Policy Dialogue and Advice
This work area of UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section includes contributions of the joint ECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section to the global (mainly United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) and FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO)), regional (in particular CIS Intergovernmental Council on Forestry and Forest Industry, Eurasian Economic Commission, European Commission, European Forest Institute, Forest Europe) and national forest dialogues and cross-sectoral cooperation. This component also involves the organization of policy dialogues and specific studies in the ECE region, and at the national level on request from member countries. Read More→
About Forest Sector Outlook
About Social/Culture
Methods and Processes
Former Teams of specialists
- Team of specialists on forest fires
- Team of specialists on gender and forestry (mandate completed, report)
- Team of specialists on best practice in forest contracting (mandate completed
- Team of specialists to monitor and develop assistance to countries of central and eastern Europe in transition
Green Economy
- The Value of Forests: Payment for Ecosystem Services in a Green Economy
- The Action plan for the Forest Sector in a Green Economy
- The Lviv Forum on the Forest Sector in a Green Economy
- Decent Green Jobs in the Forest Sector in a Green Economy
- Gender Mainstreaming in the Forest Sector
Ecosystem Services
- Forest Ecosystem Services, Markets and Investments-ECE/TIM/2015/5-FO:EFC/2015/5
- Forest ecosystem services -ECE/TIM/2015/6 - FO:EFC/15/6
- The Value of Forests: Payments for Ecosystem Services in a Green Economy (2014)
- Rovaniemi Action Plan: For the Forest Sector in a Green Economy (2014)
- International Day of Forests: Forest and Water (21 March 2016)
- Silva2015 (2 - 6 November 2015)
- Forest and Water week (4 - 8 July 2011)
Policies and Institutions
- Pan-European enquiries on qualitative indicators for sustainable forest management
- 2011 State of Europe's Forests report & country reports
- 2007 State of Europe's Forests report & country reports
- Contribution to the FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010
- State of Europe's Forests 2011: Country reports on qualitative indicators for SFM
- Global database on policies, legislation & institutions (FAO country profiles)
- Discussion Paper 43 on International Forest Sector Institutions and Policy Instruments for Europe: a Source Book (to be soon updated)
Outputs
- EFSOS I 2000-2020
- EFSOS II 2010-2030
- Professions and Training in Forestry: Results of an Inquiry in Europe and Northern America (English) (German)
- Employment trends and prospects in the European forest sector
- Time for action. Changing the gender situation in forestry. Report of the team of Specialists on Gender and Forestry
Meetings and Events
- Forest Sector Outlook meetings and events
- Social/Culture meetings and events
- International Year of the Forests 2011
- Forest Policy Dialogue and Advice meetings and events
Publications
- Forest Sector Outlook publications
- Social/Culture publications
- Forest Policy Dialogue and Advice publications