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• MANFRED Round Table "Sustainable forest management strategies as an instrument for territorial adaptation to climate change effects", Quart, Aosta (Italy), 6th December 2011
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  A MANFRED Round Table on "Sustainable forest management strategies as an instrument for territorial adaptation to climate change effects" was held on December the 6th, 2011 in Quart, Valle d´Aosta (Italy). The event was organized jointly by the project partners the Autonomous Region Valle d´Aosta and the Italian Ministry for the Environment, with the support of the Institute for Timber Plants and the Environment of Turin.

  
  The Round Table aimed at engaging local stakeholders from the forest sector in the Italian side of one of the project´s Alpine trans-boundary Model Regions, the Valle d´Aosta - Rhône-Alpes - Wallis, in order to identify their preferences in the definition of the forest management adaptive practices pursued by the project. In this occasion, after having discussed with the Italian representatives of the MANFRED team the first results of the project activities, forest operators, experts in the sector, local decision-makers and authorities, students in forestry as well as media and general public from Valle d´Aosta and Piedmont could share their knowledge on the situation of forests as well as describing best practices in forest management in their territories.
  
  Everybody who is interested to give inputs and suggestions to the discussion, can download more details on this Round Table´s outputs and freely join the debate on the MANFRED Group on Linkedin

  
  



• MANFRED roundtable in Slovenia: Management of protection forests in Alpine space - approaches in forestry praxis (Gospodarjenje z varovalnimi gozdovi na območju Alp – pristopi v gozdarski praksi)
  (Round table Slovenia_abstract.pdf)

  A MANFRED roundtable on new approaches in management of protection forests and forests with protective role has been initiated in December 2012 in Slovenia. Aim of the roundtable discussion is the evaluation of forests protection management strategies in Slovenia, production of new recommendations for forestry praxis and exchange of experiences on that field with other Alpine space countries.
  
  On 15th of December an initial session of Slovenian protection forest roundtable has been organized in Ljubljana. Participants were from four main forestry institutions in Slovenia dealing with protection role of forests (Biotechnical faculty – Dept. for forestry and renewable forest resources, Torrent and Erosion Control Service of Slovenia, Slovenian Forestry Institute and Slovenia Forest Service).
  
  Roundtable has started with description of present protection forest management system in Slovenia, quantification of forest management activities in protection forests and evaluation of forestry practice approach to protection/protective function of forest stands.
   
  Result of roundtable discussion was a set of recommendations that will improve, optimize and target management of protection forests in Slovenia and a draft structure of educational programme for foresters, which will fulfil present gaps in their knowledge.

  Join the discussion and share your experience on Linkedin!

  
  



• The UNECEFAO
  (RT_UNECE_FAO.zip)

  In view of the Rio+20 Conference 2012, and in the awareness of the potential contribution of the forest sector to a Green Economy, an “Action Plan for the Forests Sector in a Green Economy” has been approved under the auspices of UNECE/FAO.  Prepared on the basis of an open consultation of member states and stakeholders,  the Action Plan was presented at the joint 36th session of the FAO European Forestry
  
  Commission (EFC) and 69th session of the UNECE Timber Committee (TC) in Antalya (Turkey) on 10-14 October 2011 “Orman 2011: Forests in a Green Economy”.
  
  The Action Plan is intended to stimulate action to improve the contribution of the UNECE region forest sector to the emerging “green economy” by addressing not only the dimensions of the forest sector more consistent with this framework, but also the specific contributions the forest sector can make to developing a broader “green economy”. The aim of the Action Plan is to propose a series of objectives for the forest sector in the ECE region, and possible actions to achieve these objectives, to be implemented by international organisations, governments of member states, the private sector, civil society and all other stakeholders.  These topics are addressed and considered by the Action Plan into 5 thematic areas of activity: 1) Sustainable production and consumption of forest products; 2) Low carbon forest sector; 3) Decent jobs in the forest sector; 4) Valuation of and Payment for forest ecosystem services; 5) Monitoring and governance of the forest sector.
  
  Indeed, mountain forests represent a significant fraction of the ECE region's forest assets, and the activities and results of the MANFRED project in the Alps may reveal to be potentially interesting and provide some cues also with regard to part of these areas of activity.  If you want to discuss your opinion about this with us, join here!