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Forest treasures in Central and Eastern Europe under the hammer

Forest treasures in Central and Eastern Europe under the hammer. How forests which survived hammer and sickle are under threat to be sacrificed for profit. Forest treasure of CEE. 300.000ha of natural forests in the Carpathians (nearly half of it is covered by forests)

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Forest treasures in Central and Eastern Europe under the hammer

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  1. Forest treasures in Central and Eastern Europe under the hammer How forests which survived hammer and sickle are under threat to be sacrificed for profit In Zentral und Osteuropa

  2. In Zentral und Osteuropa

  3. Forest treasure of CEE • 300.000ha of natural forests in the Carpathians (nearly half of it is covered by forests) • In Slovakia, Bulgaria and Bosnia over 50% of the forests are in somewhat natural conditions • In Slovakia, Poland, Macedonia and Bulgaria the share of pristine forest is about 1% • Poland: in 1996 there were 1,46 million ha of environmentally important forests in Poland (IUCN Poland 1996) • Romania: in 1985 there was 127 000 ha of forests without accessibility (> 5km) and 824 000 ha with relatively bad accessibility (2-5km) from road In Zentral und Osteuropa

  4. Russia 260.768.700 Sweden 4.531.300 Finland 1.202.000 Georgia 550.000 Bulgaria 256.000 Norway 250.000 Romania 233.200 Turkey 188.000 Poland 144.000 Albania 84.800 Forests undisturbed by man in Europe Forests “undisturbed” by man in Europe [ha] by FAO/ MCPFE: In Zentral und Osteuropa

  5. Threatened species in CEE • 481 endemic plant species • Last region in Europe to support viable populations of brown bear (8000), wolf (4000, 45% of Europe’s population) and lynx (3000) More than 300 species of birds: • 61% of the European populationsBlack Storks • 62% the of Lesser-spotted Eagles • 42% of the Middle-spotted Woodpeckers breed in the Accession countries In Zentral und Osteuropa

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  8. Forest threats in CEE • Forest privatisation • Illegal logging • Not enough strictly protected areas and no proper enforcement of the existing ones • Bad forestry – clear cutting, monocultures • Building of infrastructure • International consortia entering the market in order to “turn the forest into value” In Zentral und Osteuropa

  9. Consortia entering the CEE market • Foria-ÖBF • ÖBF • Schweighofer sawmill • Kaindl Holzindustrie • Weltbank • Private owners In Zentral und Osteuropa

  10. Foria-ÖBF • Founded by Austrian state forestry agency ÖBF & Finnish Forestry agency Metsähallitus in summer 2002 . • Planning to take over leadership in Central and Eastern European forest-management & timber marketing until 2007. • Goal: sales of 45 Mill. Euros and 1 Mill. solid cubic meter of timber until then. In Zentral und Osteuropa

  11. ÖBF • Active in CEE with consulting department. • Reformation of forestry agencies in Albania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary (and PNG) In Zentral und Osteuropa

  12. Schweighofer • Opens sawmill in Sebes (Siebenbürgen) in mid 2003 • Investing 60 Mio Euros • 300 employees • 95% of sawn timber exported to US, Japan, Middle East • Financed by Austrian Creditanstalt • Cooperation with Foria-ÖBF planned In Zentral und Osteuropa

  13. Kaindl • One of the leading providers of tiber materials in Europe • Particle board producer • 16 enterprises in 9 countries with 8.500 employees • Subsidiary Kaindl flooring is market leader in timber floorings, 23% market share • 750 employees • 310 Mio. Euros turnover In Zentral und Osteuropa

  14. WorldbankRomania – Forest Development Project • to support increased productivity of forest industries • rehabilitating and extending the forest road network (best practice guideline) • establish a forest management information & monitoring system • to ensure sustainable management of private forest lands • economic and environmental goals in one project In Zentral und Osteuropa

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