Forests and the forest-based industry in a volatile world.
What are appropriate response measures to address future and diverse demands on forests?
By Gerald Steindlegger, ISS, moderator of the meeting
The IUFRO-Mondi Partnership held its 2nd Think Tank Meeting in Vienna, Austria, on 3 November 2022. More than 20 participants representing science, forest industry and policy followed the invitation to identify, discuss and articulate appropriate response measures at various levels.
After a warm welcome from Alexander Buck (IUFRO Executive Director) and Dirk Längin (Group Head of Fibre Sourcing at Mondi Group), Michael Kleine (IUFRO Deputy Executive Director) provided the basis for the discussion by presenting key challenges as formulated in the 1st Think Tank meeting (October 2021) and the 1st Stakeholder Dialogue (June 2022). He summarized major climate-related changes and evolving societal, economic and political frameworks which influence the provision of future diverse goods and services from forests.
An extremely lively discussion followed in four working groups and in the final plenary session. Possible response measures were identified for forest management, policy, industry and science in order to reconcile the different perspectives and diverse demands on forests.
Find the full summary of the meeting here.
Future central activities of the partnership will include the production of a comprehensive synthesis of existing scientific and technical information on the future supply of goods and services from European forests addressing, besides biological production, the whole range of relevant policy-related and socio-economic factors, and another stakeholder dialogue in summer 2023.
