Summary of the written contributions received from the ...

Strategies for increased mobilisation of wood resources from sustainable sourcesGrenoble, 16-18 June 2009

Summary of the written contributions received from the participants

As submitted in advance to the workshop


Workshop objectives

Explore concrete cases of wood mobilisation in different circumstances and know about the lessons learned

Identify the drivers and obstacles of increased wood mobilisation

Discuss most realistic strategic options for mobilisation and their applicability

Crucial for sound policy decisions: knowledge about good practices


Written contributions requested…

…with the aim to collect wood mobilisation examples of various topics and regions.

In particular, workshop participants were asked:

What have you done in the field of mobilisation/what measures did you implement or were you involved in?

What are the lessons learned from this implementation/activity (including supporting and impeding factors)?

Who is the responsible (contact details, source for more information, studies, reports, web links, etc.)?


Distributed template for written contributions

Contact person(s) (name, office/agency, phone/fax, e-mail address):

Location and type(s) of projects where this practice is most applicable/effective:

Main benefit(s):

Reason(s) for applying:

Brief description of the best practice:

Name of the best practice:

Country (and province or city) where the practice is applied:


Contributions structured according to 10 topics

Support to private forest owners

Improved logistics

Optimisation of value added chain/cooperation between forest sector partners

Measures in forest industry / use of post consumer wood

Economic incentives and policy measures

Intensified forest management

Using all sources of woody biomass

Extending forest area

Training and education of owners and forest workforce


20 case studies received from 8 countries, relating to 7 different topics

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FR

HR

GER

AUT

SUI

TR

UK

ENFE

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Private forests measures

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Economic incen-tives

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Intensi-fiedforestry

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Research enhance-ment

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Forest sector co-operation

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Training of work-force

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Industry measures

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Contributions according to topicSupport to private forest owners I

Switzer-land

Influence of holding size and location on wood supply

• Only in some cases interaction of wood assortment prices + supply

Timber supply behavior of owners

Objectives / motivations of forest owners

Awareness raising and improved information

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• Raised awareness of forest owners and improved public understanding of forest benefits and mobilisation needs

Mobilisation lever and benefitSubtopic

Austria

• Important: differentiate size + region• Stump sales and 3rd party service

contribute to mobilisation


Contributions according to topicSupport to private forest owners II

Subtopic

Estonia

Joint marketing and forest management services

• No-cost services: marketing, technical support via GPS, CRM-system combines owner and forest resource data

Bundle public forest services, industry + forest owner competence in PPP

Joint selling procedures and sales contracts for forest owners

• Accredited advisors support in forest management

• Sales of cutting rights from private forests by Forest Owners Cooperatives via public auctions started

Germany

Mobilisation lever and benefit

• Private company concentrates + sells timber from 10.000 private forest owners in German province

• Owners benefit directly from sales


Contributions according to topicOptimisation of value added chain/ forest sector cooperation

UK

Develop and structure wood industry sector

Biomass support scheme, funding for network formation

• Increased wood mobilisation through formation of a network of wood fuel suppliers

France• Investment fund to enhance corporate

development of wood sector companies• Build company and re-organise the sector



Contributions according to topicEconomic incentives, political / legal measures

Incentives in private forests

• State supported investments in forest companies and sawmill sector (i.e. modernisation of companies)

Develop forest and sawmill sector

Overcome obstacles to wood mobilisation

• Introduced scheme for construction timber to promote eco-materials

• Tax deduction for purchase if RES heating system

• Supported by promotion campaigns


France

• Tax reduction for wood harvest and for implementation of forest management contracts


Contributions according to topicIntensified forest management


Fuel wood mobilisation from protected or remote areas

• Increase local utilisation rate of wood residues

• Development of a special steam boiler for wood chips

Increase use of wood residues

Croatia• Pack-saddle for fuel wood transport• Increase wood supply from remote or

protected areas

Turkey


Contributions according to topicTraining and education of owners and forest workforce


Capacity building of forestry contractors

• Improved contractors’ performances• Supported wood energy supply

Training in the production of wood chips

Europe

• Improved performance in forest operations

• Raised attractiveness of forestry work and entrepreneurship in forest operation

France


Contributions according to topicResearch enhancement


Knowledge on domestic wood supply potential

• Quantify additional supply potential from forest and non-forest biomass sources through upcoming national forest inventory

Knowledge on domestic wood supply potential

France

• Launched studies on supply from wood residues and non-forest sources, as well as field surveys

• Know obstacles or catalysts to wood mobilisation

• Better formulate forest industry policies

UK


Contributions according to topicMeasures in forest industry / use of post-consumer wood


CHP systems in sawmills

Europe

• Replace purchased energy with low-grade forest biomass (bark from sawmill, forest residues)

• Highly efficient use of wood residues


Conclusions

Submitted case studies give a good overview on where efforts are concentrated (country, background, topic focus)

More contributions needed to cover all regions and topics (in this workshop and in practice)

Workshop is great opportunity to share furthergood practice examples

Call for active contributions during the workshop


Many thanks to all contributors!

Matthias Wilnhammer, M.Sc. Forestry

Consultant for UNECE/FAO Timber Section

Contact: [email protected]


Working group procedureBasic structure

Today afternoon: 5 working group topics

2 simultaneous groups per topic (10 groups today)

Working group leaders announced

Number of participants per group is max. 5 persons plus group leader (see registration form)


Working group procedureProcedure and timing

Working group session (14:20-15:30)

Introduction (5 min)

Brainstorming, selection of 3-4 measures (10 min)

Evaluation of measures, development of recommendations (55 min)

Reports by each group (15:30-16:30, 5min presentation per group)


In brief: Select 3-4 most promising measures from topic list …

List of measures Economic incentives and policy measures I

Selected direct incentives :• Financial support for forest owner associations to invest in information technology

(GIS, GPS), forest management planning or technical equipment;• Support of institution building (e.g. forest owners cooperatives), e.g. via subsidizing

management costs;• Mobilisation premiums could be paid for every mobilized m3 of wood (for a limited

time span);• Transport subsidies for wood removed from remote underused forests;• Tax relief for forest owners;• Tax deduction for heating systems using fuel wood;• Financial support for consultancy to include the development of inventories and forest

management plans.


… fill in the evaluation form and …


… fill in the template slides and draft policy recommendations

Working group:Measure:

Ease of implemen-

tation

Efficiency

Difficulties and expense

Recommen-ded policy

tool (s)

Best practice reference

Call for action: time scale

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Potential size of increased mobilisation

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Unused slides


20 case studies received from 8 countriesNumber of case studies in brackets

Wood mobilisation in private forests (7)

Economic incentives (3)

Intensified forest management (3)

Research enhancement (2)

Optimisation of the value added chain/cooperation between forest sector partners (2)

Training of workforce (2)

Logistical measures (1)

… and by topic area

France (6)

Austria (4)

Germany (2)

Turkey (2)

UK (2)

Croatia (1)

Estonia (1)

Switzerland (1)

Whole Europe (1)

Case studies by country …


Predominating reasons for applying the best practices / main issues reported


Main benefits of the best practices


Locations and types of projects where practices are most effective

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