8th Meeting of the Working Group on Sustainable Forest Management
10 - 12.10.2022, Levice, Slovakia (in person meeting)
The next Meeting of the Working Group on Sustainable Forest Management was hosted by Slovakia, Chair of the WG Forest, on 10-12 October 2022 in Levice, Slovakia. After a long break, partly caused by the COVID-19, it was an occasion for the WG Forest to meet in person and discuss the ongoing task of the WG and future priorities.
The meeting agenda focused mainly on finalization of the Inventory of the virgin forest in the Carpathians, advancing on development of the Assessment of climate change risks and impacts on the Carpathian forests and their ecosystem services. In addition, the meeting received inputs from the Science for the Carpathians for consideration within the further work of the WG Forest. Furthermore the topic of the importance of science communication were brought up at the meeting, which will be substantiate with the result of the workshop held recently in Vermont, U.S.
MEETING DOCUMENTS
- Assessment of climate change risks and impacts on the Carpathian forests and their ecosystem services – Background document
- Updated Terms of Reference for the WG Forest
- Carpathian Convention Working Group on Fores – Work Plan 2023 – 2026 implementing the Forest Protocol and its Strategic Action Plan – DRAFT
MEETING PRESENTATIONS
- Ukrainian forest and forestry – status and urgent needs for development – intervention by Liubov Poliakova, Ukrainian Research Institute for Mountain Forestry
- Review of the COP6 Decision related to the Protocol on sustainable forest management (DECISION COP6/13) and the Strategic Action Plan – presentation by the Secretariat
- Updates from Ukraine on the implementation of the Forest Protocol – Volodomyr Korzhov, Ukrainian Research Institute
- S4C Research Agenda 2022 – 2030 and the S4C recommendations for the WG Forest – presentation by William Keeton, Vermont University, Science for the Carpathians
- Natural disturbance regimes as a guide for sustainable forest management in Europe & workshop on science communication in forests sector – presentation by William Keeton, Vermont University, Science for the Carpathians
- Seeing the Forest Through the Trees_ Innovation and More – presentation by Linda Hnatová Slovak Environment Agency
- Wild game effects: a major obstacle to transition from even-aged forestry to nature-based forest management – presentation by Tibor Standovár, Eötvös Loránd University
- Upscaling forest restoration, SUBERB project – presentation of the project by Martin Mikoláš, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
- Current statues of the Inventory of virgin forest in the Carpathians – presentation by Ana Marin Guerrero, EEA/ETC/DI – UMA
- Identification of virgin forests in Ukrainian Carpathians – Volodomyr Korzhov, Ukrainian Research Institute
- Assessment of climate change risks and impacts on the Carpathian forests and their ecosystem services – presentation by William Keeton, Vermont University, Science for the Carpathians
- Assessing forest connectivity and prioritization for conservation – presentation by Annemarie Bastrup-Birk, European Environment Agency and Ana Marin Guerrero, EEA/ETC/DI – UMA
- Climate-Smart Forest Management for Central and Eastern Europe – presentation of the project by Milan Huncaga, WWF Slovakia
- Cooperation with other organization and process – Forest Europe – presentation by Boris Greguska, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic
- Ecological connectivity and nature based solutions in the Carpathian Region – student research – Noelia Villazon & Michael King, Geneva Graduate Institute
- Review and adoption of the updated Terms of Reference for the WG Forest – Secretariat
