national forest program and climate change challenges and chances

1. Central State Administration 142. Self-gavernmental administration 25943. State Forest Holding 4514. Environmental/Nature Prodtection administration 625. National Parks 246. Landscape Parks 167. Wood industry 108. Private forests 109. Private bussines 1610. Science institutions 1011. Forest NGO 312. Eco-NGO 2113. Forest newspapers 814. Eco/Environment newspapers 1215. Individuals/experts 2216. Politicians 6

TOTAL: 3279

National Forest Program I Panel of Expert

4 roles of forests in CLIMATE change:

1. „cause” - deforestation

2. „victim” - increased vulnerability

3. „beneficiary” - greenhouse effect

4. „remedy” - carbon sequestration (wood, soil), wood as substitute fossil fuels & materials, selfregeneration ability

CLIMATE: main topics

1. Changes in natural ranges of forest tree species: the consequences for silviculture, forest protection, forest goods and services (functions) and landscape structure

2. State and prospect of forest resources: wood production, available harvest, carbon balance, forest age structure

3. Potential of carbon sequestration and storage: tree genetical and soil sink aspect

4. Changes in biodiversity: negative /positive impact; changes in ecological functions; invasion species

5. Increase of frequency and degree of impact of extreme weather events on forests (storms, drought, flood, heat, frost);

6. Impact on water balance in forest watershed; consequences on landscape level

7. Wood as a substitute of fossil fuels - forest biomass as source of energy 8. Wood as substitute of raw materials and products generating greenhouse

gases (steel , concrete, plastics) 9. Production of wood outside of forest ecosysytem

RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Creation of monitoring network to observe and to record climate change symptoms in forest ecosystems;

RECOMMENDATIONS (cont.)

2. Verification of the system of Regionalization of Forests using climatic differenciation resulting from climate change and multifunctional forestry concept ;

RECOMMENDATIONS (cont.)

3. Elaboration of rules and procedures of forest management after

climatic extreme events (storm; flood, frost/snow, drought)

RECOMMENDATIONS (cont.)

4. Verification of Program of Selection practised in Silviculture;

New criteria of forest tree selection are needed : site plasticity, ability to adaptation, resistance to water stress, tolerance on heat , (…)

RECOMMENDATIONS (cont.)

5. Elaboration of increasing wood production methods outside of forests

(GMT ?); mobilisation of wood reserves in the forest ecosystems, forest plantations,

agro-forestry cultures, other wooded lands in State Forest as well as in private forests;

RECOMMENDATIONS (cont.)

6. Promotion of wood usfulness and utilization: as a renewable energy source and as a substitute of high emission materials and products;

RECOMMENDATIONS (cont.)

7. Verification of forest management methods from point of view of spatial planning;

Harmonization of forest management and spatial plenning on landscape level;

RECOMMENDATIONS (cont.)

8. Close cooperation is needed between forest and water management; extension of Small Water

Retension Program in the forest;

RECOMMENDATIONS (cont.)

9. Implementation of a coherent policy concept of nature protection in the forest by forest management methods (multifunctional forestry);

RECOMMENDATIONS (cont.)

10. Forest and Forestry, dealing with 1/3 country territory and being decisive part of environment, merit to have a special position in the longterm national economical planning and environmental policy.

TO RECAPITULATE:

VERTICAL PLANNING (?)

HORIZONTAL PLANNING (!)cross-sector strategy

• One country is not able to do much for climate of this planet – one sector is not able to do much for a country in front of climate change.

• We should develop the cross-sector strategy and co-operate

with others like: agriculture and rural areas, industries and energy, , regions and landscape/spatial planning, tourism and recreation, finance, health, science, education and research. By this way we have to build a kind of “Green Economy” .

• The best place and adequate framework to implement cross-

sector strategy is National Forest Program where all rules of common responsibility and cooperation are respected and all interests of all forest stakeholders should be presented.

THANK YOU