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Private Forest Ownership and Wood Mobilization in Europe

Private Forest Ownership and Wood Mobilization in Europe. Franziska Hirsch and Sebastian Hetsch UNECE/FAO Timber Section UN Economic Commission for Europe. Overview. UNECE/FAO Private Forest Ownership Enquiry 1.1 Ownership Distribution 1.2 Socio-Economic Observations 1.3 Trends

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Private Forest Ownership and Wood Mobilization in Europe

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  1. Private Forest Ownership and Wood Mobilization in Europe Franziska Hirsch and Sebastian Hetsch UNECE/FAO Timber Section UN Economic Commission for Europe

  2. Overview • UNECE/FAO Private Forest Ownership Enquiry1.1 Ownership Distribution 1.2 Socio-Economic Observations1.3 Trends • Wood Availability and Mobilization2.1 Energy Policies, Wood Demand and Availability 2.2 Wood Mobilization

  3. Overview • UNECE/FAO Private Forest Ownership Enquiry1.1 Ownership Distribution 1.2 Socio-Economic Observations1.3 Trends • Wood Availability and Mobilization 2.1 Energy Policies, Wood Demand and Availability 2.2 Wood Mobilization

  4. Private Forest Ownership in Europe UNECE/FAO/MCPFE/CEPF Enquiry Specification Issues Forest ownership Private Public Other State / provincial / communal Individuals / fami- lies/ institutions Holding structure Total area of holdings by size classes Total number of holdings Socio-economic data Individual owners Objec- tives Age+ Gender Occu- pation Resi- dence Trends Restitution / Privatisation Changes in past 15 years Organisation in FOAs, Fragmentation

  5. Private Forest Ownership Enquiry Malta • addressed to 38 MCPFE countries • 23 participated Iceland Finland Norway Estonia Sweden Russian Federation Latvia Countries that participated Lithuania Denmark Belarus Ireland United Kingdom Countries that did not participate Ukraine Netherlands Poland Germany Czech Rep. Belgium Slovakia Luxembourg Moldova Countries not addressed Austria Hungary Romania Switzerland France Slovenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Serbia and Montenegro Bulgaria Italy Andorra FYR Macedonia Albania Portugal Turkey Spain Greece Cyprus

  6. Overview • UNECE/FAO Private Forest Ownership Enquiry1.1 Ownership Distribution 1.2 Socio-Economic Observations1.3 Trends 2. Wood Availability and Mobilization2.1 Energy Policies, Wood Demand and Availability 2.2 Wood Mobilization

  7. Overall Ownership Distribution (a) Includes: land where ownership is not defined, land that belongs to indigenous or tribal people. Significant share of private ownership (50%)

  8. Overall Ownership Distribution … large difference at the country level (b) Countries with predominance of private ownership

  9. Overall Ownership Distribution … large difference at the country level (c) Countries with predominance of public ownership

  10. Ownership Categories (a) Private Forest mostly owned by Individuals/ Families Public Forests mostly owned by the State

  11. Country Level Structure (b)

  12. Country Level Structure (c)

  13. Holding Structure Restitution/privation: often towards smallholding ... large variances on a country level

  14. Overview • UNECE/FAO Private Forest Ownership Enquiry1.1 Ownership Distribution1.2 Socio-Economic Observations1.3 Trends • Wood Availability and Mobilization 2.1 Energy Policies, Wood Demand and Availability 2.2 Wood Mobilization

  15. Socio-economic observations (a) Large variability in age class amongst private forest owners...

  16. Socio-economic observations (b) ...often outside traditional agricultural / forestry sector

  17. Overview • UNECE/FAO Private Forest Ownership Enquiry1.1 Ownership Distribution1.2 Socio-Economic Observations 1.3 Trends 2. Wood Availability and Mobilization2.1 Energy Policies, Wood Demand and Availability 2.2 Wood Mobilization

  18. Findings/Trends Findings Issue • Nearing completion in most countries, • ongoing in Romania, Slovakia, Serbia  Towards small holdings in some countries (PL, SL, CZ) Restitution / Privatisation in CEEC Large difference in number of national FAOs, membership of international FOAs and share of organized owners: „all“ in AT, „almost all „in FI, 1% in PL Association Holding structure Ownership and increment/ fellings Lower fellings in private forests despite often higher increment rate

  19. Overview • UNECE/FAO Private Forest Ownership Enquiry1.1 Ownership Distribution1.2 Socio-Economic Observations1.3 Trends • Wood Availability and Mobilization 2.1 Energy Policies, Wood Demand and Availability 2.2 Wood Mobilization

  20. Energy Policies, Wood Demand & Availability • UNECE/FAO Timber Section work on forest resources, wood markets and outlook • European Forest Sector Outlook Study (EFSOS 1960-2000-2020) • UNECE/FAO/IEA/EU Joint Wood Energy Enquiry (2006) http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/mis/energy/activities.htm • Promotion of renewable energy by EU and national governments (2020: 20) • Wood currently (2005) most important RES in EU

  21. Energy Policies, Wood Demand & Availability Study “Wood Resource Availability and Demand: Implications of renewable energy policies” • Difference of 47 mil m3 between supply and consumption (2005) • Energy policies require (in EU/EFTA) • + 138 mil m3 in 2010 and • + 277 mil m3 in 2020  Need to mobilize more wood resource • Empirical research urgently needed • UNECE/FAO Policy Forum “Bioenergy policies and targets” (10 Oct 2007)

  22. Overview • UNECE/FAO Private Forest Ownership Enquiry1.1 Ownership Distribution1.2 Socio-Economic Observations1.3 Trends • Wood Availability and Mobilization 2.1 Energy Policies, Wood Demand and Availability 2.2 Wood Mobilization

  23. Wood Mobilization UNECE/FAO/MCPFE/CEPI Workshop “Mobilizing Wood Resources” (January 2007) • Conclusions and recommendations: • Achieve policy coherence • Collect, make available comprehensive, reliable information • Involve whole wood supply chain • Empower forest owners: clustering, association • Provide education and training • Develop forest infrastructure • Respect limits of SFM http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/workshops/2007/wmw/mobilisingwood.htm

  24. More Information • UNECE/FAO Timber Section www.unece.org/trade/timber • Private Forest Ownership - Database & background information: www.unece.org/trade/timber/WA2.htmlFranziska.Hirsch@unece.org, Tel: +41 22 917 24 80 • Wood Availability and Mobilization: www.unece.org/trade/timber/docs/tc-sessions/tc-65/policyforum/ Sebastian.Hetsch@unece.org, Tel.: +41 22 917 41 70

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