Ingwald GSCHWANDTL Governments‘ Role in Wood Promotion Poiana Brasov/Romania, March 2003
Governments‘ Role in Wood Governments‘ Role in Wood PromotionPromotion
bybyIngwald GschwandtlIngwald Gschwandtl
Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management and Water Management
Vienna/AustriaVienna/Austria
Ingwald GSCHWANDTL Governments‘ Role in Wood Promotion Poiana Brasov/Romania, March 2003
ContentContent• Why should a government promote wood?Why should a government promote wood?• What can a government do to promote wood? What can a government do to promote wood? • Austria as a caseAustria as a case
– forests and wood– research and education– representation, lobbying and communication– business co-operations and networks– legislation and standardisation– SFM– rural development– political agreements and strategies
• ConclusionsConclusions
Ingwald GSCHWANDTL Governments‘ Role in Wood Promotion Poiana Brasov/Romania, March 2003
Why Why should a government promote wood?should a government promote wood?
• limited resources limited resources • renewability and long term supplyrenewability and long term supply• economic, ecologic, social values of forestseconomic, ecologic, social values of forests• employment and incomeemployment and income• rural areasrural areas• carbon storagecarbon storage• sustainable developmentsustainable development• competition and substitution competition and substitution
Ingwald GSCHWANDTL Governments‘ Role in Wood Promotion Poiana Brasov/Romania, March 2003
What What can a government do to promote wood?can a government do to promote wood?
• develop the economydevelop the economy• protect the environmentprotect the environment• provide fair market conditionsprovide fair market conditions• correct socially or environmentally undesired market correct socially or environmentally undesired market
results, respecting market conformity results, respecting market conformity
• areas for activities and interventions are numerousareas for activities and interventions are numerous– legislation, research, education and training, institutional
capacities, economic and sustainable development strategies, natural resource management policies e. a.
• seek country specific solutionsseek country specific solutions
Ingwald GSCHWANDTL Governments‘ Role in Wood Promotion Poiana Brasov/Romania, March 2003
Austria as a CaseAustria as a Case
Ingwald GSCHWANDTL Governments‘ Role in Wood Promotion Poiana Brasov/Romania, March 2003
AustriaAustria
• population 8 miopopulation 8 mio• total area 8,4 mio hatotal area 8,4 mio ha• forests 3,9 mio ha 47%forests 3,9 mio ha 47%• 80% privately owned80% privately owned• 170.000 holdings, 170.000 holdings,
average size 15 haaverage size 15 ha• growing stock 2 bio cbmgrowing stock 2 bio cbm• 70% coniferous species70% coniferous species• increment 8,7 cbm/ha/yincrement 8,7 cbm/ha/y
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Forests and Wood in AustriaForests and Wood in Austria
EnterprisesEnterprises EmployeesEmployees
ForestryForestry 170.000170.000 8.0008.000
Saw millsSaw mills 1.5501.550 10.00010.000
FurnitureFurniture 9090 10.50010.500
BoardsBoards 1010 3.0003.000
Paper and PulpPaper and Pulp 3030 9.4009.400
Card boardsCard boards 100100 9.0009.000
CarpentersCarpenters 6.2006.200 42.00042.000
Roof ConstructionRoof Construction 1.5001.500 9.1009.100
ConstructionConstruction 128128 9.800 9.800
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Forests and Wood in AustriaForests and Wood in Austria• Research and EducationResearch and Education
– co-financed by public and private funds, complemented by commissioned projects
– Wood Research Austria (Holzforschung Austria)• research projects, tests and experiments, representation in
national and international standards committees, information and know-how transfer.
• special research focus ‘Wood Construction’
• Centre of Competency in Wood Technology’
• ‘HolzCert Austria’ specialised in chain of custody certification
Ingwald GSCHWANDTL Governments‘ Role in Wood Promotion Poiana Brasov/Romania, March 2003
Forests and Wood in AustriaForests and Wood in Austria• Research and EducationResearch and Education
– Wood Technicum Kuchl (Holztechnikum Kuchl)• ‘Specialised School for Saw Millers’
• ‘Technical High School’ with education branches in‘Wood Technology’, ‘Wood Design and Product Management’ and ‘Wood Construction’
– Universities• ‘University of Agricultural Sciences in Vienna (Universität für
Bodenkultur Wien)’ has ‘Institute for Wood Technology’ and branch of study in wood management
• ‘Technical Universities of Vienna and Graz (Technische Universität Wien, Technische Universität Graz)’,special programmes on wood construction for Structural Engineering
Ingwald GSCHWANDTL Governments‘ Role in Wood Promotion Poiana Brasov/Romania, March 2003
Forests and Wood in AustriaForests and Wood in Austria• Representation, Lobbying and CommunicationRepresentation, Lobbying and Communication
– establish or support institutions and mechanisms– legal or private basis– financial support minor, focus on know how transfer
– representations of interest in forestry• Provincial Chambers of Agriculture
(Landes-Landwirtschaftskammern) • Federal Association of Agricultural and Forestry Enterprises
(Hauptverband der Land- und Forstwirtschaftsbetriebe Österreichs)
• Farm Foresters Associations (Waldbauernverbände)• Austrian Forest Association (Österreichischer Forstverein)
Ingwald GSCHWANDTL Governments‘ Role in Wood Promotion Poiana Brasov/Romania, March 2003
Forests and Wood in AustriaForests and Wood in Austria• Representation, Lobbying and CommunicationRepresentation, Lobbying and Communication
– representations of interest in wood based industries• ‘Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (Bundeswirtschaftskammer)’
including ‘Austrian Wood Industries Association (Fachverband der Holzindustrie’
• ‘Association of Austrian Paper Industries (Austropapier – Vereinigung der österreichischen Papierindustrie)’
– co-operations of forestry and wood based industries• ‘proHolz Austria’
– co-operation between ‘Austrian Wood Industries Association’ and the ‘Standing Committee of the Presidents of the Austrian Chambers of Agriculture (Präsidentenkonferenz der Landwirtschaftskammern Österreichs)’
– marketing and communications organisation for wood, running campaigns regarding information, public relations and advertising within the sector and for a wider public, nationally and internationally
Ingwald GSCHWANDTL Governments‘ Role in Wood Promotion Poiana Brasov/Romania, March 2003
Forests and Wood in AustriaForests and Wood in Austria• Representation, Lobbying and CommunicationRepresentation, Lobbying and Communication
– co-operations of forestry and wood based industries• Co-operation Agreement Forest-Boards-Paper
(Kooperationsabkommen Forst-Platte-Papier, FPP)– formed by
Standing Committee of the Presidents of the Austrian Chambers of Agriculture,
Chip- and Fibreboard branch of the Wood Industries Association,
Association of Austrian Paper Industries (Austropapier)– platform– common approaches for the efficient use of forests and market
continuity– public relations concerning sustainable forest management and
sound use of wood
Ingwald GSCHWANDTL Governments‘ Role in Wood Promotion Poiana Brasov/Romania, March 2003
Forests and Wood in AustriaForests and Wood in Austria• Business co-operations and networksBusiness co-operations and networks
– wood clusters • ‘Holzcluster Salzburg’• ‘Holzclaster Steiermark’• ‘Holzcluster Niederösterreich’• ‘Holzcluster Oberösterreich’
• regional co-operation• small and medium size enterprises• increase competitiveness• through creating synergies, sharing of know how, information
and resources• some provincial governments have set up specific subsidies
Ingwald GSCHWANDTL Governments‘ Role in Wood Promotion Poiana Brasov/Romania, March 2003
Forests and Wood in AustriaForests and Wood in Austria• Legislation and StandardisationLegislation and Standardisation
– direct or indirect influences• building and fire prevention regulations
• waste management regulations
• water protection regulations
• transport regulations
– international standards
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Forests and Wood in AustriaForests and Wood in Austria• Sustainable Forest ManagementSustainable Forest Management
– balance economic, environmental and social dimensions– wide acceptance– long term supply with goods and services
– well established legal, institutional, financial framework– continuously adapted to changing requirements– international commitments (MCPFE, IPF, IFF, CBD)– Austrian Forest Dialogue to develop forest programme
through participatory, transparent, cross-sectoral approach– certification
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Forests and Wood in AustriaForests and Wood in Austria
• Rural DevelopmentRural Development– National Rural Development Programme
based on (EC)1257/1999 regulation• better utilise potential of Austrian forests
• access roads
• forest owners co-operatives and networks
• innovation
• chain of production
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Forests and Wood in AustriaForests and Wood in Austria
• Political Agreements and StrategiesPolitical Agreements and Strategies
– Austrian Strategy for Sustainable Development• adopted in April 2002• prepared by working group of various governmental and
nongovernmental stakeholders• calls inter alia for
– promoting renewable materials and sources of energy– ecologically oriented taxreform
– international level• Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in
Europe – in particular Resolutions L1, Vienna 2 e.a. • UNFF, UN-CBD, UN-FCCC
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ConclusionsConclusions• for economic,social and environmental reasons, for economic,social and environmental reasons,
governments have a role in wood promotiongovernments have a role in wood promotion• legal, institutional, financial framework is neededlegal, institutional, financial framework is needed
– SFM– research, education, training, innovation– legislation, taxes, subsidies– industrial, rural and sustainable development policies
• international agreements and processes could helpinternational agreements and processes could help• public investment needs a clear focuspublic investment needs a clear focus• comprehensive approaches, long term orientationcomprehensive approaches, long term orientation• no universal concept – country specific approaches no universal concept – country specific approaches
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