing: Progress and issues (MCPFE Liaison Unit, EFI) 2. Seminar on policies fostering investment and innovation in support of rural development (MCPFE Liaison Unit, EFI) 3. Workshop on resource mobilization and comprehensive wood utilization strategies in support of SFM (MCPFE Liaison Unit, EFI, IIASA, CEPI)
Discussion paper / policy brief
2006
2005
2005
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EFI’S STRATEGIC PLAN 2003-2008 PUBLICATIONS
YEAR: 2004-2005
RR = Research report P = Proceedings TR = Technical Report (Previously Internal Report)
Programme 1 — Forest Ecology and Management Title
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Series
Time frame
Notes / Publisher
Status in July 2004
RECOGNITION: Relationships between Recent Changes of Growth and Nutrition of Norway Spruce, Scots Pine and European Beech Forests in Europe Management of Valuable Mixed Broadleaf Forests in Europe Scenarios on Forest Management in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine
Karjalainen, et al.
RR
2004-5
Brill
In preparation
Spiecker et al
RR
2004
Brill
In preparation
Schelhaas et al.
RR
2004
Brill
Published.
Forest Models for Sustainable Forest Management (FORMOD)
Mohren et al.
2004-5
EFI
Planned
P
Programme 2 — Forest Products, Markets and Socio-economics Title Economic accessibility model (tentative title)
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Author(s) / Editor(s) Pussinen, Michie, Saramäki
Series IR
Time frame 2004
Notes / Publisher EFI WEB only
Status in July 2004 In preparation
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Programme 3 — Forest Policy Title Fortune in our Forests
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Series
Tikkanen et al.
Time frame
Notes / Publisher
2004
EFI
Status in July 2004 In preparation
Programme 4 — Forest Resources and Information Title EFIS – European forest information system
Author(s) / Editor(s) Päivinen et al
Series
Time frame Notes / Publisher
RR
2004-5
JRC
Series
Time frame
Notes / Publisher
Status in July 2004 Planned
International Seminars Title Forest Research Crossing Borders
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Status in July 2004
Baines, Chris
P
2004
EFI
In typesetting, expected to be published in August 2004
Andersson et al.
P
2004
EFI
In typesetting, expected to be published in August 2004
Marchetti et al.
P
2004
EFI
Papers in review
Proceedings of Scientific Seminar, the 28 August - 2 September, 2003, Joensuu, Finland Towards the sustainable use of Europe's forests Proceedings of the International Symposium, 25-27 June 2003, Tours, France Monitoring and Indicators of Forest Biodiversity in Europe -From Ideas to Operationality, Proceedings of the IUFRO Conference, 12-15 November 2003 Florence, Italy
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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11th Annual Conference of EFI 3 September 2004, Bangor, UK The Evaluation of Forest Policies and Programmes, Proceedings of the workshop, 27 June –3 July 2004, Epinal, France Cooperation Platform for State Forest Research Institutes, Proceedings of the Seminar 5-7 July, 2004, Vienna Austria Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration: Investing in People and Nature. Proceedings of the workshop, 6-8 October, 2004, Hämeenlinna Finland Evaluating Forestry Incentive and Assistance Programmes in Europe – Challenges to Improve Policy Effectiveness
Buttoud et al.
P
2004
EFI
Papers in review
Päivinen et al.
P
2004-5
EFI
Planned web-proceedings
Veltheim et al.
P
2004
EFI
Agreed to be published as webproceedings
Tikkanen et al.
P
2004-5
EFI
Agreed to be published as EFI Proceedings.
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Series
Time frame
Rametsteiner et al. Spiecker et al.
RR
2004
Brill
RR
2004
Brill
Project Centres Title Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Forestry in Central Europe Norway Spruce Conversion: Options and Consequences
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Notes / Publisher
Status in July 2004 Manuscript submitted to SAB in June 2004 Published.
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EFI’S STRATEGIC PLAN 2003-2008 PROJECT CENTRES
YEAR: 2004-2005
REGIONAL 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 all 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 socio-economic 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 2004-2005 The kick-off meeting for CONFOREST second term was held in Zvolen on 19-20 February 2004 to develop and discuss the outline for the scientific activities of the initiative in the years 2004 – 2008. 32 scientists from 10 countries (representing 19 research institutions) participated and contributed to this meeting. As a result of this meeting, signature of the Memorandum of Understanding has been announced by 23 institutions in 16 countries. The Memorandum of Understanding is to be finalised by September 2004, when a side meeting of the initiative will be held during the EFI Annual Conference in Bangor, Wales. Based on the MoU and discussions during this side meeting, the final working group structure will be agreed and implemented. Working group leaders will be identified and a homepage set up to continually disseminate the initiative's activities to the scientific and stakeholder community. Recruitment efforts for additional CONFOREST members and contributors to the working groups will be made on an ongoing basis. The 2nd working session of the initiative will be scheduled and organised for the first half of 2005.
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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ONGOING PROJECTS 2004-2005
Main milestones in 2004-2005
Time frame
Budget total KEUR
Strengthening the network and preparations for FP6
Establishment of the follow-up of RPCCONFOREST, widening of research scope and winning of additional members
05/03 04/04
56
Preparation of an application for the networking
Submission of the application
05/04 08/04
15
Objectives and ways of the transformation of monocultural spruce forests: evaluation of exemplary areas of `close-to-nature` forest management in the Czech Republic (Institute of Forest Ecology, Brno, Czech Republic)
Analysis of changes in accumulation / character of surface humus and in element cycles, investigation of processes regarding decomposition of organic residues and changes in the chemistry of humus layers
conclusions regarding - the impact of spruce monocultures on nutrient cycles and chemistry of upper soil horizons, - podzolization processes - effects of broadleaved species in the process of conversion
02 - 05
UN
Setting up of CONFOREST’s new structure (working groups, working group leaders) (Institute for Forest Growth, Germany; Forest Research Institute Baden-Wuerttemberg, Freiburg, Germany)
Coordination during the initial phase, preparation of Bangor side meeting
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Bangor side meeting establish working group structure identify working group leaders
09/04 11/04
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Environmental, social and economic feasibility of forest conversion – Fefocon” (Department of Forest and Water Management, University Gent; Plant and Microbial Ecology, University Liège; Human Ecology, Vrije University Brussels; Department of General Economics, University Gent, Belgium)
provide a series of policy instruments for the conversion to more sustainable forest types, guidelines for policy makers and dissemination of forest conversion related output to managers
quantify the impact of forest conversion on biodiversity and environmental quality of forests - gather information about the willingness of forest owners to convert coniferous forests and about possible ways to stimulate them in this direction - predict the behavioural intentions
03 - 05
UN
Growth modelling of Sitka spruce and birch as decision support system for continuous cover forestry - Tyfiant Coed (School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences of the University of Wales; Forestry Commission Wales)
develop a decision support system for continuous cover forestry with Sitka spruce and birch, alternative silvicultural scenarios for specific forest stands, accurate forecasts in terms of yield, economics and ecological consequences
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01 - 04
629
Project (Co-ordinator; partners) Conversion of secondary coniferous forests into site-adapted mixed broadleaf forests (Institute for Forest Growth, Freiburg, Germany) Fundraising for CONFOREST (Institute for Forest Growth; Forest Research Institute Baden-Wuerttemberg , Freiburg, Germany)
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Objectives
-
network of permanent sample plots establish several temporary plots perform standard inventory measures preliminary model
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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) Modelling and comparative analysis of silvicultural systems in view of the changing role of forestry in society (Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands) Nutrient cycling in secondary pure spruce (Picea abies) and mixed spruce-beech (Fagus sylvatica) stands (Institute of Forest Ecology; Division of Analytical Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Austria; Austrian Research Centre Seibersdorf Research GmbH; Institute of Ecology and Conservation Biology, University of Vienna; Austrian Federal Office and Research Centre for Forests) Alternative silvicultural systems for upland forests in Great Britain” within the national funding for the research programme “Forest Research”
(Forestry Commission, UK)
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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 analyse the long-term consequences of nature-oriented forest management with respect to the main forest functions
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maintenance of field trials availability of 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 analysis of silvicultural systems being practiced in Europe overall comparison of silvicultural systems world-wide
UN
02 - 06
UN
01/01 06/05
UN
97 - 08
UN
investigate effects of admixture of beech to secondary pure spruce stands with special emphasis on nutrient cycling
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
improve the theoretical basis for understanding and describing the impact of forest management on nutrient cycling - modelling management effects on forest soil processes, nutrient fluxes - distinguish pathways of nutrient turnover in pure spruce / mixed sprucebeech stands
01/01 12/06
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revision of existing information peer reviewed papers support training courses and advise on pilot areas - identification and cataloguing of key long-term experiments
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PLANNED PROJECTS 2004-2005 Project (Co-ordinator; partners) Modelling forest management and wood production under changing socio-economic conditions (Institute for Forest Growth, Germany (partner in a concerted project))
Objectives -
Development and application of models predicting natural production in the context of conversion Institute for Forest Growth, Germany as one partner in the following concerted project: “Decision support strategies for designing close-to-nature forests” (Institute of Silviculture, Institute for Forest Growth, Forest Research Institute Baden-Wuerttemberg, Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape and Land Use Research, Germany)
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Networking activities of CONFOREST Forest Research Institute of Baden-Wuerttemberg, 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
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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analysis of effects regarding demographic change on forest management, forest growth and timber production as well as forest stability compilation of results in defined baseline scenarios development of forest management options development and validation of growth models with regard to conversion like measures investigation of forest growth dynamics with regard to defined conversion strategies for coniferous forests delineation of defined conversion strategies with regard to key influencing factors estimation of consequences for forest growth and wood production when applying different conversion strategies support for goals in CONFOREST dedicated funds for networking activities and CONFOREST-related travel promote good environmental and forest practice build upon and expand the network of local cluster groups
Submitted to the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research in July 2004
2005 - 2007
Budget total KEUR s 110
Submitted to the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research in July 2004
2005 – 2007
144
Submission for funds under preparation Submitted
2005 – 2008
UN
2004 – 2007
UN
Status
Time frame
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EVENTS 2004-2005 Event
Place
Output
Planned dates
Kick-Off-Meeting
Zvolen, Slovak Republic
19-20Feb04
Minutes
Transformation to continuous cover forestry in a changing environment
Bangor, United Kingdom
04-07Sep04
Proceedings, minutes of the Side-Meeting
Working session
N.N.
Spring 2005
Minutes
PUBLICATIONS in 2004-2005 (and beyond) Title Norway spruce Conversion - Options and Consequences. The Question of Conversion of Coniferous Forests. Abstracts of the International Conference 27 September - 02 October 2003, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Conversion of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) forests in Europe. In: Stanturf, J.A. & Madsen, P. (eds.): Restoring Temperate and Boreal Forested Landscapes. Conversion of coniferous forests: Will ecological and economic needs meet? A moving target: Forest growth in a changing environment - The role of long-term dynamics. In: Towards the sustainable use of Europe's forests. Forest ecosystem and landscape research: scientific challenges and opportunities. Scientific conference 25-27 June 2003, Tours / France.
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Author(s) / Editor(s)
Planned date for the publication
Spiecker, H., Hansen, J., Klimo, E., Skovsgaard, J.P., Sterba, H. & Teuffel, K. von (eds.)
2004
EFI Research Report 18. Leiden, Boston: S. Brill: X + 269 S.
Hansen, J., Spiecker, H. & Teuffel, K. von (eds.)
2004
Freiburger Forstliche Forschung, Berichte 47, 2nd revised and advanced edition: 85 p.
Hansen, J. & Spiecker, H.
2004
CRC Press (in press)
Hansen, J.
2004
EFI News 12 (1-2): 3-6
Kahle, H.P., Hansen, J. & Spiecker, H.
2004
EFI Proceedings (accepted)
Publisher (EFI or other)
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11th Annual Conference of EFI 3 September 2004, Bangor, UK Das Forschungsnetzwerk CONFOREST: Regionen- und länderübergreifende Zusammenarbeit zur Überführung gleichaltriger Fichtenbestände.
Hansen, J.
2004
Forst und Holz (in preparation).
BUDGET in EUR for the Project Centre (the funding which goes through the accounts of the co-ordinator to the activities of the Project Centre) 2004 50,700.00 €
2005 Approval pending
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 2004-2005 2004 EUFORIC contributed to urban forestry networking in Europe e.g. by co-organising the 7th European Forum on Urban Forestry, held in conjunction with the conference “Urban Woods, To Be Used By Everyone” in Stockholm (May 2004), and by cooperation with key organisations such as FAO and IUFRO. Compilation and dissemination of urban forestry information has continued through the scientific journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening (www.elsevier.de/ufug), which is edited at EUFORIC, and by finalising of the manuscript of the first European reference book on urban forestry. Good practice developed was supported by compiling an overview of innovative planning, design and management tools within the NeighbourWoodsproject, and the development of an information system for the Forest Park Zone of St Petersburg. EUFORIC’s efforts within urban forestry education and training intensified, and a start was made with the establishment of an international Master programme on urban forestry & urban greening in Denmark/Sweden. EUFORIC will co-organise a training course on urban woodland planning and management for planners and managers in September 2004. First steps were taken towards an extension of the EUFORIC consortium, in order to expand the geographical, institutional and disciplinary coverage of the centre. 2005 EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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11th Annual Conference of EFI 3 September 2004, Bangor, UK In order to enhance the sustainability of EUFORIC, an urban forestry information service will be developed. This service will include, among other, a monthly newsletter. Institutions and individuals interested in urban forestry can subscribe to this service for a fee. Moreover, coordination funding will hopefully be generated by the establishment of a Nordic-Baltic centre of advanced research on the topic of forestry serving urbanised societies, which would have close ties and synergy effects with EUFORIC. Also during 2005, the R&D project in St Petersburg will end. EUFORIC will have its main annual event at the European Forum on Urban Forestry in Celje, Slovenia (May 9-13, 2005). During late 2004 and early 2005, initiatives for new R&D projects will be developed.
ONGOING PROJECTS 2004-2005 Project (Co-ordinator; partners)
Objectives
Main milestones in 2004-2005
Time frame
NeighbourWoods (EU’s Fifth Framework Programme)
Develop socially-inclusive planning, design and management tools for urban woodlands in Europe
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Case studies (“tool testing”) completed Toolbox for planning, design and management developed Dissemination of results
07/2001 – 10/2004
1600
Strategy for Forest Park Zone of St Petersburg drafted Further development of GIS to support planning and management Establishment of demonstration forest
1/2002 – 4/2005
600
Programme development underway. Approval and support secured from NOVA
2004-
Coordinator: Skov & Landskab, DFLRI 7 partners, including members of EUFORIC core consortium Planning and Management System for the Forest Greenbelt of St Petersburg
• Development of an integrated planning and management system for the 142,000 ha forest greenbelt of St Petersburg
Project leader: DFLRI, with e.g. St Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy. Joint project of the PROCES and EUFORIC RPCs. Approval of SAB via PROCES-request. Development of a Nordic Master on urban forestry & urban greening
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A Nordic Master will start in Denmark/Sweden during autumn 2005
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Budget total KEUR1
ca. 30 (prepar.)
1
N.B. this includes project funding for institutions that are not formally part of EUFORIC.
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PLANNED PROJECTS 2004-2005 Project (Co-ordinator; partners) Nordic virtual centre of advanced research on forestry serving urbanised societies (“CAReFOR-US”)
Objectives • •
Status
Enhance Nordic and Baltic R&D networking Although not formally a EUFORIC activity, close ties can be created, as many partners participate in both centres
Time frame
Application under development
2005-2009
Budget total KEUR s 180
EVENTS 2004-2005 Event
Place
Planned dates
Output
International conference “Urban Woods, To Be Used By Everone” and 7th European Forum on Urban Forestry
Stockholm, Sweden
May 23-27, 2004
International course “Urban Woodland Planning and Management”
Stockholm, Sweden
September 29 – October 1, 2004
8th European Forum on Urban Forestry and EUFORIC annual conference
Celje, Slovenia
May 9-13, 2005
Abstract book/proceedings to be prepared
Subplenary sessions “Forestry for Urban Development – Urban forestry as a tool for industrialising countries” & “Forests, Trees, Human Health and Wellbeing” at XXII IUFRO World Congress
Brisbane, Australia
August 8-13, 2005
Papers presented at the two sessions will be submitted to Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Proceedings under preparation (e.g. special issue of Urban Forestry & Urban Greening). A summary of the conference is available from www.svo.se/urbanwoods For more information see www.svo.se/urbanwoods
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PUBLICATIONS in 2004-2005 (and beyond) - Selected Title
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Planned date for the publication 2004
Publisher (EFI or other)
Forestry serving urbanised societies. Selected papers from the conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark, 27 to 30 August 2002
Konijnendijk, C.C., Schipperijn, J. and Hoyer, K.K. (eds.)
Wanna meet your fellow urban foresters? Proceedings, 6th European Forum on Urban Forestry, May 21-23, 2003, the Netherlands
De Vreese, R. et al. (eds.)
2004
Larenstein University etc., Velp
NeighbourWoods for better cities – Tools for developing multifunctional community woodlands in Europe
Konijnendijk, C.C. & Schipperijn J. (eds.).
2004
Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning, KVL, Frederiksberg
Urban Forestry. (In: Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences (Eds. Burley J, Evans, J and Younquist), pp. 471-478.) Enhancing the forest policy/science interface in Europe: Urban forestry leading the way COST Action E12: Urban forests and trees Proceedings No 2
Konijnendijk, C.C. & Randrup, T.B.
2004
Elsevier Science, London
Konijnendijk, C.C.
2004 (in press)
Konijnendijk, C.C., Schipperijn, J. & Nilsson, K. (eds.)
2004 (in press)
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Science (19, supplement) Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg
Urban Forests and Urban Trees in Europe – A reference book Urban Forestry & Urban Greening (peerreviewed scientific journal)
Nilsson, K., Randrup, T.B. & Konijnendijk, C.C. (eds.) Konijnendijk, C.C. & Randrup T.B. (eds.)
2004/2005
Springer Publishers Elsevier Science
Innovations and perspectives in European urban forestry
various
2004-2005 (4 issues scheduled per year) 2005-2006
IUFRO, Vienna (World Series Volume 14)
EFI Discussion Paper?
BUDGET in EUR for the Project Centre (the funding which goes through the accounts of the co-ordinator to the activities of the Project Centre) 2004 2005 Ca. 300,000 euro1 350,000 euro 1 N.B. the finances for EUFORIC are not separated from R&D activities within Forest & Landscape Denmark, nor the consortium partners. The estimate is based on the budget/expenses for EUFORIC-related activities (international urban forestry projects, networking). EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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PROJECT CENTRE IEFC - Multifunctionality of Atlantic Forests Main objectives The IEFC action promotes the cooperation between institutions and the transfer among professionals trough several activities: organising conferences, setting up international projects, joint data managing, taking part in the EFI network. The IEFC is an association, which gathers research organisations, universities, transfer organisations and professional organisations that wish to take part in the scientific cooperation and transfer of knowledge on cultivated forests. This network started out as an initiative of the Union des Sylviculteurs du Sud de l'Europe and is a project centre of EFI. Its has 26 members in the area of the Atlantic Arc. The main project of the Project Centre, Multifunctionality of Atlantic Forests – MAF, 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 years 2004-2005 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 of 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. The IEFC network is also involved in the editing of “Monograph of Pinus Pinaster” that will feature 100 authors from 10 countries. Another small project about perception of forest management by forest managers is also ongoing.
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Project (Co-ordinator; partners) FORSEE: 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;) INndicateurs Sociologiques Forestiers AquitaineEuskadi
Main milestones in 2004-2005
Time frame
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
Kick of meetings experts groups reports brochures for regional and international dissemination list of relevant indicators assessed with its cost Scientific reports about the specific studies 9 pilot zones Report about the existing regional monitoring tools Workshops Seminars
Start 11-03 End 10-06
To estimate public and forest managers• perception of forest management •
Surveys Reports
09-03/ 08-05
Budget total KEUR 3000
12
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Project (Co-ordinator; partners) DEvelopment FORestier2 (IEFC, France, AFOCEL, France, CTBA, France, FIBA, France, ISA, Portugal, TRAGSA, Spain, SERIDA, Spain, AIDIMA, Spain)
Objectives
Status
To transfer knowledge and innovation to SME's all over the forest wood chain (nurseries, sylviculture harvesting, logistic)
Time frame
submitted to EU in 2005-2007 July 2004’
Budget total KEUR s 1500
EVENTS 2004-2005
Event
Place
Planned dates
Output
Forest Soil Symposium2
Bordeaux, France
September 14th, 2004
e.g. Proceedings
IUFRO 8 Division Meeting
Bordeaux, France
March, 2005
e.g. Proceedings
5 FORSEE Technical Committees
Bordeaux, France; 04/01 Palencia, Spain Porto, Portugal 04/06 To be defined 05/03 05/09 Bilbao, Spain 04/03 Porto, Portugal 05/03
IEFC, Annual meeting
abstracts
abstracts
PUBLICATIONS in 2004-2005 (and beyond)
Title Pinus Pinaster Monograph1
Author(s) / Editor(s) IEFC, INRA (100 authors)
Planned date for the publication October 2005
Publisher (EFI or other) INRA for French (English, Spanish, and Portuguese versions are not defined yet)
BUDGET in EUR for the Project Centre (the funding which goes through the accounts of the co-ordinator to the activities of the Project Centre)
2004
2005 500000
activity not directly related with MAF project EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
1000000
2IEFC
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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 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 innovation and entrepreneurship policies with different policy concepts, policies and programmes relevant in the forestry and forest sector context and cross-sectoral policy co-ordination as well as instruments of innovation policies, o Innovation and entrepreneurship 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 Innovation and entrepreneurship in wood and non-wood forest products and related production chains; o Horizontal co-operations in small-scale forestry and vertical co-operations in the forestry-wood chain.
Main targets for the years 2004-2005 The main target of the Project Centre for the year 2004 is the discussion and completion of the Work Plan as well as the elaboration of the detailed task plans for the research in the following years. Furthermore, work in single tasks will begin during the second half of 2004 and continue in 2005. Research on innovation in forest-related environmental services (task 2.2), policy integration and co-ordination (task 1.1), financial incentives (task 1.2) and informational instruments (task 1.3) will be conducted with priority. The project on environmental services will be concluded by the end of 2004. In addition, research results of EFI RPC INNOFORCE 2001-2003 will be further disseminated. The research report on “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Forestry” is currently in review by the SAB of EFI and a special issue in the “Journal of Forest Policy and Economics” on the topic is currently in preparation.
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ONGOING PROJECTS 2004-2005 (Budgets partly estimated) Project (Co-ordinator; partners) INNONATUR (Task 2.2) (Gerhard Weiss, BOKU Austria, Nickola Stoyanov, Bulgaria; Rossitsa Chobanova, Bulgaria; Maria Stoyanova, Bulgaria; Anders Lunnan, Norway; Simona Drágoi, Romania)
Objectives
Collection and analysis of innovative approaches of forestrelated environmental services, and approaches to similar situations in other sectors that might be transferable to forestry, Identification of types of environmental services, Identification and develop-ment of policy strategies and instruments for fostering innovation for the sustainable development of the forest sector. 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 developmentoriented 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
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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.
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Innovation Policy Integration and Co-ordination (Task 1.1) (Ewald Rametsteiner, BOKU Austria; Nickola Stoyanov, Bulgaria; Dragan Nonic, Serbia and Montenegro; Vilem Jarsky, Czech Republic; Gian Antonio Battistel, Italy; Diana Mizaraite, Lithuania; 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) EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Main milestones in 2004-2005
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Time frame
Budget total KEUR 30
Typology of forest-related environmental services, Case collection and analysis, Workshop with practitioners on strategies for fostering forest-related environmental services (planned in Austria); Workshop report Paper / Report on innovation systems in forest-related environmental services
Start 06-04 / End 12-04
List of organizations, policies, programmes and initiatives in key policy fields and related contact persons List of existing and possible links to organizations, policies, programmes and initiatives in key policy fields and related text Case study report Consolidated reports, policy paper Component of international conference: innovation policy integration and crosssectoral policy co-ordination Database on innovation funding programmes for the forest sector at EU-, national, regional and local level, Information tool on funding possibilities for innovation and start-ups in forestry Firm level and institutional level surveys
Start 07-04 / End 10-05
15
Start 07-04/ End 10-06
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The objective is to assist in information transfer related to innovation and startups 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.
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List of educational organisations and existing courses/ programmes List and collected material (set of examples) on existing information and education instruments Curricula and material for courses
Start 01-05/ End 01-08
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PLANNED PROJECTS 2004-2005 Project (Co-ordinator; partners) 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, Oscar Hultaker, Sweden; Laura Bouriaud, Romainia) EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Objectives
Status
Time frame
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.
Work plan development
in
2004-2006
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.
Work plan development
in
2005-2008
Budget total KEUR s
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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.
Work plan development
in
2005-2006
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.
Work plan development
in
2005-2008
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.
Work plan development
in
2005-2008
EVENTS 2004-2005 Event
Place
Planned dates
EFI PC INNOFORCE Conference “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Forestry”
Vienna, Austria
22 April 2004
EFI PC INNOFORCE Kick Off Meeting
Vienna, Austria
22 April 2004
EFI PC INNOFORCE Consortium Meeting
Sofia, Bulgaria
27-28 October 2004
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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Austria
October 2004
t.b.d.
2005
Workshop Report
PUBLICATIONS in 2004-2005 (and beyond) Title
Author(s) / Editor(s)
“Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Forestry”, special issue The Role of Sectoral and Regional Innovation Systems in Central European Forestry Entrepreneurial attitudes and probability for start-ups – an investigation of Norwegian nonindustrial private forest owners The evaluation of institutional and product innovation in forestry: a proposal for tools in a multi-functionality approach Strategies of forestry contractors coping with structural change – theoretical assumptions and empirical results Research report “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Forestry in Central Europe”
Ewald Rametsteiner (Guest Editor)
Planned date for the publication Winter 2004/2005
Publisher (EFI or other) Elsevier Journal of Forest Policy and Economics Elsevier Journal of Forest Policy and Economics Elsevier Journal of Forest Policy and Economics
Klaus Kubeczko, Ewald Rametsteiner, Gerhard Weiss Anders Lunnan, Erlend Nybakk, Birger Vennesland
Winter 2004/2005
Sandra Notaro, Geremia Gios, Alessandro Paletto
Winter 2004/2005
Elsevier Journal of Forest Policy and Economics
Thomas Brogt, TillWestermayer, Edgar Kastenholz, Siegfried Lewark Ewald Rametsteiner, Klaus Kubeczko, Gerhard Weiss
Winter 2004/2005
Elsevier Journal of Forest Policy and Economics
2004/2005
EFI
Winter 2004/2005
BUDGET in EUR for the Project Centre (the funding which goes through the accounts of the co-ordinator to the activities of the Project Centre) 2004 90.000
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
2005 70.000
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PROJECT CENTRE MEDFOREX Main objectives MEDFOREX will set up standard protocols for valuation, find values related to several types of Mediterranean forests, test the transferability of those values, develop integrated decision making tools, incorporate equity considerations when evaluating, and disseminate the results among the scientific community and a variety of end-users. MEDFOREX consists of a network of 37 institutions from most of the Mediterranean countries which are participating in the activities promoted by the project. The three main general areas of research interest for MEDFOREX are 1. 2. 3.
Valuation of Mediterranean forest externalities Decision support tools for the management and planning of Mediterranean forests, taking externalities into account Networking and dissemination.
Main targets for the years 2004-2005 2004 • To submit three project proposals to the European Science Foundation and the Tempus program on topics related to MEDFOREX project • To start one doctoral thesis on forest valuation • To start a COST Action- EUROFOREX on European Forest Externalities • To organize MEDFOREX annual meeting in Solsona (Spain) • To organize The II Ibero-American Simposium on Forest Management and Economics • To organize an Advanced course together with IAMZ (Zaragoza) on “Criteria for Multifunctional Mediterranean Forest Ecosystem Management” 2005 • To publish the book “Mediterranean forests and people: the total economic value” • To organize the EFI annual conference • To continue work with two doctoral theses • To organize MEDFOREX annual meeting in Orestiada (Greece) • To submit several international project proposals • To organize an Advanced course together with IAMZ (Zaragoza) on “Criteria for Multifunctional Mediterranean Forest Ecosystem Management”
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ONGOING PROJECTS 2004-2005 Project (Co-ordinator; partners)
Objectives
Main milestones in 2004-2005
Mediterranean forests and people: the total value (University of Padova, Italy; Forest Service. Service des Eaux et Forêts, Morocco; INRGREF, Tunisia; The American University of Beirut, Lebanon; Technical Univerity of Karadenik, Turkey; Higher Technological University of Kavala, Greece; Forest and Pasture Research Institute, Albania; Forest Research Institute, Croatia; Slovenian Forestry Institute Slovenia; INRA Nancy, France; CSID, Spain, CTFC, Spain; Portuguese Catholic University, Portugal)
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To identify, collect and quantify Mediterranean forest products, services and externalities at a country level for the whole Mediterranean basin
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Valuation of Mediterranean forest externalities (CTFC, Spain)
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To apply the choice experiment method to value certain forest externalities (recreational function, carbon storage, erosion protection etc.) for different Mediterranean forest types.
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Integrating the risk of forest fires into forest management planning (CTFC Spain, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal, University of Joensuu, Finland)
Examining alternative landscape metrics in forest ecological landscape planning (CTFC, Spain, Timo Pukkala, University of Joensuu, Finland)
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
A book entitled Mediterranean forests and people: the total value
Time frame
Start 2000/ End 01-2005
A scientific publication on valuing forest externalities using the choice experiment.
Start 2004/ End 2007
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To develop new risk assessment models to integrate forest fires issues into the decision making process of forest management planning • To develop and apply multiobjective optimization techniques for solving fire risk management problems
A scientific paper on modelling the risk of fires • A scientific paper on Optimising the stand-level 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 2005
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•
Start 2003/ end 2005
To develop and apply multiobjective optimization techniques for solving forest ecological landscape problems • To test alternative landscape metrics as ecological objective variables in forest landscape planning
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A scientific publication on the topic
Budget total KEUR
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PLANNED PROJECTS 2004-2005 Project (Co-ordinator; partners) EUROFOREX - Cost Action on European Forest Externalities (Pere Riera, CTFC, Spain)
Objectives
1.
2. 3.
Status
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
submitted to COST
Time frame
Budget total KEUR s
Planned 2004 – 2008 year
EVENTS 2004-2005 Event
Place
Planned dates
Output
MEDFOREX Annual meeting
Orestiada (Greece)
April-May 2005
II Ibero-American Symposium of Forest Management and Economics
Barcelona
18-20 Sepetember 2004
Proceedings
EFI Annual Conference
Barcelona
September 2005
Proceedings
PUBLICATIONS in 2004-2005 (and beyond) Title Mediterranean forests and people: the total value
Editors: L. Croitoru, P. Gatto, M. Merlo
Planned date for the publication 2005
A protocol for good practice in valuing forest goods and services
Pere Riera
2005
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Publisher (EFI or other)
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M. Palahí, T. Pukkala. L. Pascual , A. Trasobares
2005
PhD, Pere Riera JR. González, T. Pukkala, M. Palahí, A. Trasobares JR. González, T. Pukkala, M. Palahí
2005 2005 2005
BUDGET in EUR for the Project Centre 2004
2005 120.000
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
120.000
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PROJECT CENTRE PROCES
Main objectives General objective The general objectives of PROCES are the co-ordination and development of the forest modelling scenario researches and transfer the results to practice in North-West part of Russia. Specific objectives 1. Creation of Forest Risk Assessment System for the Forest Scenario Modelling included forming of database for hazard factor effects, estimation of illegal cutting activity, economic prognosis of demand and supplies for different levels. 2. Improving of forest resource scenario models correspondingly with Pan European demands and local requirements. 3. Strengthen and develop networking and collaboration among forestry research capacities in NIS countries and in Europe. 4. Promote and develop sustainable forestry research and its direct link with practice in order to enhance the sustainability of the forest sector.
Main targets for the years 2004-2005 • • • • • • • •
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 meta database); development of the strategy for Forest Park Zone of Saint-Petersburg; 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.
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ONGOING PROJECTS 2004-2005 Project (Co-ordinator; partners) Planning and Management System for the St. Petersburg Forest Greenbelt (Cecil Konijnendijk, Denmark, SPb FTA)
Risk Assessment in Forest Scenario Modelling (Andrey Selikhovkin, Russia, EFI)
Economic Evaluation and Implementation Strategy of Forestry Scenarios for the European Part of Russian Federation, subcontract “Modelling and assessment of economic accessibility of forests in Novgorod region, Russia” (Anatoly Petrov, Russia, EFI)
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Objectives The social, environmental and economic goods and services of the St. Petersburg urban greenbelt preserved and optimized through the development and implementation of a comprehensive forest planning and management system. 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 Byelorusia
The major objective of the study is evaluation of social and economic consequences of implementing in Russian European Part the principles of sustainable forest management approved by Rosleskhoz in “Criteria and Indicators of sustainable forest management in Russian Federation” in 1998. The study has to economically evaluate different scenarios of forest management including current practice and possible future alternatives. North West Russian region was selected as subject for the case study.
Main milestones in 2004-2005
Organizing of model forest in Toksovo Forest Park; organizing of seminars and excursions for stakeholders and students in model forest; development of the strategy of forest park zone planning and management 1. to verify existing data and create real database of the hazard factors impacts; 2. 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; 3. to evaluate loses after the factors impacts and determine dominant hazard factors; 4. to carry out prediction tools for concrete realities as a model; 5. to estimate effectiveness of the model for different scenarios. Description of methodological approaches for estimating the economic accessibility of forest resources; EFI Internal report. Development of the guidelines to support better forest management and investment planning in the investigated region. Peer reviewed paper on the results of the project.
Time frame 01.2002 05.2005
Budget total EUR 638375
01.2004 06.2006
14400
2003 2004
8000
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EVENTS 2004-2005 Event
Place
Planned dates
Output
Initial PROCES seminars
St. Petersburg
Each year
Minutes
Annual PROCES seminar
St. Petersburg
December each year
Minutes
International workshop on illegal cutting
St. Petersburg
2004
Proceedings
International seminar on disturbance factors in North-East Europe
St. Petersburg
2004
Proceedings
International expedition in South Karelia to investigate disturbance factors on Forest Ecosystems Workshop in Toksovo model forest for stakeholders
St. Petersburg
2004
Scientific report
St. Petersburg
2005
Not defined
Workshop on marketing of forest park zone goods and services
St. Petersburg
2005
Not defined
PUBLICATIONS in 2004-2005 (and beyond) Title Problems of illegal cuttings in Russia
Author(s) / Editor(s)
Case studies of illegal logging - EFI Discussion Paper
V.N. Petrov, Risto Paivinen and others A.V. Selikhovkin, Risto Paivinen and others
Possible changes in forest damage by insect pests due to predicted environmental changes in the Barents region
M. V. Kozlov, P. Niemelä, A.V. Selikhovkin, E.L. Zvereva, V.E. Zverev
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
Planned date for the publication 2005
Publisher (EFI or other)
2004
EFI
2004
Turku University
EFI
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Author(s) / Editor(s)
Planned date for the publication 2004
Estonian Agrucultural University
A.V. Selikhovkin, B.G. Popovichev
2004
Saint-Petersburg Mining University
A.V. Selikhovkin
2004
A.V. Lioubimov
2005
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research Forest Technical Academy
E.N. Kuznetsov
2005
Not defined
A.V. Selikhovkin
Forest disturbance factors in North-West Part of Russia. Natural Disturbances and EcosystemBased Forest Management. Evaluation of possible effects and forecast of dominant catastrophic influences on forest ecosystems in North of the European part of Russia Main disturbance factors in North-West Part of Russia: structure, specific, databases Dynamics of forest recourse base in North-West Russia New planning and management system for forest-park zone of Saint-Petersburg based on GIS
Publisher (EFI or other)
BUDGET in EUR for the Project Centre 2004
2005
89700
93200
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
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PROVISIONAL EFI BUDGET FOR YEARS 2004 & 2005 2004 Euro '000
update August 2004, KL
2005 Euro '000
INCOME Finnish Government Grant External Funding Firm Confident Estimated revenue from applications Membership Fees Seminar fees Publication sales Interest, rents, other minor income
1 009
TOTAL INCOME
EXPENDITURE
1 009
1 688
SOURCE of FUNDS Grant+ External Memb.f.
1 533 1 498 190 0 150 95 6 16
503 758 122 150 127 6 17
2 964
2 692
SOURCE of FUNDS Total Grant+ External Memb.f.
Total
Administration + Research Support Personnel Other Costs
298 216
5 17
303 233
298 217
10 17
308 234
Communication (Publication, Events, PR) Personnel Other Costs
96 65
18 84
114 149
100 61
20 109
120 170
45 106
0 9
45 115
45 106
0 9
45 115
Programme 1 Personnel Other Costs
46 16
235 37
281 53
57 10
207 56
264 66
Programme 2 Personnel Other Costs
63 6
181 48
244 54
62 8
99 9
161 17
Programme 3 Personnel Other Costs
57 12
202 468
259 480
64 6
127 450
191 456
Programme 4 Personnel Other Costs
80 9
160 291
240 300
80 9
62 207
142 216
1 115 685 430
1 755 801 954
2 870 1 123 706 2 567 417 1 384
1 504 598 906
2 627 1 304 1 323
35
5
5
41
Members, Board and SAB Personnel Other Costs Research
TOTALS Total Personnel Total Other costs
CHANGES TO ASSET VALUATION Depreciation
PROFIT
EFI Work Plan 2004-2005
40
54
36
24
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Item 5
Appointment of Board members and auditors 2004/2005
a) Appointment of Board members Documents: - Letter from the Chairman of the Board Appointment Committee, Albert Dudek - Short CVs (4) of the candidates for the Board of EFI 2004/2005 - Rules for the nomination and appointment of EFI Board Members and Guiding Principles
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Warsaw, 25 May 2004 Dear EFI members, The Board Appointment Committee (BAC) of EFI consists of Chairman and two Vice-chairmen of the Annual Conference. Our task is to prepare the election of the EFI Board at the next Conference. The procedure for nomination and appointment has been updated and approved of at the IX-th Conference at Copenhagen in 2002. We have been following them during our work. This year there are two members stepping down after six years of fruitful contribution to the Board’s activities: Anatoly Pietrov and Francisco Rego. The first recommendation of the BAC is to reelect the seven other current Board members: Zoltan Somogyi, Jan Ilavsky, Francois Houllier, Xavier Ballabriga, Liisa Saarenmaa, Birger Solberg and Konstantin von Teuffel. According to procedure we have received four nominations with letters of support. We have got four excellent candidates, we have been checking all received materials and after discussion we dare to recommend the Conference of Members Representatives: -to vote first on the reelection of the seven current Board members, - and after to elect the next two Board members from the list of four Candidates namely: Cecil Konijnendijk, nominated by Forest & Landscape, Denmark, supported by 3 member’s organizations, Joao Santos Pereira, nominated by Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal, supported by 3 member’s organizations, Andrey V. Selikhovkin, nominated by St. Petersburg Forest Technical Academy, Russia, supported by 5 member’s organizations, Petar Zhelev, nominated by University of Forestry, Bulgaria, supported by 2 member’s organizations. To each Candidate should be offered the opportunity to address The Conference for a maximum of five minutes (in alphabetical order).
Chairman and Vice-chairmen of the Xth Anuual EFI Conference: Albert Dudek Piermaria Corona Jan-Erik Hallgren They all discussed and approved above – Warsaw, 2nd of June 2004.
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Brief Curriculum Vitae - Cecil Cornelis Konijnendijk Personal Information Sex: Born: Nationality: Current residency: Marital state: Working address:
Male 4 October 1970 in Maurik, the Netherlands Dutch Dragoer, Denmark Married Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning (Forest & Landscape Denmark), Royal Veterinary and Agric. University Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg, Denmark Tel (mobile): +45 33 24 72 30; Email:
[email protected]
Education: - D.Sc. (Agr. & For.), Faculty of Forestry, University of Joensuu, Finland (1999) - Ingenieur (ir.) in Forestry, Wageningen Agricultural University, Netherlands (1995) Current Positions (Employment): - Senior researcher, Dept. of Parks and Urban Landscapes, Forest and Landscape Denmark - Coordinator “Urban Forestry & Urban Greening”, Forest and Landscape Denmark - Visiting professor, Dept. of Human Ecology, Free University of Brussels Current Positions (Other): - Coordinator, IUFRO Working Party 6.14.00 Urban Forestry - Editor-in-Chief, scientific journal “Urban Forestry & Urban Greening” (Elsevier) - Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Arboriculture - Consulting member, International Forestry Students Association Past Positions (Employment): - Researcher, Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute (1999-2001) - Researcher, European Forest Institute (1995-1999) - Guest researcher, Wageningen Agricultural University (1995-1997) - Environmental/sports journalist, e.g. for Dutch National TV (1994-1996) Past Positions (Other): - Coordinator, COST Action E12 “Urban Forests and Trees” (1999-2002) - President, International Forestry Students Association (1994-1999) Links to EFI (Past and Present): - EFI Researcher, based at EFI Headquarters during approx. 2 years (1995-1999) - Coordinator of EFI Project Centre (EUFORIC) since 2000 - Member of Editorial Board, EFI-News - Recipient of Tim Peck Young Scientist Award, 1999 Main Professional (Research and Education) Interests and Experience - Main topics: Forestry in urbanised societies, Urban forestry & urban greening, Forest policy, Social values of forests, Forestry education - R&D, educational experience and/or project leader experience in Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Russia, other European countries, Malaysia, USA Publications: More than 100 scientific and popular-scientific publications on urban forestry, forest policy, forestry education, and other topics (of which 26 peer-reviewed or edited volumes)
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Curriculum Vitae of João Santos Pereira Identification Name: João M. D. Santos Pereira Birthdate: February 22, 1948 Birthplace: Santarém, Portugal
Academic qualification Graduation in Forestry from the Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Institute of Agriculture) of the Technical University of Lisbon (UTL), 1971. Ph. D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (U.S.A.), 1976. (syn.Agregação) at the Technical University of Lisbon in 1979.
Academic positions 1987 - date - Head of the Department of Forestry (DEF), Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), Lisbon. 1985 - date - Full Professor, Dept. of Forestry, ISA. Recipient of Alexander von Humboldt (Germany) fellowships to work at the Uni. Würzburg (1984) and the Uni. Bayreuth (1996) Teaching experience At Instituto Superior de Agronomia: •
Undergraduate level: Ecophysiology of Woody Plants, Forest Ecology, Forest Botany, Agro-Forestry
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Post-graduation: M. Sc.Course in Produção Vegetal (Plant Production): Plant Water Relations; Plant Productivity II, in the of ISA since 1981 to date. Since 1987 to date responsible for the Seminars of this M. Sc. Course. M. Sc. Course in Recursos Florestais (Forest Nat. Resources): Tree Physiology in the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal.
Research interests Ecophysiology of woody plants with emphasis in plant water relations. Ecosystem responses to biodiversity and global changes. The use of physiological research and genetics for plant breeding. Has participated as expert in the scientific evaluation panels of the Commission of European Communities (Brussels) and Portuguese Agencies (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia e Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica). Presently is responsible for the participation of his team in several European (EC) research projects such as: 1.
Biodiversity and ecological processes in terrestrial ecosystems: experimental manipulation of herbaceous plant communities - BIODEPTH (ENV4-CT950008): Duration: 1996-1998.
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2. Genetic, molecular and physiological determinants of water use efficiency and drought resistance in major forest trees- DELTA» (FAIR1-CT95-781). Duration: 1996-1999. 3. MEDEFLU: Carbon and water fluxes of Mediterranean Forests and impacts of land use/cover changes, financed CEC - D.G. XII. Programme ENVIRONMENT (DG XII Contract Nr.ENV4-CT97-0455) Duration: 19981999. 4. CARBOEUROFLUX: An investigation on Carbon and Energy exchanges of terrestrial ecosystems in Europe, financed CEC - D.G. XII. V Framework PROPOSAL N°: EVK2-1999-00229. Aproved. 5. Monitorização da Resposta ao Stress Ambiental em Povoamento de Sobreiro. (PRAXIS) 3/3.2/FLOR/2122/95. Duration: 1996-1999. And participates directly in the research teams of: 1. A European approach for assessing regrowth potential of woody plants: parameters for plant vitality and dormancy of planting stock» (EUVIT).(FAIR 1-CT95-0497). Duration: 1996-1999. 2. Exploitation of nutrient efficiency in forest tree breeding - NUTRIGENE. (FAIR 1-CT97-3454). Duration: 1998-2001. 3. Optimisation of cork-oak seed management in support of community policies for reforestation of cork production» (FAIR 1-CT 97 - 3480). Duration: 19982001. 4. Caracterização fisiológica e genética de um “banco clonal” de Eucalyptus globulus Labil. Em Portugal. (PRAXIS /3/3.2/FLOR/2110/95). Duration: 19961999. Recent Research and Professional Functions •
1996 - date - Portuguese representative in the Project COST E6 EUROSILVA, on tree physiology.
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1992 - 1996 - Together with Prof. M.M. Chaves, Portuguese representative in the Project COST 614 (Brussels), European concerted action on the Impact of elevated CO2, of climate change and air pollutants on tree physiology".
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1992 - 1996 - member of the Co-ordinating Committee of the European Network on Whole Plant Physiology, funded by the European Science Foundation involving groups of 9 European countries.
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1992 - 1995 - Member of the Science Panel of the EC Concerted Action "Research on Continental Ecosystems, and of TERI - Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Initiative - CEC - D.G. XII, Brussels.
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1991 - 1998 - President of the Portuguese Society of Plant Physiology.
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1995 - date - President of the Portuguese Society of Forest Sciences. 1995 date - "Deputy leader" of "Subject Group" S2.01.00 (Physiology) of IUFRO (International Union of Forestry Research Organizations) which includes 8 Working Parties.
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1985 - 1995 - Co-Chairman of the Working Group S2.01.15 of IUFRO in Whole-plant physiology.
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Member of the Editorial Board (or referee board) of the following international scientific journals: Journal of Experimental Botany, Ann. Sci. Forestières, Plant & Soil, Tree Physiology and Forestry.
Recent Publications Scientific papers in refereed publications: Chaves, M.M., Pereira, J.S., Cerasoli, S., Clifton-Brown, J, Miglietta, F. Raschi, A. 1995. Leaf metabolism during summer drought in Quercus ilex trees with lifetime exposure to elevated CO2. J.Biogeography 22: 255-259. Correia, M.J. & J.S. Pereira. 1995. The control of leaf conductance of white lupin by xylem ABA concentration decreases with the severity of water deficits. J. Exp. Bot. 46: 101-110. Correia, M.J., Pereira, J.S., Chaves, M.M., Rodrigues, M.L.,Pacheco, C.A. 1995. ABA xylem concentrations determine maximum daily leaf conductance of field-grown Vitis vinifera L. plants. Plant Cell Environ. 18: 511-521. Pereira, J.S. 1995. Effects of water and nutrient supply on amount and on nutrient concentration of litterfall and forest floor litter in Eucalyptus globulus plantations. Plant and Soil 168-169:287-295. Wendler, R., Carvalho, P.O., Pereira, J.S. and Millard, P. 1995. Role of nitrogen remobilization for new leaf growth of Eucalyptus globulus seedlings. Tree Physiol.15: 679-683. Correia, M.J., Rodrigues, M.L., Ferreira, M.I. and Pereira, J.S. 1996. Diurnal change in the relationship between stomatal conductance and abscisic acid in the xylem sap of field-grown peach trees. J. Exp. Botany 48:1727-1736 Ceulemans, R., McDonald, A.J.S. and Pereira, J.S. 1996. A comparison among eucalypt, poplar and willow characteristics with particular reference to coppice, growth-modelling approach. Biomass and Bioenergy 11: 215-231. Faria, T., Wilkins, D., Besford, R. T., Vaz, M., Pereira, J. S. and Chaves, M. M. 1996. Growth at elevated CO2 leads to down regulation of photosynthesis and altered
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response to high temperature in Quercus suber L. seedlings. J. Exp. Bot. 47: 17551761 Loustau, D., Berbigier, P., Roumagnac, P., Arruda-Pacheco, C., David, J.S., Ferreira, M.I., Pereira, J.S. and Tavares, R. 1996. Transpiration of a 64-year-old maritime pine stand in Portugal. 1. Seasonal course of water flux through maritime pine. Oecologia 107: 33-42. Berbigier, P., Bonnefond, J.M., Loustau, D., Ferreira, M.I., David, J.S. and Pereira, J.S. 1996. Transpiration of a 64-year-old maritime pine stand in Portugal. 2. Evapotranspiration and canopy stomatal conductance measured by an eddy covariance technique. Oecologia 107: 43-52. Faria, T., García-Plazaola, J. I., Abadía, A., Cerasoli, S., Pereira, J.S. and Chaves, M. M. 1996. Diurnal changes in photoprotective mechanisms in leaves of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) during summer. Tree Physiol. 16: 115-125. Maroco, J.P., Pereira, J.S. and Chaves, M.M. 1997. Stomatal responses to leaf-to-air vapour pressure deficit in Sahelian species. Australian J. Plant Phys.24: 381-387. David, T.S., Ferreira, M.I., David, J.S. & Pereira, J.S. 1997. Transpiration from an adult Eucalyptus globulus plantation in Portugal during a spring-summer period of progressively higher water deficit. Oecologia 153-159. García-Plazaola, J. I., Faria, T., Abadía, J., Abadía, A., Chaves, M. M. and Pereira, J.S. 1997. Seasonal changes in the xanthophyll composition of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) leaves. J. Exptl. Botany 1667-1674. Pereira, J.M.C., Tomé, M., Carreiras, J.M.B., Pereira, J.S., David, J.S., Fabião, A.M.D. and Tomé, J.A. 1997. Leaf area estimation from tree allometrics in Eucalyptus globulus plantations. Can. J. Forest Res 27: 166-173. Osório, J., Osório, M. L., Chaves, M. M. and Pereira, J. S. 1998. Effects of water deficits on 13C discrimination and transpiration efficiency of Eucalyptus globulus clones. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 25: 645-653. Osório, J., Osório, M. L., Chaves, M. M. and Pereira, J. S. 1998. Water deficits are more important in delaying growth than in changing patterns of carbon allocation in Eucalyptus globulus. Tree Physiol.18: 363-373. Faria, T., Silvério, D., Breia, E., Cabral, R. Abadia, A., Abadia, J., Pereira, J.S. and Chaves, M.M. 1998. Differences in the response of carbon assimilation to summer stress (water deficits, high light and temperature) in four Mediterranean tree species. Physiol. Plantarum 102: 419-428. Niinemets, Ü., Tenhunen, J.D., Canta, N.R., Chaves, M.M., Faria, T., Pereira, J.S. and Reynolds, J.F. 1999. Interactive effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on the acclimation potential of foliage photosynthetic properties of cork oak, Quercus suber, to elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Global Change Biology 5: 101-115. Faria,T., M.Vaz, Schwanz, P., Polle, A., Pereira, J.S. & Chaves, M.M. 1999. Responses of photosynthetic and defence systems to high temperature stress in Quercus suber L seedlings grown under elevated CO2. Plant Biology 1: 365-371. Hector, A., Schmid, B., Beierkuhnlein, C., Caldeira, M.C., Diemer, M., Dimitrakopoulos, P.G., Finn, J.A., Freitas, H., Giller, P.S., Good, J., Harris, R., Högberg, P., Huss-Danell, K., Joshi, J., Jumpponen, A., Körner, C., Leadley, P.W., Loreau, M., Minns, A., Mulder, C.P.H., O’Donovan, G., Otway, S.J., Pereira, J.S., Prinz, A., Read, D.J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schulze, E.-D., Siamantziouras, A.-S.D., Spehn, E.M., Terry, A.C., Troumbis, A.Y., Woodward, F.I., Yachi, S., Lawton, J.H. 1999. Plant Diversity and Productivity Experiments in European Grasslands. Science 286: 1123-1127. Pereira, J.S. and M.M. Chaves. 1995. Plant responses to drought under climate change in Mediterranean-type ecosystems. In: J. M. Moreno & W.C. Oechel (eds.) Global Change and Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems, Ecol. Studies Vol. 117, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York pp. 140-160.
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Pereira, J.S. Tomé, M., Madeira, M., Oliveira, A.C., Tomé, J. and M.H. Almeida. 1996. Eucalypt plantations in Portugal. In: P. M. Attiwill and M.A. Adams (eds.) Nutrition of Eucalypts, CSIRO Australia. pp. 371-387.
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Brief Curriculum Vitae - ANDREY V. SELIKHOVKIN Personal Information Sex: Male Date of birth: 8-th of April, 1955 Place of birth: Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia Nationality: Russian Marital state, children: Married, two suns Working address: St. Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy, Institutski per. 5, St. Petersburg, 194021 Russia Tel: +7 (812) -550-0253; +7 (812) 591-6531 (office) FAX +7 (812) - 550-0815; Email:
[email protected] Education: D.Sc. (Doctorate degree), Entomology Zoological Institute (St. Petersburg), 1991-1994 Ph.D., Entomology. St. Petersburg State University, 1981-1984 Engineer in Forestry (Forest Pathology) (with honors), St. Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy, 1973-1978, B.S. Current Positions (Employment): - Vice-Rector for Research & International Programs, Head of Dept. of Zoology of St. Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy - Director of St. Petersburg Regional Project Centre of EFI Current Positions (Other): o Editor-in-Chief “Research Works of Saint-Petersburg Forest Technical Academy”, and “Annual Conference of Young Scientists of FTA”. o Member of Scientific Board of Ministry of Natural Resources (Commission for Forest Health) o Member of Coordinate Board of Environment Protection at Government of St. Petersburg o Member of Scientific and Technical Board of Forest Industrial Problems at Government of Leningrad region o Member of Board of Council of Russian Entomological Society o Member Scientific Boards of two Research Programs managed by Ministry of Education of Russia Federation; o Member of two Scientific Dissertation Councils in FTA and Moscow State Forest University Past Positions : • Assoc. Prof., Prof. St. Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy - Researcher, Senior Res., Assoc. Prof. (1978-1990) o Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Science – Post Doc. Res. (19901994); o St. Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy - Assoc. Prof., Prof., Head of Dept. of Zoology, Vice-Rector (1994 - present) Main Professional (Research and Education) Interests and Experience • Main fields of scientific activities: (1) Forest health - impact of hazard (disturbance) factors on forest ecosystems; (2) Forest entomology • Educational experience: Courses of General Biology, Forest Entomology, Forest Health for students (B.S. & M.S.) of Forestry Faculty of St. Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy
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Coordination of Research projects and programmes: more than 35 Russian and international projects in fields of Forestry and Biology
Publications: 120 published scientific papers and books included 2 monographs (Russian) and 15 papers in English Language skills: Russian, English and French
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UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY 10 Kliment Ochridski blvd., 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria, tel. (+359 2) 91907, fax. (+359 2) 862 28 30
CURRICULUM VITAE Petar Zhelev Personal details: Date and place of birth: 14.08.1960, in Devin, Bulgaria Address: Dep. of Dendrology University of Forestry
10, Kl. Ochridsky blvd. 1756 Sofia, BULGARIA e-mail:
[email protected] EDUCATION AND DEGREES: M. Sc. (1985) Forestry; University of Forestry, Sofia. Ph. D. (1992) Forest Genetics; University of Forestry, Sofia.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 1987-1991 Ph.D. student, University of Forestry, Sofia 1992-1999 Assistant Professor, University of Forestry, Sofia 1999 – Present – University Lecturer, University of Forestry, Sofia LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY English – Fluent French – Good Russian – Fluent
STUDY VISITS ABROAD: • October-December 2000 Professur fur Waldbau, ETH – Zurich, Switzerland • January-February 1999; January-February 1993 and February-March 1990. Technical University - Zvolen, Slovakia. • 01.09.1996 - 31.12.1996 Department of Forest Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7027, S- 75007 Uppsala, Sweden • June - October 1995. JICA Training Course: “Devastated Forest Restoration Techniques” - Forest Service, The Hiroshima Prefecture,
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Hiroshima, Japan, with an introductory course “Forests and Forestry in Japan” – Takao Forestry Station. • •
September-November, 1993. Laboratory of Forestry, University of Gent, Gent, Belgium August 1993. Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium.
Membership in professional organizations: American Genetic Association (since 2001) International Plant Propagator’s Society, region Great Britain & Ireland (since 1992) Bulgarian Botanical Society (since 1999) Referees: Prof. Dr. Gösta Eriksson Department of Forest Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7027, S- 75007 Uppsala, Sweden Prof. Dr. Ladislav Paule Technical University - Zvolen, Slovakia. Prof. Dr. Noel Lust Laboratory of Forestry, University of Gent, Gent, Belgium SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Zhelev P., Ekberg I., Eriksson G., and Norell L., 2003. Genotype x environment interactions in four full-sib progeny trials of Pinus sylvestris L. with varying site indices. Forest Genetics, 10(2): 93-102. Doncheva N., Gagov V., Zhelev P., 2003. Individual heterozygosity distribution in natural Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) populations. Genetics and Breeding, 1-2: 61-67. Zhelev P., Gömöry D., and Paule L., 2002. Inheritance and linkage of allozymes in a Balkan endemic, Pinus peuce Griseb. Journal of Heredity, 93: 60-63. Gömöry D., Yakovlev I., Zhelev P., Jedináková J., and Paule L., 2001. Genetic differentiation of oak populations within the Quercus robur/Quercus petraea complex in the Central and Eastern Europe. Heredity, 86 (5): 557-563 Yurukov S, Zhelev P., 2001. The woody flora of Bulgaria: a review. Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen, 152, No 2: 52-60.
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Gömöry D., Paule L., Brus R., Zhelev P., Tomovic Z., and Gracan J., 1999. Genetic differentiation and phylogeny of beech on the Balkan Peninsula. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 12(4): 746-754. Zhelev P., and Lust N., 1999. Provenance study of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Belgium. I. Evaluation of phenotypic traits. Silva Gandaviensis, 24-30.
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National Coordinator of PHARE Project “Conservation and sustainable management of forests in Central and Eastern European Countries” 1997-1999 Leader of a team developing the part “Flora and Vegetation” of the Management plan of Pirin National Park, 2001-2002.
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Rules for the nomination and appointment of EFI Board Members and Guiding Principles These rules are based on a proposal for the system for the nomination and appointment of Board Members written by Mr. Tim Peck for the 5th EFI Annual Conference in 1998, which endorsed the proposed principles. The 9th Annual Conference adopted the Rules and the up-dated schedule. One of the tasks of the Annual Conference of the European Forest Institute is to appoint the members of the Board. The preparatory work of selecting the candidates for the Conference’s consideration has been undertaken by a Board Appointment Committee (BAC), appointed by the Conference. The Conference has habitually appointed the Conference Chairman and two Vice-Chairmen for this task.
1. Rules for the nomination and appointment of Board Members 1) Invitation by the Board Appointment Committee (BAC) to all EFI full members to nominate one or more persons to serve on the Board by the end of January. 2) Proposals submitted to the Director of EFI not later than end of March. 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 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 by mid-April. 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 by the end of May. 5) The EFI Secretariat will include the proposal in the Conference material sent out to the EFI members by the end of June. 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 the representative of full members will be eligible to vote. 7) The election procedure is to have one vote for each free seat by each member institution. 8) Should a board member who is otherwise eligible for re-election at the Conference, resign or otherwise indicate an unwillingness to have his/her name put forward for re-election between the nomination date and the Conference, the EFI Secretariat will endevour to seek nominations for that person’s replacement. Should that period be too short to arrange such a procedure, nominations will be accepted up to Conference time. 9) If the Conference takes place at another date than late August-beginning of September, the dates above will be adjusted accordingly.
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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 Regional Project Centres (RPC) on the Board. More effort should be made to attract women to serve on the Board.
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Item 5 b
Appointment of auditors
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Item 6
Changing the status of EFI
Introduction: Terminology Key Change of status The European Forest Institute was founded as an association under Finnish law. Consequently, it is a Finnish organization. The process to give EFI the status of an international organization began in1998. Convention Convention on the European Forest Institute signed in Joensuu on 28 August 2003, the new constitution of EFI,. The Convention gives EFI the status of an international organization. Can be amended only with the consent of all States Parties to the Convention. The Convention comes into force 60 days after eight States have ratified or acceded to it. Signing of the Convention The first step indicating that a State intends to become bound by the Convention. The Convention was open for signature until 28 November 2003. It was signed by 20 States. Ratifying the Convention Decision by the relevant body of the State concerned to become bound by the Convention. Instrument of ratification is deposited with the Depositary. (For the sake of simplicity the term "ratification" is here used to cover also the treaty terms "approval" and "acceptance".) Acceding to the Convention Depositing with the Depositary the Instrument of Accession confirming the decision of the country concerned to be bound by the Convention. Procedure is open for countries which have not signed the Convention. Council The organ of EFI where all ratifying States (Parties to the Convention) have a seat. Meets every three years. Conference The organ of EFI where all Associate Members (previously full Members) and Affiliate Members have a seat. Meets annually. Associate members have a right of vote.
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Board The executive body of EFI, which has 8 members. Four of them are elected by Council, four by Conference. Meets at least once a year. Depository of the Convention The Government of Finland, Government of the State in whose custody the original of the Convention was deposited. Functions of the Depositary include i.a. receiving instruments of ratification and accession and informing other countries of such official acts. These functions are performed by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The process of the change of status of EFI has been supervised by the Ministry. Transfer of assets & liabilities The property, contracts and debts of EFI need to be transferred to the new international organization, the new EFI, in order to close the old EFI and dissolve it. Liquidator A trusted person, representing the ‘old EFI’ (preferably a professional), who will manage the transfer of assets and liabilities, and sign the declaration of dissolving. Dissolving Termination of the activities of the Institute. The termination of the juridical person (EFI) will take place at the (dissolving) Conference. Dissolving Conference An extraordinary meeting of the Conference shall be convened to make a formal decision on dissolving of the EFI association. After the Conference the EFI association is non-existent. Rota A system to guarantee evenly distributed changes of Board members over the years. That is, not too many changes one year.
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Introduction: Foreseen schedule if 8th ratification occurs by 28 February 2005
SETTING UP NEW EFI 8th ratification + 60 days
CONVENTION
COUNCIL 1st meeting
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New BOARD 1st meeting
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Convention on the European Forest Institute The Parties to this Convention, hereafter referred to as the Contracting Parties, Recalling the forest-related decisions adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992, the Proposals for Action by the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests and the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests, the Expanded Programme of Work on Forest Biological Diversity relating to the Convention on Biological Diversity as well as the outcome of the World Summit on Sustainable Development; Recognising the progress and achievements made in the implementation of the commitments of the Ministerial Conferences on the protection of forests in Europe; Conscious of the changing nature of European forest and forestry issues and the concerns within society and the need to generate relevant scientific data with a view to good decision-making; Considering that the European Forest Institute was established as an association under Finnish law in 1993 to contribute to the study of forestry, forests and forest conservation at a European level; Mindful of the added value of embedding forestry and forest research in an international setting; Desiring to pursue on an international basis their cooperation in forestry and forest research while at the same time avoiding duplication of efforts; have agreed as follows:
Article 1: The Institute The European Forest Institute (hereafter the Institute) is hereby established as an international organisation. It shall have its seat in Joensuu, Finland.
Article 2: Purpose and functions 1. The purpose of the Institute is to undertake research on the pan-European level on forest policy, including its environmental aspects, on the ecology, multiple use, resources and health of European forests and on the supply of and demand for timber and other forest products and services in order to promote the conservation and sustainable management of forests in Europe.
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In order to achieve its purpose, the Institute a) provides relevant information for policy-making and decision-making in European countries relating to the forest and forest industry sector; b) conducts research in the above-mentioned fields; c) develops research methods; d) organises and participates in scientific meetings; and e) organises and disseminates knowledge of its work and results.
Article 3: Information The Contracting Parties support the work of the Institute with forest-related information on specific request provided it is not available from other data collecting bodies and as far as it can reasonably be made available. To avoid duplication of effort, the Institute aims to ensure appropriate coordination with other international bodies, including those carrying out data collection.
Article 4: Members, Associate and Affiliate Members of the Institute 1.
The Contracting Parties are Members of the Institute.
2. Associate membership of the Institute is open for research institutes, educational establishments, commercial organisations, forest authorities, non-governmental organisations and institutions of a similar nature from European States (hereafter referred to as Associate Members). Affiliate membership is open for institutions of a similar nature from non-European States (hereafter referred to as Affiliate Members). Affiliate Members do not participate in the decision-making process of the Institute.
Article 5: Organs The organs of the Institute shall be a Council, a Conference, a Board and a Secretariat headed by a Director.
Article 6: The Council 1. The Council shall consist of representatives of the Members, and will meet in ordinary session every three years. An extraordinary session may be held at the request of a Member or of the Board, subject to approval by a simple majority of the Members. 2.
The Council shall a) appoint members of the Board in accordance with Article 8, paragraphs 2 a), c) and d); b) give assent to the appointment of the Director in accordance with Article 8, paragraph 4, subparagraph d);
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c) set the policy framework for the work of the Institute; d) take decisions on general issues of a technical, financial or administrative nature submitted by the Members, the Conference or the Board; e) approve, by simple majority, such guidance as may be necessary for the functioning of the Institute and its organs; and f) approve and amend, by a simple majority, its Rules of Procedure. 3. Each Member shall have one vote. Decisions shall be taken by consensus, unless otherwise provided in the Convention.
Article 7: The Conference 1. The Conference shall consist of representatives of the Associate Members. The Conference shall meet once a year in plenary session and shall take decisions by a simple majority. The Affiliate Members may participate in the annual plenary sessions of the Conference. Institutions and regional or international organisations that are not Associate or Affiliate Members of the Institute may be invited to attend the plenary sessions of the Conference in accordance with the rules established by the Board. 2.
The Conference shall, inter alia, a) appoint the members of the Board in accordance with 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.
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. 3. The Board shall meet at least once every year and shall take decisions by a simple majority.
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The Board shall a) within the policy framework laid down by the Council, establish and keep under review the administrative and research programme of the Institute's work; b) subject to any guidance by the Council , adopt such internal regulations as may be necessary; c) approve the budget and the accounts; d) appoint the Director, subject to assent of the Council; e) approve the admission and expulsion of Associate and Affiliate Members; f) report to the Council and the Conference; g) subject to any guidance by the Council, approve the agreement referred to in Article 12; h) approve and amend its Rules of Procedure; and i) establish the rules referred to in Article 7, paragraph 1.
Article 9: The Secretariat 1. The Secretariat headed by the Director shall comprise the personnel of the Institute. 2. Subject to any general directions of the Council, the Conference and the Board, the Director shall appoint such other personnel as may be required for the purposes of the Institute on such terms and to perform such duties as the Director may determine.
Article 10: Financial resources The financial resources necessary for the functioning of the Institute shall be provided by: a) Associate and Affiliate Members, by means of membership fees; b) Members, through voluntary contributions if they so desire; and c) such other sources as may present themselves.
Article 11: The Budget and the accounts The budget and the accounts of the Institute shall be approved by a simple majority by the Board on proposal of the Director.
Article 12: Legal personality, privileges and immunities The Institute shall have international and domestic legal personality. On the territory of Finland it shall enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the exercise of its functions. These privileges and immunities shall be defined in an agreement between the Institute and the Government of Finland.
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Article 13: Dispute-settlement Any dispute concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention which is not settled by negotiation or by the good offices of the Board may, upon mutual agreement between the parties to the dispute, be submitted to conciliation under the Permanent Court of Arbitration Optional Conciliation Rules.
Article 14: Signature and consent to be bound 1. This Convention shall be open for signature by European States and European regional economic integration organisations in Joensuu on 28 August 2003. Thereafter, it shall remain open for signature in Helsinki at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, until 28 November 2003. 2. This Convention is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by the signatory States and regional economic integration organisations. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Government of Finland which shall act as the depositary. 3. This Convention shall be open for accession by those European States and European regional economic integration organisations that have not signed it. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Depositary. 4. For the purposes of this Convention, a European State is a State which is eligible for membership of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe as a European State.
Article 15: Entry into force 1. This Convention shall enter into force on the sixtieth day after the date of the deposit of the eighth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. 2. For each State and regional economic integration organisation ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Convention after the deposit of the eighth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the sixtieth day after the date of deposit of such State or regional economic integration organisation of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
Article 16: Transitional provisions 1. Upon the entry into force of this Convention, the research institutes, educational establishments, commercial organisations, forest authorities, nongovernmental organisations and institutions of a similar nature from European States that are members or associate members of the European Forest Institute established in 1993 as an association under Finnish law and by that date have not according to its
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Bylaws given notice of resignation, shall become Associate Members of the Institute. Institutions of a similar nature from non-European States that are associate members of the said European Forest Institute shall likewise in the absence of notice of resignation become Affiliate Members of the Institute. 2. After the entry into force of this Convention the Institute shall initiate negotiations with the European Forest Institute established in 1993 as an association under Finnish law on the transfer of the latter's activities, funds, assets and liabilities to the Institute.
Article 17: Amendments 1. This Convention may be amended by the unanimous vote of the Members present in a meeting of the Council or by a written procedure. Any proposal for amendment shall be circulated by the Depositary at least eight weeks in advance. In case of a written procedure the Depositary shall fix the deadline for the replies. 2. The amendment will enter into force on the sixtieth day after the date on which all the Contracting Parties have notified the Depositary that they have fulfilled the formalities required by national legislation with respect to the amendment. 3. Unless the Conference approves, amendments shall not affect the institutional position of Associate or Affiliate Members.
Article 18: Withdrawal A Contracting Party may withdraw from this Convention by giving written notice of the withdrawal to the Depositary. The withdrawal shall be effective one year after receipt of the notice of withdrawal by the Depositary.
Article 19: Termination This Convention shall be terminated if at any time after its entry into force there are less than eight Contracting Parties.
In witness whereof, the undersigned, duly authorised thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Convention. Done in the English language, at Joensuu, this 28th day of August 2003.
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Item 6 a) Progress Report; information by the depository of the Convention
1. Legal basis • The Old EFI is constituted as a registered association under The Finnish Act on Associations. According to the Act the conference of the association takes the decision on dissolving the association. Considering that the association (in this case EFI) ceases to exist on the date the decision is taken all necessary preparations must be made beforehand. The dissolving is executed by the Board of the association or a liquidator appointed by the Conference. • Bylaws of the Old EFI. 1 • Convention on the European Forest Institute. The Convention defines the organisational structure of the Institute and the powers of the different organs of the Institute. 1.2. It is to be noted that the Old EFI can be officially registered as dissolved only after the New EFI is operational and able to receive the transfers, and the transfers have been completed. As a consequence, both the Old EFI and the New EFI have to coexist for some time. 1.3. Certain decisions can and should be taken by the Old EFI's Conference before the entry into force of the Convention in order to expedite the constitution of the organs of the New EFI and the transfers from the Old to the New EFI.
2. ‘Plan A’ 2.1. In the following, it is assumed that the Convention on the European Forest Institute enters into force in early 2005 (latest 28 February 2005), which is several months prior to the EFI Conference in Barcelona in September 20052. 2.2. Decisions to be taken by the Conference in Bangor •
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Decision that EFI begins to prepare the transfer of its activities, assets, liabilities and functions to the New EFI so that the transfers can take place as soon as the New EFI is ready to receive them. In this context the Conference
Article 13 of the Bylaws "The decision to amend the bylaws or to dissolve the Institute shall be made at the Conference by a majority of at least two thirds of the given votes. If the Institute is dissolved, any funds left by the Institute shall be used to promote its purpose as determined by the meeting concluding the dissolution. If the Institute is abolished, the funds shall be used for the same purpose. Any debts that are left by the Institute after dissolution or abolition will be met by the Institute and not by its members, whose liability is limited to their annual subscription." 2 Article 15, paragraph 1. of the Convention "The Convention shall enter into force on the sixtieth day after the date of the deposit of the eighth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession."
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may wish to decide also that an extraordinary meeting of the Conference will be convened at a date the transfer actually can take place. Appointment of a liquidator to handle the dissolving and the transfers to the New EFI. Recommendation to the 1st Conference of the New EFI regarding the appointment of 4 members to the Board of the New EFI.
3. The 1st Meeting of the Council of the New EFI 3.1. After the deposit of the 8th instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland will issue invitations to the Governments that have deposited the required Instrument to send representatives to the Council meeting. The Convention enters into force 60 days after the deposit of the 8th Instrument and the Council can meet immediately after the 60th day. It is foreseen that the venue is Joensuu although there is no formal hindrance to a meeting in another location. 3.2. The Council will • Adopt its Rules of Procedure. A draft will be presented by Finland. • Appoint four Members of the Board. • Give its consent in advance to the appointment of the Director. • Take the policy decisions especially those necessary for the decision making in the Board. Among those decisions is EFI's research programme which perhaps can be adopted from the Old EFI. • Decide on the guidelines regarding receipt of the transfers from the Old EFI. A detailed plan of the transfers should then be at hand. • Decide on possible instructions to the Board regarding negotiations on the Host Country Agreement bearing in mind that according to the Convention the Board adopts the Agreement ‘subject to any guidance by the Council’. 4. The 1st Conference of the New EFI (in writing) 4.1. The only task of the 1st Conference is to appoint the four members of the Board of the New EFI. In order to make a swift transfer to the New EFI possible, the Board of the New EFI should be established before the regular first Conference (Barcelona) of the New EFI can be held. To speed up the process of establishing the new organs and to save travelling cost and time, the appointment will be made by a written procedure. 4.2. The procedure should be prepared by a regular Board Appointment Committee (BAC), consisting of the 3 chairpersons of the 2004 Conference. The BAC proposal will be based on recommendations by Conference in Bangor. 5. 1st Meeting of the New EFI Board (after the Members have been appointed by the Council and the Conference) 5.1. Finland will convene the Board to its first meeting. 5.2. Decisions by the Board
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Adoption of its Rules of Procedure, which will i.a. provide for the election of Chairman and, if so wished, rotation of Chairmanship. A draft will be prepared by Finland. The Council and the Conference may wish to pronounce themselves on this issue. Since the Board is responsible for negotiating the Host Country Agreement with the Government of Finland it will have to appoint the negotiator and give the necessary instructions. One of the tasks of the Board is to approve the admission and expulsion of Associate and Affiliate members. It may seem appropriate that the Board in its first meeting formally approves the lists of Associate and Affiliate Members. Adopts the Staff Rules and the Financial Rules. Appoints the Director taking into account the advice of the Council.
6. ‘Plan B’ 6.1. Should the Convention enter into force somewhat later than assumed above, e.g. during the summer period of 2005 which is prior to the Barcelona Conference in September, it might be considered, whether the following procedure would be feasible: I. Considering that during the Conference in Bangor the date of entry into force of the Convention is unknown the Conference decides and recommends as described above in 2.2. II. The Council with the agenda as in 3.2. meets in connection with the Barcelona Conference. III. The New EFI Conference with the agenda as in section 4. meets in connection with the Barcelona Conference. No decision needs to be made by written procedure. IV. The Board with the agenda as in section 5. meets in Barcelona after the meeting of the Council and of the New EFI Conference, or in another venue should the meeting be held later.
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Item 6 b
Decision on dissolving the association
In dissolving the EFI Association, the Association Act is followed. The relevant chapters are below.
Association Act, Chapter 7 Dissolution Section 40 Liquidation measures When an association has decided to dissolve, the executive committee has to attend to the liquidation measures caused by the dissolution, unless the association has appointed one or more other liquidators for the task to replace the executive committee. No liquidation measures are needed, however, if the association, on deciding on dissolution, has at the same time approved a final account, drawn up by the executive committee, according to which the association has no debts. The economic activity of an association that has decided to dissolve may be continued only to the extent required by appropriate liquidation proceedings. The liquidators are entitled to request a public summons for creditors and to surrender the property of the association into bankruptcy. If the assets remaining after debts have been paid cannot be used in the manner stipulated by the rules, the liquidators must surrender them to the State to be used to the extent possible to further a cause closely related to that of the activity of the association. The liquidators must draw up a final account on the dissolution and arrange its safekeeping. An association shall be deemed to have terminated when an entry on the dissolution has been made in the register of associations. Section 41 Declaring an association dissolved If the activity of an association has ceased and the association has not been dissolved, its member or any other party involved may request the court of the domicile of the association to declare the association dissolved. The association shall be reserved an opportunity to be heard on account of the request. The request shall be granted if it is shown that the activity of the association has ceased. Unless proven otherwise, the activity of the association shall be deemed to have ceased, if ten years have passed since the filing of the latest notice to the register of associations. On granting the request, the court shall at the same time, if necessary, appoint the applicant or other person as a liquidator to attend to the liquidation measures. In such case the provisions of Section 40, paragraph 2, shall apply. Section 42 Contesting liquidation measures If a member of an association or other party whose right is affected by the dissolution of the association, wishes to contest a measure taken by the liquidators, he must bring action against the liquidators within six months of the entry of the dissolution in the register of associations. The action must be brought before the court of the domicile of the association.
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Item 6b
Decision on dissolving the association
DRAFT DECISION OF THE CONFERENCE TO BEGIN PREPARATIONS TO DISSOLVE THE EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE The Conference, taking into account that 1. The European Forest Institute was established in 1993 as a registered association under the Finnish Act on Associations (hereafter the Institute of 1993); 2. The Convention on the European Forest Institute signed in Joensuu on 28 August 2003 establishes the Institute as an international organization (hereafter the new Institute) which will take over the activities currently performed by the Institute of 1993; 3. According to Article 16, paragraph 2 of the Convention on the European Forest Institute the new Institute shall, after the entry into force of the Convention, initiate negotiations with the Institute of 1993 on the transfer of the latter's activities, funds, assets and liabilities to the new Institute; 4. According to Article 13 of the Bylaws of the Institute of 1993 the decision to dissolve the Institute shall be made at the Conference by a majority of at least two thirds of the given votes and that,if the Institute is dissolved, any funds left by the Institute shall be used to promote its purpose as determined by the meeting concluding the dissolution; 5. According to the Finnish Act on Associations the Institute of 1993 ceases to exist on the date the Conference decides on its dissolution and the final accounting shall be made by the Board or a liquidator appointed by the Conference; 6. As a consequence, an extraordinary meeting of the Conference needs to be convened at a date the transfer can take place according to paragraph 2 above; 7. Conscious of the need to make the preparations for a speedy commencement of the activities of the new Institute; Decides that I. The Institute of 1993 begins with the necessary preparations in order to be able to transfer its activities, funds, assets and liabilities to the new Institute; and II. An extraordinary meeting of the Conference shall be convened as soon as the transfers according to paragraph I above can take place.
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Item 6c
Plan for transfer of assets and liabilities
The transfer of assets and liabilities is done according to the Association Act. The preparation of the transfer will be conducted by the Secretariat. The liquidator will oversee the process. A detailed plan for transfer of assets and liabilities, which is being discussed with Mr Heikki Hartikainen (proposed liquidator) will be presented to the EFI Board at its meeting on 1-2 September 2004. Once the new EFI is established and the Board and Director are appointed the transfer will be done. The transfer date is agreed beforehand and secretariat will prepare final accounts for that date. The books of Old EFI will be closed and the bookkeeping for New EFI started on that date. The following items are transferred: Assets & liabilities from the Balance Sheet: Assets Non-Current Assets Equipment & furniture, software, phone company bonds Current Assets Receivables Cash in hand and at banks Liabilities Equity (Surpluses from the period and previous periods) Current Liabilities Advance payments received Purchase Payables Accrued liabilities Other liabilities Contract liabilities 1) Contracts of employment 2) Project Contracts 3) Other contracts: rental agreement, leasing contracts, cleaning contracts, etc. Each contractor will first be contacted and the transfer process discussed. The New EFI will sign the contracts for the remaining contract time. Other 1) Intellectual property, such as databanks
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Item 6d
Election of a liquidator
Dissolving an association A notice of dissolution shall be made when EFI has been dissolved and the dissolution proceedings have been concluded in the association. The tasks of the liquidator include: 1) Overseeing the preparation of transfer and the actual transfer of assets and liabilities from old EFI to New EFI is done according to the law 2) Auditing the final accounts of the closing date/transfer date 3) Submitting a formal notice to the Register of Associations of Finland. The Secretariat is responsible for preparing the final accounts for the actual transfer of assets and liabilities and making agreements on transferring the contract liabilities.
It is recommended that Director Heikki Hartikainen (Master of Economics, authorised public accountant), of Tietokate Oy, is elected as liquidator of EFI.
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Item 7
Membership matters
1. Effects of the change of status The status of EFI members is about to change with the change of the status of the institute. a) The terminology changes as follows: ASSOCIATION
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION
European full members
Associate member
European associate members
Associate member
Non-European member
Affiliate member Members = ratification countries
As stated in the Convention: Article 4: Members, Associate and Affiliate Members of the Institute 1.
The Contracting Parties are Members of the Institute.
2. Associate membership of the Institute is open for research institutes, educational establishments, commercial organisations, forest authorities, non-governmental organisations and institutions of a similar nature from European States (hereafter referred to as Associate Members). Affiliate membership is open for institutions of a similar nature from non-European States (hereafter referred to as Affiliate Members). Affiliate Members do not participate in the decision-making process of the Institute.
11th Annual Conference of EFI 3Septembert 2004, Bangor, UK b) Transition of memberships Convention: Article 16: Transitional provisions 1. Upon the entry into force of this Convention, the research institutes, educational establishments, commercial organisations, forest authorities, nongovernmental organisations and institutions of a similar nature from European States that are members or associate members of the European Forest Institute established in 1993 as an association under Finnish law and by that date have not according to its Bylaws given notice of resignation, shall become Associate Members of the Institute. Institutions of a similar nature from non-European States that are associate members of the said European Forest Institute shall likewise in the absence of notice of resignation become Affiliate Members of the Institute.
c) Other changes/important points Article 5: Organs The organs of the Institute shall be a Council, a Conference, a Board and a Secretariat headed by a Director. Article 7: The Conference 1. The Conference shall consist of representatives of the Associate Members. The Conference shall meet once a year in plenary session and shall take decisions by a simple majority. The Affiliate Members may participate in the annual plenary sessions of the Conference. Institutions and regional or international organisations that are not Associate or Affiliate Members of the Institute may be invited to attend the plenary sessions of the Conference in accordance with the rules established by the Board. 2.
The Conference shall, inter alia, a) appoint the members of the Board in accordance with 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.
Article 17: Amendments 1. This Convention may be amended by the unanimous vote of the Members present in a meeting of the Council or by a written procedure. Any proposal for amendment shall
11th Annual Conference of EFI 3Septembert 2004, Bangor, UK be circulated by the Depositary at least eight weeks in advance. In case of a written procedure the Depositary shall fix the deadline for the replies. 2. The amendment will enter into force on the sixtieth day after the date on which all the Contracting Parties have notified the Depositary that they have fulfilled the formalities required by national legislation with respect to the amendment. 3. Unless the Conference approves, amendments shall not affect the institutional position of Associate or Affiliate Members.
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Item 8
EFI Project Centres
Strategy and Terms of Reference The new Strategy and Terms of Reference of EFI Project Centres have been finetuned based on discussions at the 10th Annual Conference in 2003, and were circulated to members for comments in December 2003. Please find enclosed the final version of the Stratgey and ToR.
Existing Project Centres The six Project Centres: CONFOREST, EUFORIC, IEFC, INNOFORCE, MEDFOREX and PROCES were adopted by the 10th Conference for their second term of five years (2004-2008). Since the 10th Conference, EFI has signed Memoranda of Understanding with all six Project Centres in which activities are going on according to the Work Plans.
New Project Centres According to the procedure presented in the new Strategy and ToR, EFI has a constant open call for new Project Centres with two deadlines per year. The proposals are submitted in two phases: first a pre-proposal and - by Board invitation - a full proposal. In January 2004 EFI received 4 pre-proposals, which were evaluated by the SAB, which gave its recommendations to the EFI Board. The EFI Board decided to invite one full proposal on the topic of fire ecology and post-fire management called PHOENIX. Please find the full proposal enclosed. The SAB will evaluate the proposal at its meeting on 1-2 September 2004 immediately before the 11th Conference, and will submit its evaluation to the EFI Board. EFI Board will give its recommendation to the 11th Conference.
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Terms of Reference for EFI Project Centres
EFI Project Centres Strategy and Terms of Reference February 2004
1. Strategy
2. Terms of Reference 2.1.
Concept of EFI Project Centre
2.2.
Duration
2.3.
Funding
2.4.
Reporting and quality control
3. Adopting new EFI Project Centres 3.1.
Criteria and indicators for adopting new EFI Project Centres
3.2.
Timetable
3.3.
Format for EFI Project Centre proposals
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1 – Strategy for EFI’s Regional Activities
Rationale The experiences gained from the Regional Project Centres (RPCs) since 2000 show that the RPC’s have provided a new successful platform for innovative research, co-operation and networking in European forest research. There is a definite interest in continuing these activities in the future, and the need for strengthening the activities outside Headquarters is obvious. The advantage to the centres of being associated with EFI as an EFI Project Centre1 lies in the recognition as a network node and centre of expertise of EFI, strengthening it in implementing its Research Strategy, as well as in the benefits from dissemination of research results and information on the centre’s activities through the EFI Network.
Objectives An EFI Project Centre is formed as a consortium of forest-related organisations and is coordinated by a member of EFI. Its aims are to • • • •
address, within a given time frame, a specific issue, topic or theme of European relevance consistent with the expertise available to the centre, and consistent with EFI’s Research Strategy. Strengthen the network by better linking the activities in its member institutions to the international research programme of EFI Enhance the ability of EFI to respond to regional or Pan-European research needs. Improve the potentials to find funding, particularly regional funding, for the research undertaken
Number The number of EFI Project Centres depends on the quality and acceptability of project centre proposals and on the availability of resources both for research and co-ordination.
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The term ‘EFI Project Centre’ is the term recommended by the EFI Board and used throughout this document.
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2 – Terms of Reference 2.1 –
The Concept of an EFI Project Centre
The criteria described below are based upon the following definition of an EFI Project Centre: –
An EFI Project Centre carries out original high-quality research, on a well-defined theme or topic, within a limited time frame. The theme or topic should fall within EFI strategy and be relevant (at least potentially) for a large share of EFI members (and their countries).
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This research and other activities are carried out by a network of organisations and teams that operate (at a minimum) at a regional level, and in which EFI members take on a leading role.
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The activities of the EFI Project Centre are mutually beneficial to the global EFI network (i.e. to a sufficient share of its members) and to the organisations which directly take part in the EFI PC.
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The activities of the EFI Project Centre help disseminate information to forestry practitioners and all other institutions and persons interested in forests and forestry.
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EFI Project Centres can be regional or thematic.
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The Terms of Reference of the EFI Project Centre and the terms of co-operation with EFI Headquarters are defined in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and its annexes.
2.2 –
Duration
The duration of an EFI Project Centre is, in general, five years. Upon completion of the agreed EFI Project Centre period, a new application can be submitted, which will then be evaluated as if it were a proposal for a new EFI Project Centre. If a new proposal is accepted by the EFI Conference, a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will subsequently be negotiated between EFI Headquarters and the EFI Project Centre.
2.3 –
Funding
EFI Project Centres arrange their funding independently of EFI, and the consortium members follow their own financial and administrative instructions. While EFI reserves the right to request details of the funding strategy of a proposed EFI Project Centre, EFI is not responsible for the management of financial matters and administration of EFI Project Centres. Without imposing any legal obligations, EFI expects that sufficient funds and administrative support will be made available to ensure that the agreed programme of activities is fulfilled to a standard consistent with EFI. The level of funding and its sources is reported to EFI at a general level. Sharing co-ordination costs between the centres and EFI headquarters has become an essential element of efficient administration of co-ordination. These co-ordination costs will be agreed in the MoU signed between EFI and the EFI Project Centre.
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2.4 –
Reporting and quality control
EFI’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) has overall responsibility for the evaluation of the quality of the work done by the EFI Project Centres. Both reporting and evaluation scheme will be described in the MoU pertaining to the EFI Project Centre. Ex-ante The EFI Project Centre proposals are evaluated by the SAB on the basis of criteria stated below. The SAB will give a recommendation to the EFI Board. During the operational phase In general, the EFI Project Centres report on their activities twice a year to the EFI secretariat, which includes an annual report to the Annual Conference. Mid-term review A mid-term evaluation will be carried out under the responsibility of the SAB, based on which either the EFI Project Centre’s plan of activities for the rest of the term is confirmed, redirected, or in exceptional cases, terminated. Ex-post In the final year of activities, a final evaluation of the EFI Project Centre will be carried out.
3 – Adopting new EFI Project Centres 3.1 – Criteria for adopting EFI Project Centres The Annual Conference decides on the adoption of EFI Project Centres, based on a recommendation by the EFI Board, using of the following criteria: Relevance •
Relevance at the regional level as well as at a broader European level
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Contribution to and compliance with the mission and research strategy of EFI by supporting or complementing the existing activities in general, and EFI’s programme areas in particular
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Exploration of synergies and innovations in EFI’s programme areas
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The consortium has a substantial amount of EFI members as its partners, and is coordinated by an EFI member
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Scientific excellence •
Clearly focused aims, objectives and anticipated output (milestones and deliverables)
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Quality of the planned research programme, expressed using a clear methodology, hypotheses, originality and innovation, and engagement with recent literature
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Quality of the researchers involved, evinced by an international reputation, and a proven track record of collaborative research relevant to the proposed EFI Project Centre.
Quality of management, assessed in terms of resources and competencies •
Availability of funding for EFI Project Centre network management, with annual budgets and an indication of how overhead costs will be shared among partners
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The contribution to the co-ordination costs at EFI headquarters should be expressed.
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Quality of the Project Centre’s management plan, expressed in strategy, quality control mechanism, management and communication documents, including evidence that the partners can pledge the necessary financial and administrative support.
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Competence of the partners of the network to carry out the work, indicated either by (i) previous successful collaborative research, or (ii) other indicators that the consortium has the capacity, potential and competence to do so.
Networking and dissemination -
Quality and visibility of the planned networking activities, including links to EFI Headquarters and other EFI Project Centres, as well as other European networking activities (such as COST).
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Quality and visibility of events: -
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seminars conferences
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Intention to publish materials in at least some of the following: - i refereed journals - ii books - iii Conference and seminar proceedings - iv EU reports - v newsletters - vi websites and other electronic media
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Representation of EFI Project Centre and EFI at major international events (e.g. conferences, seminars, congresses and intergovernmental meetings)
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Quality of the activities to increasing EFI network’s visibility in the region
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Contribution to international (Europe and beyond) policy processes
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Contribution to dissemination of research results to forest practitioners
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Capacity building •
Training of new researchers, including PhD students and post-doctoral researchers
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Established collaboration with educational institutes such as Universities or institutes for professional training, possibilities for involvement of MSc students and trainees
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Mid-career training of forestry professionals
3.2 – Timetable and procedure The EFI Annual Conference, which meets each year in July-September, decides on the adoption of EFI Project Centres, based on the recommendation of the EFI Board. Proposals for an EFI Project Centre are submitted in two phases: (i) pre-proposal phase and (ii) full proposal phase (i) Pre-proposal phase Before submitting a full proposal, a consortium planning to establish an EFI PC should submit a pre-proposal (for the format, see para 3.3) in order to obtain early feedback on the topic and scope of the planned Project Centre. There are two deadlines per year for preproposals, to coincide with EFI SAB meetings: 31 July and 28 February. The SAB will assess the pre-proposal for its relevance and scientific scope and feasibility, and send its recommendation to the EFI Board, which decides whether to invite a full proposal or not. (ii) Full proposal phase On the basis of the feedback from the pre-proposal phase, the Board may invite a consortium to submit a full proposal, which should follow a format described under para 3.3. The deadline for full-length proposals is, in general, 28 February, to coincide with the SAB meeting. SAB evaluates the proposal according to the criteria described in para 3.1. of this Strategy and Terms of Reference, and submits its evaluation to the Board, which gives feedback and may suggest revisions to the proposer. The elaboration of a full proposal is therefore an iterative process between the proposer, EFI headquarters and the SAB and Board. The revised version of a full proposal should reach EFI Secretariat by July 31, to be available for decision at the Annual Conference. Following a positive decision by the Annual Conference about the launch of a Project Centre, a Memorandum of Understanding is made between EFI and the Project Centre, and the Work Plan of the Project Centre, based on the proposal, and will form its Technical Annex. In general, the MoU is formulated and signed during the months following the Annual Conference (September-December), and the Project Centre is launched at the beginning of the year following the decision by the Annual Conference.
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Proposal format Format of pre-proposals
The recommended maximum length of a pre-proposal is 3 pages. The following information should be included in the pre-proposal: 1. Title of the proposed EFI Project Centre. Co-ordinator’s contact information 2. Summary of the proposed Project Centre (max 1 page) Summarise here the main objectives and planned activities of the Project Centre, its planned duration (typically five years) and main expected outputs.
3. Relevance Describe the scientific and policy relevance of the proposed Project Centre at the regional and European level. Links to EFI strategy.
4. Geographic scope Describe here the planned participants/countries
5. Links and references The network’s experience in the topic suggested. List here relevant ongoing or past projects, possible links to other networks, and key publications.
6. Tentative funding strategy Describe here how the Project Centre plans to finance its activities.
Pre-proposals should be sent to: Leena Roihuvuo, European Forest Institute Email:
[email protected]
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Format of Full Proposals (max 20 pages)
The recommended maximum length of the proposal is 20 pages. The following information should be included in the project proposal: 1. Cover Page Full title of the proposed EFI Project Centre Acronym of the proposed EFI Project Centre Date of preparation List of participants, with co-ordinator first Co-ordinator name Co-ordinator organisation name Co-ordinator email, tel. and fax
Abstract (app. ½ page)
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2. Contents page Include a Table of Contents with page numbers
3. Objectives Describe the general and specific objectives of the proposed EFI Project Centre. The progress of the Project Centre will be measured against these objectives. Describe briefly the state-of-the-art in the research area concerned and describe how the proposed Project Centre will enhance the state-of-the-art in that area.
4. Relevance • •
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Describe the relevance of the proposed Project Centre at the regional and European level. Describe how the proposed Project Centre contributes to the mission and research strategy of EFI by supporting or complementing the existing activities in general and EFI’s programme areas in particular. Describe how the proposed Project Centre will contribute to better co-operation and networking amongst EFI members, and to involving new members in the EFI network.
5. Outputs List the main outputs of the Project Centre related to the objectives in a measurable and verifiable form. Describe the exploitation, dissemination and training plans.
6. Work Programme Describe the work plan of the proposed Project Centre, including activities or tasks, corresponding to objectives, and specified using milestones and deliverables. Use flow charts and time plans (e.g. Gantt chart and Pert diagram). Describe the hypotheses, methodologies and data to be used. (Note that the time frame for EFI’s Project Centres is restricted to five years).
7. Consortium List the participants and their roles in the proposed Project Centre. Explain how the participants collectively constitute a consortium capable of achieving the Project Centre’s objectives, and describe their relevant competence to the proposed tasks.
8. Management of the Project Centre Describe the organisational structure of the Project Centre and how it will be managed, including decisionmaking procedures, quality control mechanism, and communication plans. Describe how the consortium will ensure the necessary resources for management and administrative support.
9. Budget a) Give the tentative yearly budget of the proposed Project Centre in EUR in the following format Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total, EUR
1. For activities (i.e. research and other activities of the EFI Project Centre) 2. For co-ordination and management of the EFI Project Centre 3. Contribution to links with EFI Headquarters2
Total
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Needed to guarantee adequate links and cohesion between the EFI PC and EFI Headquarters.
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b) Main funding agencies. Indicate here the sources of income for the activities, and their status (i.e. whether they are already secured, or whether they are planned.) c) Related to point 3 in the above table: resources will be needed in order to guarantee adequate links and cohesion between the EFI PC and EFI Headquarters. This can be realised e.g through. • A PC staff member staying a short period of time at EFI HQs annually, planning joint activities with EFI staff members • A designated EFI staff member spending a short period of time at the EFI PCs, planning joint activities with the PC staff members • an EFI staff member participating in 1-2 meetings of the EFI PC each year • A combination of the above. Please describe how you envisage contributing to the maintenance of links with the headquarters, and whether this contribution can be in monetary terms, as an in-kind contribution, or a combination of the two. 10. List of relevant references List here relevant ongoing or past projects, links to other networks and key publications.
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Approval of a new Project Centre
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EFI PROJECT CENTRE
FIRE ECOLOGY AND POST-FIRE MANAGEMENT
PHOENIX
July 2004
Proponents: •
Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof. Baeta Neves, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisbon, Portugal (Coordinator Francisco Rego)
[email protected], Phone: ++351213616080, Fax: ++351213623493
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Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterraneo (CEAM), Spain CEMAGREF, France Università di Napoli Federico II (UNINA), Italy National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece
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1. Abstract The proponents consider that there is a need for a cooperative network of European researchers specialised on fire ecology and post-fire management issues. In order to increase European cooperation and interaction between research groups, this network should be ideally performed under an EFI Project Centre. This proposed network can help in the development of decision criteria for preventive post-fire forest management. The short term results to be achieved are: (1) to help providing a sound scientific basis for post-fire management options, (2) to provide an effective use of the acquired knowledge, (3) to define priorities for research on post-fire management and (4) to harmonise research efforts aiming at the development of common criteria for post-fire management decisions. Regarding this latter aspect, the proposed EFI Project Centre can be a positive complementary effort to the ongoing program EUFIRELAB, constituting a specific task force on post-fire management. In a longer term it is expected that the present proposal will represent an important contribution to the establishment of more resilient and less combustible forests.
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3. Objectives The main objectives of the Centre are in the development of decision criteria for preventive post-fire forest management. The proposed Centre has the following specific objectives: • • • •
to obtain a sound database gathering the state-of-the-art of 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.
The above stated objectives will be achieved and/or materialised by making use of different dissemination means. The expected main benefits are as follows: • • • •
to provide a scientific basis for post-fire management options that allow adequate decisions by land managers; to provide an effective use of the acquired knowledge; to define priorities for research on post-fire management; to harmonise research efforts envisaging the development of common criteria for post-fire management decisions.
In a longer term we expect this Centre to provide the necessary conditions for the establishment of less combustible and more resilient forests, therefore contributing to diminish the dimensions of the annual catastrophe that forest fires represent in several European countries.
State-of-the-art in the research area Post-fire management: a crucial aspect of the fire-problem Forests and fires have always been associated, namely in Mediterranean-type climates. Because of this close relationship, the natural vegetation of fire-prone regions has evolved strongly influenced by the cyclical occurrence of fire. After fire occurrence, the initial stages of the succession are frequently dominated by highly flammable species. Considering that fire frequency has strongly increased due to human causes, it is nowadays very unlikely that this initial succession stages may naturally evolve to more mature and less combustible (less prone to fire propagation) vegetation types. Flammable vegetation recovers quickly after a fire event
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but fire also promotes more flammable vegetation, creating a positive feedback, which also accounts for the increasing frequency of wildfires. In many other situations, natural vegetation has been replaced by single species forest stands, used for timber or pulp production. These stands often promote high-intensity fire behaviour given their structure and the intrinsic fuel properties of the respective species. When composed of conifers, their resistance to frequent fires is also very low, which originates considerable losses both from the economical and the ecological point of view. The result of this scenario is that fire has become the most important forest problem in several European countries, with an enormous environmental impact. The importance of this problem is unquestionable, no matter the way it is measured (lives lost, euros spent, hectares burned, m3 of wood lost, tons of CO2 released). Moreover this problem concerns also the countries, which are less prone to forest fires, as the disappearance of carbon sinks, the release of CO2, and global warming have all become global threats. On the other hand wildfires can be regarded as an opportunity (a window) to influence the direction of secondary succession towards more mature stages that could be less prone to fires. It is known for a long time that initial floristic after disturbance can play a determinant role in the subsequent patterns of development. In order to capture this narrow window of opportunity and break the fire cycle, it is important to use scientifically based knowledge to support the different management solutions for burned areas. There are good indications that, in order to reduce combustibility of landscapes, deciduous broadleaved species might be a solution, as they are less “preferred” by fire (e.g. Moreira et al., 2003). Besides the problem of combustibility it is also important to consider the resilience of the different forest types to fire. There is evidence that some species are remarkably more resistant than others. In terms of fire resistance, the insulating properties of the bark are determinant as well demonstrated by cork oak in Southwest Europe. Other species are remarkable by their capacity to establish new seedlings after fire, as for example the Allepo pine in the Mediterranean Region (e.g. Arianoutsou & Ne’eman, 2000).
The present research status
A considerable effort has been put on forest fire research in recent years. For instance an evergrowing body of literature (e.g. the review by Fernandes & Botelho, 2003) testifies the advantages and limitations of fuel management. However, the same level of objectivity is absent in what refers to the conversion to less hazardous fuel types. Even if some research has been performed on the specific aspects of combustibility and fire resilience, two major deficiencies can be detected at this level: First, there is still much more to know before we are able to have a comprehensive understanding of these characteristics, allowing a direct and current use of this knowledge in post-fire management actions. In particular there are important asymmetries between the knowledge levels corresponding to different forest types, characteristic of different fire-prone regions of Europe. Some species and forest systems are reasonably known whereas others have been completely forgotten. This is probably one of the strongest reasons explaining the
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lack of fire hazard indicators in the process of the Ministerial Conference for the Protection of Forests of Europe. Second, there is undoubtedly a lack of knowledge transfer between the results obtained by previous research and their application in terms of post-fire management procedures. There is scientific knowledge not being applied, but there are also technical procedures, which are not scientifically based, or even contradicting the current state-of-the-art. Although there is some recently launched technical documents from FAO or some national organisations also approaching the problem of post-fire management, they are still too general to provide adequate solutions for the different situations in Europe. One of the reasons for these two constraints is the lack of cooperation in this specific field. Research networks on forest fires have traditionally been more focused on fire issues than on the aspects of post-fire ecology and management. Under the existing network EUFIRELAB, established to enhance cooperation in forest fire sciences and technologies among teams of the Euro-Mediterranean region, the issues regarding the post-fire management need to be further developed, as they were not previously addressed previous attempts of coordinated research. Some examples can illustrate the deficiencies previously focused. The characteristics of various plant species associated with regeneration after fire have been recorded in different ecological studies in different southern European countries and a very powerful database was created and maintained within the EUFIRELAB unit 4 and by the GCTE Fire Network (Functional Traits Analysis in Relation to Fire). However the consistent application of this knowledge has not been worked to be used in post-fire management. Many laboratory studies have addressed the ignition and combustion characteristics of Mediterranean forest fuels at the particle or fuel bed scales. However, these are poor surrogates for the potential fire hazard of a plant community, and comprehensive modelling efforts based on field studies of fire behaviour are exceedingly scarce in Europe, and are restricted to some shrub types or some types of pine stands. Another example of knowledge gaps is related to the research on tree species resistance to fire. A few authors (Pausas, 1997; Botelho et al., 1998) modelled the probability of tree survival after fire but only a few important Mediterranean species have been studied, which precludes sound comparison between most species. Best practices for post-fire management should be a by-product of the fire behaviour and fire ecology sciences, but such combination and application of knowledge have not been approached previously in a structured, consistent, comprehensive way.
4. Relevance
This proposal was prepared by a group of researchers from organisations of various countries in southern Europe, as they are the most affected by forest fires (Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece). However other organisations dealing with various aspects of forests and fires at a European scale were also contacted in order to further develop the network after approval of the proposal. Finally this issue is relevant for EFI research strategy in what concerns the "Management of forests under various pressures" in the research programme on Forest Ecology and Management.
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5. Outputs The research programme includes several actions and instruments with the aim to disseminate the PHOENIX results towards those involved in land management at local, regional and European level. PHOENIX Web-Server A PHOENIX web site will be created containing both missions and achievements of the network. It will include the project description, the partnership with the related WWW interlinks, links to other WWW sites related to the fire ecology and management application sector. The project website aims at creating a reference point for information about the progress of the Project Centre and its events and scientific aspects. It is a channel for diffusion of the projects objectives and results open to the potentially interested audience. An open discussion list will be also set-up. It will host the main PHOENIX results, including the "PHOENIX Guidelines on post-fire management" (see task 4). The site is designed to be as well a support for the communication internal to the partnership to be used by the partners thanks to a private link via user identification and a password and hosting the documentation (scientific and management documents, publications and papers about and from the network). See also task 1.3 “Communication procedures”. Though in English, the PHOENIX home site will offer to the partners the possibility of a link to local sections, to favour the link with the local operators and the information about events and cases of regional interest. Finally, the PHOENIX website will be linked to the EFI website to ensure since the beginning a complete information flow within EFI and its visibility. Information material A “PHOENIX White Paper” will be prepared in order to promote the Project Centre and its objectives towards the communities of foresters and to diffuse the PHOENIX mission towards a wider audience. The White Paper will contain the project outlines, the partnership structure and the membership descriptions. Moreover, other material (leaflet, posters, etc.) will be produced along the project in order to announce events, progress, results, etc. in various networks and European events in the field of fire ecology and management. Such material will be distributed during national and international events such as conferences, workshops, meetings, and during project initiatives like the project conferences. PHOENIX Newsletter A PHOENIX newsletter will be published every year with the objective of informing the partners of the Project Centre and the target audience. The Newsletter is considered as an important tool for the communication and the diffusion of the PHOENIX results inside and outside the partnership. To validate the editing policy and the content of the newsletters a ad-hoc group within the Management Committee will be created. It will include, together with the general information on the partnership, its progress activities, short articles produced by the members about the partnership and the related initiatives, as well as other important issues in the field. The Newsletter will be available on the project website. However, to get better to the target of a professional audience of specialists in this area, a mailing list will be created for a personal electronic delivery by e-mail. External contributions will be searched to enlarge the interest of the newsletter. PHOENIX Conferences For a major diffusion of the state of the art in the field and of project, aims and results, as well as to offer something valuable for addressing a wider audience, are instead planned two
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events, of a larger dimension and target: the “PHOENIX Conferences”, that will be promoted and organised in order to become a meeting point for the technical operators in this field. The PHOENIX conferences will present the state of the art, both in the fire ecology and management and in post-fire management tools for final users. The Conferences will be accompanied by project meetings as an event restricted to the partnership. The PHOENIX data portal Through the PHOENIX website it will be possible to gather access to the data of some PHOENIX partners or other organisations that will adopt the PHOENIX guidelines for data. A initial set of data servers compliant with the proposed specifications (as foreseen in task 3) will be used to illustrate the vision and to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed guidelines, to be the initial seed for a future knowledge of all interested stakeholders for the full benefit of decision makers, public and private organisations, planners and European citizens. PHOENIX Workshop One workshop at national level will be organised during the first year of the Project Centre in order to discuss with the decision makers, public and private organisations, planners and citizens the needs on post-fire management. Advanced Course on post-fire management An advance course on post-fire management will be organized in order to train new researchers, including BCs, MSc, PhD and post-doctoral researchers and for mid-career training of forestry professionals. Technical guidelines on post-fire management and electronic handbook For the technical guidelines (see also task 4.). The outcome of task 3.2 will be an electronic handbook to be developed on the Action’s website, defining different categories for fire hazard and the corresponding forest types. Since it is admitted that there is still a lack of knowledge allowing the classification of some forest types in Europe, the handbook will only include those forest types which are reasonably known, enough to fill the requirements of the classification scheme. The handbook will be planned in order to be updated as new knowledge is added by further research initiatives. These options will constitute the basic goal of the handbook, subjected to be completed and updated, as new scientific findings will come out. PHOENIX is created by partners who have, even with different perspectives and commitments, a wide experience of work and of involvement with many kinds of stakeholders in the field of post-fire management. Almost all of them have previous experience in this precise field. They are indeed powerful channels for the dissemination of the PHOENIX results. They can use the Project Centre facilities as well their own ones and also in connection with other European projects in which they participate. Since the coordinator is an EFI member, i.e. the Instituto Superior de Agronomia the dissemination actions will be strengthened through the whole EFI. As regards the other channels present since the beginning in the PHOENIX partnership, we outline the linkage with two associations. The International Association for Mediterranean Forests "IAMF" will be involved in the dissemination strategy making it possible to establish links with partners sharing the same problems in the eastern and southern limits of the Mediterranean Region. Also, the International Society for Mediterranean Ecology “ISOMED”, that promotes the MEDECOS meetings for more than thirty years has already shown interest into the proposed EFI Project Centre allowing establishing links with other regions with Mediterranean climate in the world. These two Associations allow contact and dissemination towards their large network of Members. Another component of the dissemination activities can take advantage of the existing EFI network with the other Project Centres.
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6. Work Programme The overall structure of the Centre was designed to achieve in an effective way the objectives presented. The activity of the Centre will be developed according to four tasks: Task 1: Scientific basis on post-fire management Task 2: Technical recommendations Task 3: Knowledge transfer Task 4: Technical guidelines on post-fire management Despite the sequential initiation of the tasks, some overlapping is expected to happen, as some developments of each task will need a considerable time to be completed (e.g. the edition of a book on post-fire management). Task 1. A scientific basis on post-fire management This task consists on gathering the state-of-the-art of existing scientific knowledge on post-fire management, including the fire characteristics of the different forest types and respective species. This will allow to detect the existence of knowledge gaps and to define essential guidelines for future research. The implementation of a research proposal aimed at filling these gaps will be strongly encouraged among participants. Five different tasks are considered, since the different aspects to be tackled are very specific and need to be approached separately. The tasks intend to answer to five different questions about the fire characteristics of the different species and forest types and about the range of options to be taken. The different questions to be addressed are: Task 1.1 What forest types are less likely to burn? This will be done by identifying in available databases and publications, the major land cover types (particularly forest types) avoided (and preferred) by wildfires; Task 1.2 What are the characteristics of the dominant species that can explain the different preference to fire of the various forest types? This will be performed by analysing, from the available literature the characteristics of dominant species that make them more or less prone to burn, not only as individual plants but as parts of important forest ecosystems. Task 1.3 What forest types are more resilient to fire? This will be based on the review of studies that assess resilience of the various plant formations. Task 1.4 What are the species characteristics that control the different passive (a) and active (b) resistance to fire? This implies finding from existing studies the plant characteristics (traits) that are associated with the persistence of the species after fire and under different fire regimes Task 1.5 What are the general findings of the fire history of some major forest types and species in southern Europe? This is based on previous works dealing with fire history based on different techniques such as pedoanthracology, palinology and phytosociology. The first technique is relatively recent and is based on the identification of woody species from traces of charcoal remaining from past fires.
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Task 2. Technical recommendations This task aims to contribute to the production of scientifically-based decision criteria on post-fire management. It has two stages targeted to answer two sequential questions: Task 2.1 What are the adequate forest types /species to use in forest conversion after fire and; Task 2.2 What is the potential and the limitation of the various post-fire management options. In order to answer the task 2.1 it is considered the creation of classification criteria concerning the fire characteristics of the different forest types at the European level. This has to do with the establishment of standards for the main characteristics involved such as flammability, heat content, combustibility and fire resistance. The achievement of a common understanding at this level will allow the development of a set of criteria, which can be used to classify forest types in Europe in terms of the associated fire hazard. The answering of the second question will consist on the review of the regeneration-capacity levels for the major forest types. This will allow the establishment of realistic options for the conditions existing in the different fire-prone European regions. Task 3. Knowledge transfer This task will try to identify the reasons for the lack of effective transfer mechanisms between research achievements and its final application by end users. Since the situations will certainly vary for each country considered, the different teams integrating the working group corresponding to this task will be particularly concerned with the specific situation of the respective countries. This task will imply for example an assessment at the legislative, social, economic and institutional levels. After the assessment is done, a report on the issue will be released including suggestions on how to change the present situation by developing effective ways of applying the results of research on post-fire management by end-users. Task 4. Technical guidelines on post-fire management The overall aim for which the PHOENIX Project Centre is proposed and it will be developed is the improvement of Fire Ecology and Post-Fire Management for a better management of fireprone areas, both for the benefit of professionals and technical operators and as a communication tool to promote towards general public the interest and the appreciation of these areas,. As regard the objective of supporting better management and decision making, some deliverables of the project are intended to exploit the effort of the network partnership towards an enlarged external audience of interested parties: fire ecologists providers and experts on one side, forest management bodies, local authorities, technicians and researchers in forest domain on the other side. For these reason the network achievements will be integrated into “Technical guidelines on post-fire management”. Apart from offering a valuable product to train the stakeholders the Guidelines (printed and available on the web) will focus the Network on a tangible target exploitable towards a wider user audience. The Guidelines will collect and organise the scientific results of the project task 1 to 3. The Guidelines will then constitute a technical report of the tasks´s from 1 to 3 that is from the state of the art, to the technical recommendations and knowledge transfer, up to the technicality of creation of the web access of information on post-fire management. The preliminary activity of this task is related to the definition of the methodology to produce the Guidelines and the design of their structure and content and is carried out in the initial phase of the project.
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In a second stage, after the completion of the previous tasks, and based on their outcomes, progressive releases of the Guidelines will be produced and validated, also at a National level by the PHOENIX Partners. At the end of the validation process the final version of the Guidelines will be ready for printing and publication. The project will have duration of five years according to the following phases: •
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Start-up (M 0-6). In this phase the Project Centre will be established and made operational. The Management Committee will be created; the communication procedures defined and the project centre web server will be activated; moreover the method of work and the steps of the tasks 1, 2, 3, and 4 will be defined. Finally at the end of this period the First Meeting will be organised and the first issue of the newsletter published. Operation (M 6-42). It the core phase of the project, Phoenix will fully exploit its potentiality of action. The preparatory work for the Guidelines will be carried out and most of the work for the Guidelines themselves (Task 4) will be done. Moreover the electronic handbook to be developed on the Action’s website, defining different categories for fire hazard and the corresponding forest types should be done. Network development (M 36-60). This phase is mainly devoted to the validation of the results achieved in the previous phase (e.g. Guidelines and electronic handbook) and to the promotion and development of the PHOENIX at European and at a National level with the aim of setting up a stable Project Centre.
Project Planning and timetable Task Task codes Phases Network and management Network co-ordination and administration Management Commitee mettings 1. Scientific basis on post-fire management 1.1 Forest types less likely to burn 1.2 Characteristics of the dominant species 1.3 Forest types more resilient to fire 1.4 Species and resistence to fire 1.5 Fire history 2. Technical recommendations 2.1 Forest types 2.2 Potential and limitation of post-fire manag. 3. Knowledge transfer 4. Technical guidelines on post-fire manag. Outputs Web-Server Newsletter Conferences Workshop Advanced-Course Electronic handbook Quality control mechanism
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7. Consortium The consortium consists of forest research and training institutions from all around the Mediterranean basin. The following list of organizations (in alphabetic order by country) participates in the activities of PHOENIX. France 1. CEMAGREF* Greece 2. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) Italy 3. Università di Napoli Federico II (UNINA) Portugal 4. Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Baeta Neves (CEABN-ISA*) 5. Univ. Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro(UTAD*) 6. Univ. de Aveiro (UAVR) Spain 7. Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterraneo (CEAM) Other institutions contacted as possible participants in this type of research activities are: DG-Joint Research Centre (SAI - Natural Hazards) - Dr. Jesus San-Miguel, Ispra, Italy INRA - EUFIRELAB* - Dir. Jean Charles Valette, INRA Avignon, France IAMF - Int. Assoc. Mediterranean Forests - Sec. Jean Bonnier, Marseille, France The Global Fire Monitoring Center* - Prof. Johann Goldammer, Univ. Freiburg, Germany Education and Training Center for Forest Specialists* - Dr. Anatoly Petrov, Moscow, Russia * EFI Member
8. Management of the Project Centre This work is aimed at providing the management and the operational co-ordination of the project. It includes several activities to provide the functionality of the Project Centre, a proper Management decision process, and the communication among the partners and to cover the administrative aspect of the Project Centre. This includes: • the establishment of the Consortium Agreements among the PHOENIX Partners and EFI • the management of the administrative and financial matters of the project • the establishment of a PHOENIX secretariat and its operativeness • the reporting to EFI headquarters • the Management Committee activities • the communication among the partners of the PHOENIX Management activities will take place during the whole duration of the PHOENIX at each participant and with great emphasis at the coordinator to ensure that all aspects of logistics (especially preparation of general meetings) and complete fulfilment of administrative and financial aspects are dealt with without being a severe burden to the physical development of the PHOENIX. Management activities will include the creation and maintenance of a permanent website with all shared information required.
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Management Committee (MC) As above indicated the management of the project centre includes the MC meetings and the related activities. The MC will address and will take decisions on the technical activity of the Project Centre. In particular, the MC will be in charge for the assessment and the evaluation of the tasks and to the production of the Guidelines and book, as well as for the scientific monitoring and validation of the content and schedule of the project events and the validation of the project deliverables. Moreover, it will be in charge for the possible changes in the project Work Programme and for solving possible conflicts. Such activity will be carried-out through the communication partnership with e-consultation and during the MC meetings that will have also the scope to address and review the project activities: • • •
first meeting at the beginning of the project for the definition of the operative work plan and management procedures; intermediate meetings for an assessment of the projects results and in case for a revision of the project centre work programme; in particular, the major milestones will be critically assessed in meetings of the project and evaluated by the MC; final meeting at the end of the project for the evaluation of the project results and for planning the activities for the project follow-up.
The MC meetings will be scheduled approximately every year, whenever possible linked to the project conferences and advanced course, which represent the milestones of the project (see also Gantt chart). The Management Committee (MC) will manage the PHOENIX in accordance with the Rules and Procedures for implementing and establish its course of activities in the first meeting. The leaders of each Working Group (WG) and two additional persons will constitute the MC. The PHOENIX will involve five working groups each group being responsible for different tasks and sub-tasks, according to the following organisational plan: • • • • •
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Task 1 (Tasks 1.1 and 1.2) and task 4; Task 1 (Tasks 1.3 and 1.4) and task 4; Task 1 (Task 1.5) and task 4; Task 2 and Task 4; Task 3 and Task 4.
Most of the proponents will take part at WG4 and WG5, whereas the first 3 WG’s will be constituted according to the expertise areas of each proponent. Each WG will be coordinated by a WG leader, selected among participants. Besides the co-ordination of the respective WG, each WG leader will be responsible for reporting the work progress to the MC. In order to ensure coordination with other ongoing EU activities, a representative of the EUFIRELAB framework (which already includes a substantial part of the proponents of this Project Centre) will be invited to participate at all meetings. Whenever necessary, the MC will decide on the invitation of experts outside the Project Centre, eventually outside the European Union, in order to assure the best results for each Task/sub-task. A scheme of project management is shown in Figure. The Management Committee will take the major decisions in what concerns the accomplishment of the proposed objectives. This Management Committee will integrate the leaders of each working group (WG) plus the coordinator. Both the Management Committee and the Working Group leaders will provide scientific guidance and other management prescriptions to the permanent research and administrative staff.
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Management organisation scheme
Project Centre Coordinator Secretariat (ISA/CEABN)
PHOENIX Management Committee
PHOENIX Scientific coordinators from 5 WG
Permanent research staff
Research from other Project Centre members In principle, one researcher from each institution will be a working group leader, taking advantage of the expertise and knowledge of the several members. The permanent research and administrative staff will be based at ISA/CEABN, which will provide a permanent equipped room for this purpose. This permanent staff will have the following functions: • • • • • • • • •
Implement a website and mailing list for the Project Centre; Gather available information for each of the scientific tasks, with the support of WG leaders and Project members; Helping project members in accomplishing their tasks; Incorporate information on data base; Prepare project submissions, in collaboration with other members; Prepare progress and technical reports for each of the tasks in the scientific programme; Organise the general meetings of Project members; Prepare publication of book on post-fire management; Collaborate with researchers from other Project Centre members that might visit the project headquarters, to gather information or exchange experiences.
Thus we hope that researchers from other institutions will temporarily join the ISA/CEABN staff in Lisbon, creating a dynamic exchange of people and knowledge.
Communication At the beginning of the project the procedures for communication among the partners, with the possibility of sharing the relevant project documents will be defined and a communication network, based on Internet, will be exploited in such a way to constitute an operative tool for networking. With this aim a Web service with two levels of access will be provided: a public level and a consortium level (intranet) for web communication. The public level will be accessible to all the people interested in the project (no login required) and will contain the following information: objectives, activities and running information, tasks, results, profiles of the partnership, specific contributions form the partners.
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The consortium level will be available only for the PHOENIX members. This level will include: •
PHOENIX Document Server. It will consist of an archive of documents to be used by the partners to place the working documents;
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Discussion list among the partnership members. This discussion list is restricted to the partnership and is different to the forum open to the external audience (see also 5. outputs) that is established as a content of the web server. It deals with the various issues of the tasks, as an operational tool of the activity for the activity of the various tasks;
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A “MC” area to be used for discussing decisions as regards the project and its contents, as well as for consultation.
Quality control mechanism The project activities will be continuously monitored against the work programme and the objectives of PHOENIX. A continuous evaluation process on the level and degree of success in achieving the project objectives will be established along the whole project duration. In the first part of the project, the principal indicators to measure PHOENIX objectives will be identified, together with their target levels; during the project the above parameters will be checked against the achieved progress results. This process will constitute a framework for the self-assessment of the project. It will be carried on by the PHOENIX Management Committee and will ensure a check of the working progress and then the possibility of detecting possible problems and take the necessary corrective actions. The strict connection among the members of the MC will ensure the overall constant monitoring of project activities. This work foresees the following activities: § Definition of a Quality Plan. This will define different measurable objectives, their indicator parameters (and their thresholds) and their expected progress temporal achievements. The relationship among the different objectives will be analysed in such a way to identify the risks related to possible delays. § Monitoring of the project working progress against the above plan The MC will be in charge for checking the achievement of the project objectives, according to the evaluation plan and for a quality control evaluation, as well as for defining and taking the necessary procedures to cover possible deviations from the schedule or from the project work programme content. § Peer-review Some of the most important project deliverables will be submitted for a peer-review by reviewer(s) external to the Consortium.
9. Budget The possibility of this proposal to be fully successful is dependent upon the approval of existing applications at international level with the submission of the core group to a COST Action under the same acronym (PHOENIX) and at national level with the submission of two projects and the application to the Portuguese Government. At present ISA/CEABN can provide the minimum facilities and personnel to initiate the Project Centre. An area inside the headquarters of CEABN at Tapada da Ajuda, a University Campus located in Lisbon, will be dedicated to the EFI Project Centre. A permanent secretariat will be established. At the moment it is possible to dedicate some time of the existing permanent or temporary staff to the Project Centre.
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The current list of personnel and time to be allocated to the management of the Project Centre is: Permanent positions: Francisco Castro Rego (Professor) Joaquim Sande Silva (Professor) José Alberto Rodrigues (Secretariat)
Time allocated 25% Time allocated 25% Time allocated 50%
Temporary positions: Francisco Moreira (post-Doc) Filipe Catry (forest engineer) Maria João Maia (MSc project management)
Time allocated 25% Time allocated 25% Time allocated 50%
Maintenance or increase the secretariat will be only possible after approval of the proposal, and of the projects and governmental support requested. Current national funding of CEABN will allow for two one-week visits of the Project Centre Coordinator to the EFI headquarters and for the Director of EFI (or a representative) to Lisbon for a full integration of the research activities in the Project Centre with those carried out by the various Programme Areas at EFI headquarters or at the other Project Centres.
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10. Literature cited Arianoutsou, M. & G. Ne’eman 2000. Post-fire regeneration of natural Pinus halepensis forests in the East Mediterranean Basin. In: Ecology, Biogeography and Management of Mediterranean Pine Forest. G. Ne’eman, and L. Trabaud (Eds), pp 269-290, Backhuys Publishers, 407p. Botelho, H.S., F.C. Rego, e K.C. Ryan. 1998. Tree mortality models for Pinus pinaster of Northern Portugal. Pp. 235-240 In Proc. 13th Fire and Forest Meteorology Conf., Oct. 1996, Lorne, Melbourne, Australia. IAWF. Fernandes, P.M., and Botelho, H.S.. 2003. The effectiveness of prescribed burning in hazard reduction. International Journal of Wildland Fire 12(2): 117-128. Moreira, F., Rego, F. & Ferreira, P., 2001. Temporal (1958-1995) pattern of change in a cultural landscape of northwestern Portugal: implications for fire occurrence. Landscape Ecology, 16: 557-567. Pausas, J.G. 1997. Resprouting of Quercus suber in NE Spain after fire. Journal of Vegetation Science 8: 703-706. Pausas, J.G., Ouadah, N., Ferran, A., Gimeno, T. & Vallejo, R. 2003. Fire severity and seedling establishment in Pinus halepensis woodlands, eastern Iberian Peninsula. Plant Ecology, 169.
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Item 9
Future Annual Conferences
It is foreseen that a possible change of status does not have any effect on the practical arrangements of the future annual conferences.
a) Preparations for the Annual Conference in 2005 The 10th Annual Conference decided that 12th Annual Conference will be held in Barcelona, Spain. The main host is the Center of Forest Technology (CTFC) in Solsona. The event is co-hosted/sponsored by CREAF of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the Ministry of Environment of Spain and the Ministry of Environment of Catalonia. The theme of the Scientific Seminar in connection of the 12th Annual Conference is ‘Multifunctional forest ecosystem management in Europe: integrated approaches to consider social, economic and ecological dimensions’.
b) Venue and host of the Annual Conference in 2006 A call to host the Annual Conference of 2006 was published in EFI news and EFI members’ homepage, as well distributed by email to EFI members during winter 2003/2004. Two proposals were received by the end of March 2004. They were from University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria, and Centre of Ecosystem Studies: ALTERRA & Group Forest Ecology and Forest Management, Wageningen, the Netherlands. The proposals were submitted to the EFI Board, which assessed the applications at its 37th Board meeting. The EFI Board agreed at its 37th meeting to recommend to the 11th Annual Conference that the Annual Conference of 2006 will held in the Netherlands, and hosted by Centre of Ecosystem Studies: ALTERRA & Group Forest Ecology and Forest Management, Wageningen. The scientific topic of the seminar is Forest modelling and scenario analyses. The Board further decided that ‘The Board was concerned of the low representation of East European countries as hosts of EFI Annual Conferences. It therefore decided that the bid for hosting Annual Conference of 2007 will be directed to East European members, with an offer from EFI to assist in preparing the proposals.’
