Rialb 2021: forests and water, source of life
Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia
Centre de Proprietat Forestal
There was great alignment of different stakeholders around the necessity to implement an innovation mechanism to value forest management and its direct relation with the amount and quality of water. [...]
“The survival of mankind depends on nature and a healthy environment, with forests having a big role in the process”
Martina Jurjević Varga
Chief ranger
Public Institution Nature Park Medvednica, Croatia
Solutions for co-operation in forestry and nature tourism
Juhani Pyykkönen
Senior adviser bioeconomy
The Finnish Forest Centre (SMK), Finland
The idea of landscape as a service is not new anymore, but practical solutions are still lacking. The need is clear. Kuusamo-Ruka tourism area [...]
Scientific approach to second MAG meeting in Russia
Centre for Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Science
For our second MAG meeting, that took place on 29th of March, 2019 in CEPF RAS, Moscow, we chose to change the format drastically, compared to the first one. [...]
“SINCERE will provide a unique opportunity to collaborate with both academic and practice partners all over Europe”
Thomas Lundhede
Associate Professor in Environmental Economics
The University of Copenhagen, Denmark
A peppy and energetic kick-off meeting in Copenhagen
Christian Jürgensen
Dansk Skovforening
Danish Forest Association (DFA), Denmark
Shared objectives among diverse stakeholders sparked fruitful discussions and created rewarding results [...]
Finding Solutions in Collaboration – Selecting Areas And Increasing Awareness
The Finnish Forest Centre
Realizing the model of paying for landscape and ecosystem services has three critical issues, namely selecting the forest areas to be compensated, organising the fund collection and payments, and increasing awareness of the activities. [...]
“We need to increase the interconnection between society’s demands and forest ecosystem services provision”
Mario Torralba
Postdoctoral researcher
The University of Kassel, Germany
Stakeholders have their say in valorising health benefits in Nature Park Medvednica
Martina Belović Kelemen
PI NP Medvednica
30% of Croatian territory is Natura 2000 site. There are 12 nature parks and 8 national parks. One of them is Nature Park Medvednica (NPM), protected as IUCN category V. [...]
“Reconnecting people with their nearby forests can help encourage more active and healthy lifestyles, as well as enhance support for forest conservation”
Kate Reilly
EU Programme Officer Nature-Based Solutions
IUCN European Regional Office
“Showing society the entire process of developing a PES scheme is the starting point”
Teresa Baiges / Jose Antonio Bonet
Forest Engineer / Researcher
Centre de Proprietat Forestal (CPF) /
Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC),
Spain
Stakeholders strive to multiply solutions for Russian forests
Centre for Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Science
Forests in Russia are a resource of strategic significance, and in many regions the forest sector traditionally plays critical role in local economics. It is, for instance, true for our case study region, Voskresensky subregion of Nizhegorodsky region. [...]
Reversed auctions for enhancing biodiversity in Denmark
Suzanne Elizabeth Vedel
Danish Forest Association (DFA), Denmark
The second MAG meeting took place at the University of Copenhagen and gathered forest owners, policy makers and a broad variety of other stakeholders [...]
“It is important to find the right balance between protection and production”
Tanja Blindbæk Olsen
Head of Political Department
Danish Forest Association (DFA), Denmark
New approaches to meet the demand’s needs
Consorzio Comunalie Parmensi (Borgo TV)
Stakeholders met in the Tuscan-Emilian community of Borgo Val di Taro to consider the production of their local mushrooms, from supply-oriented to demand-oriented approach [...]
“The path to innovation on forest ecosystem services is a combination of preciseness, adapted management, creativity and communication”
Urs Schroff
Project leader
Pan Bern AG, Switzerland
Swiss stakeholders discuss spiritual ecosystem services at second meeting
Pan Bern AG
Andreas Bernasconi reports on the second stakeholder meeting for the Swiss case study which is working to strengthen the connection between people and the forest [...]
“We need to understand how and why forests might be important for others”
Constanza Parra
Professor Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Belgium
Rialb 2021: forests for water in Catalonia
Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia
Centre de Proprietat Forestal
There was great alignment of different stakeholders around the necessity to implement an innovation mechanism to value forest management and its direct relation with the amount and quality of water. [...]
“SINCERE could lay the foundations for a new European forest related policy”
Georg Winkel
Coordinator SINCERE and Head of Resilience Programme at EFI
The European Forest Institute (EFI), Finland