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Protecting Europe's Forests: Challenges and Solutions

WWF European Forest Programme aims to protect, manage, and restore forests amidst threats like illegal logging, climate change, and more. Learn about forest conservation, illegal logging issues, forest management challenges, and the importance of sustainability.

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Protecting Europe's Forests: Challenges and Solutions

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  1. From Casablanca...to Vladivostok... WWF European Forest Programme • 85 Forest Officers in 31 Countries • Protect, Manage, Restore • Illegal Logging, Climate Change, Fire, Conversion • Field, Policy, Advocacy, Partnerships

  2. At current (last 20 years) rates, in the next 25 years, 250 – 300 million hectares of tropical forests are likely to be lost

  3. Sumava National Park, Czech Republic

  4. 6.3% of current forests lie within protected areas • locations do not always correspond with high values • forests on rich soils and in the lowlands are under-represented >10% 5-10% 2.5-5% 1-2.5% >1% Levels of protection Forest protected areas >100km2

  5. Illegal LoggingPlotting the Supply Chain - an example Contract holders Logging companies Kirillovskii leshoz Swedish import traders Thomesto Vologda Spot-contracts Thomesto Sverige AB Thomesto Terminal Petrovles-Pasha Petrovles- Volosovo Petrovles Petrovles- Luban’ Petrovles Russia Sweden Timber merchants Finkarelko OY Spot-contracts Stalkon Finn Trading V. Vyaisinen Ara Satisfactory trade chain Spot-contracts Problematic trade chain Mixed trade chain

  6. Other Issues • Private Owners • 16 Million in Europe: median area 4-5 ha • what is meaningfull good forest management for them? • how do they compete with large owners to sell products? • Incentives • targetted at forestry or agriculture? • Forest Laws • economic vs sustainable basis?

  7. The Licence to Operate • Legality of timber and proving it • High Conservation Value Forests • Protection of Nature and natural processes • Good Forest Management • A Globally Applicable Model • within Europe - small and large owners • drive change outside Europe

  8. Protected Area Networks

  9. >10Mn m3 wood processed annually: StoraEnso, UPM-Kymmene, MetsaLiito / M-Real, Mondi Europe, Sveaskog, Sonae 6-10Mn m3 wood processed annually: SCA, Holmen, Norske Skog, Sappi, Ilim Pulp, Sodra, Kronospan, Myllykoski 4-6 Mn m3 wood processed annually: Cartiere Burgo, Egger, Smurfit, Korsnas, Lecta, International Paper, Swedwood What is their influence and leadership on: sourcing by ownership? Recycled fibre and wood? Biomass power? "Large regional" vs "Small local" industry distribution? EU wide standards? Europe's Biggest Forest Products Companies

  10. Corporate Social Responsibility

  11. WWF Skov 2000 WWF Skog 2000 Forest & Trade Networks

  12. Producer Groups Step-wise Approach to Certification Step 1 Stop the use of illegal wood Step 2 Undertake an inventory of High Conservation Value Forests. Manage to protect and/or enhance the values Step 3 Improved Forest Management (eg low impact logging etc) Step 4 Certification to FSC standards

  13. Government procurement in bold colours, companies in shaded colours

  14. Carbon, Climate & Forests • Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change • Sequestration • Alternative Energy • biomass

  15. More Information • WWF's global approach to forests, including position papers on 15 issues including illegal logging, certification and forest protection • www.panda.org/forests4life • Some specific European forest information • www.panda.org/europe then click on "solutions" and "forests" • Beddington Zero Energy Development • www.bedzed.org.uk • Contacts: dpollard@wwfint.org

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