ThinkForest - Navigating through the EU forest-related objectives

Описание: A new EFI’s study (forthcoming) and related policy brief (https://doi.org/10.36333/pb18) forms the basis of this ThinkForest event, which maps forest-related objectives across 90 EU policy documents, taking the 2021 EU Forest Strategy as its starting point. The analysis identifies 15 key policy objectives and reveals how forests are increasingly portrayed as multifunctional allies in tackling Europe’s major challenges. While the European Green Deal has strengthened environmental and climate ambitions, economic productivity remains firmly embedded within EU forest policy.

Our ThinkForest event:
present key insights from the study on EU forest policy objectives
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discuss opportunities for better policy coherence and governance integration

foster dialogue on challenges and opportunities for addressing trade-offs in implementation

00:00 Opening words - Helga Pülzl, Assistant Director, European Forest Institute
04:04 Green Ambition & Economic Competitiveness: Mapping EU Forest Objectives - Doris Wydra, Senior Scientist, University of Salzburg, Austria
28:02 Panel discussion: EU forest policy governance: challenges and opportunities
Moderator: Sarah Adams, European Forest Institute
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Christian Holzleitner, DG Climate, European Commission
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Marta Gaworska, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the European Union
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Gerfried Gruber, Director of the Department for forest policy, forest economy and forest information, Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management, Austria
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Doris Wydra, Senior Scientist, University of Salzburg, Austria
01:26:35 Closing remarks - Helga Pülzl, Assistant Director, European Forest Institute