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Parallel Event: EFC – Working
Party on the Management of
Mountain Watersheds
Rovaniemi 12 December 2013
European Forest Week
9-13 December 2013
Rovaniemi, Finland
Forests and Water (WG1)
Complex solutions for sustainable life Coordinator Eero Kubin
Content
1. Finland – country of forests and waters
2. Background and recent activity
3. Introduction to the draft strategy and work
programme
4. Conclusions
Most extensive
forest cover in
Europe
Some 23 million hectares (76%) is under forests in Finland, representing about 11% of the forest area in Europe (210 million ha).
Original peatland area was 10 million hectares –
half of this is drainaged for wood production and
agricultural use
Peatland area 106 ha
Protected
Agriculture
Peat excavation
Forestry
Artifical lakes
Natural
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Source: Suoluonnon monimuotoisuuden turvaaminen. Kaisu Aapala, Raimo Heikkilä ja Tapio
Lindholm. Suomen suot. Harri Vasander (toim.)
Examples of old peatland drainage
Manual ditching
River basin management plans in Finland
http://www.ym.fi/download/noname/%7B426598E3-6C0B-4771-8F64-430F23284F1F%7D/58483
Regional river basin management plans have been drawn up
in all EU countries (Water Directive) to achieve a quality status
both surface waters and groundwater by 2015. The Finnish
Government adopted the plans in December 2009.
The river basin management plans were prepared in regional
environment centres. The plans now cover a large part of
Finland’s waters.
Currently, the ecological quality status of most of Finland’s
inland waters is either good or high.
187 888 lakes larger
than 500 m2
56 000 lakes over one
hectare.
Length of coastline is
314 604 km (lakes, rivers and marine,
Kuusisto 2002)
Number of lakes in
Finland and surface
water quality
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In the Finnish Forest Research Institute
the research and development programme
Forests and Water (H2O)
was launched 2013
Programme coordinator professor Leena Finér
“a large scale interdisciplinary project covering the key components of the terrestrial water cycle, from the physiological processes of forest trees to the water
cycle at the catchment level of the Baltic Sea”
1. Effects of forest management on hydrology and water quality
2. Hydrology of boreal forests and changing climate factors
3. Practical tools for calculation and reporting of element leaching and hydrology of forest areas
4. Transfer of knowledge and expertise to customers
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In the programme there are four target areas
Content
1. Finland – country of forests and waters
2. Background and recent activity
3. Introduction to the draft strategy and work
programme
4. Conclusions
Establishment of the Working Groups
The establishment of pilot Working Groups is a part of
the implementation of the new structure and modus
operandi of the WPMMW.
Establishment was approved by WPMMW members:
Steering committee in Rome, July 2012 and the 29th
Session of the Working Party in Montgenerve,
September 2013.
The draft paper of a WG1 strategy “Forests and water”
was elaborated during The 29th Working Party Session
and subjected for further discussion.
Recent WG1 activity since 29th Session in Montgenerve,
France 3-5 September
Coordination meeting as a part of IV International “Forest and Water”
conference 16-18 October 2013, Smardzewice, Poland (Poland, Finland,
Germany, Slovak Republic and FAO)
WG1 Information in a Preparatory meeting “Integrated environmental
management of forest water resources” (FORWAT) for an application to
Horizon 2020 (EU Work Programme 2014-2015). November 7-8 2013,
Praque (Czech Republic, Finland, UK, Austria, Italy, JRC ISPRA)
WG1 Information in EU4BIO - An international workshop “Knowledge
transfer increasing capacity in sustainable forest bioenergy production” -
Meeting the needs of EU2020. November 18-20, 2013, Helsinki
(Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania)
Coordination meeting Eero Kubin and Josef Krecek, Czech Technical
University. November 2013
Content
1. Finland – country of forests and waters
2. Background and recent activity
3. Introduction to the draft strategy and work
programme
4. Conclusions
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Draft Strategy and Work
Programme
Forest and Water
Complex solutions for sustainable life
Role of forests in a landscape ecology for soil and water conservation
Impact of forest management operations on water quantity and water quality for ecosystem services
Forest water relationship in different climate regions and climatic contexts
Forests and extreme events (floods and droughts)
Possible conflicts in future forest management
I Critical themes
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Working Group Forest and Water will mainly focus on the
interrelationship between forests and water on catchment level. Critical
themes to be addressed as follows:
II Products and services – prepare and offer
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For products and services WG1 partners
develop a network of multidisciplinary experts
from forestry, hydrology, applied ecology and
socio-economy (forest research, national forest
services and forest management)
Possibility to use Social Media will be utilized
Main products to EFC and its member
countries and partners
Baseline publications, e.g. identification of problems and priorities of EFC member countries related to forest and water in different climatic regions in Europe;
Education and training material, e.g. on forest management in upland watersheds and watershed rehabilitation;;
Effective research teams, e.g. for identification of new problems and produce material for practical guidelines. Information material on the products and services provided by the WPMMW WG1 to the EFC and member states
www-pages in collaboration with FAO to deliver products and other information
Policy advice and arrangement of expert consultations related to forests and water in upland watersheds (target groups: governments, municipalities, national forest services, NGOs)
Development of forest management strategies and recommendations together with the EFC and member countries (target groups: governments, municipalities, national forest services, NGOs)
Workshops and trainings provided and organized with the EFC and member countries, e.g. on forest management in upland watersheds to facilitate knowledge exchange on expert and practitioner level (target groups: e.g. forest services, civil servants, Universities, summer schools)
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Main services to EFC and its member countries
and partners
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III Leading countries WPMMW members confirmed Turkey, Poland and Finland to
coordinate WG1 activities.
IV Potential partner countries The WG will be open to all EFC member countries and partners, who
can propose own activities for the WG or participate in planned
activities.
V Potential partner organization list by the members
of WP MMW
The WG will be open to all EFC member countries and partners, who
can propose own activities for the WG or participate in planned
activities. Potential collaboration partners on the topic forest and water
are:
– Forest Europe (Warsaw resolution)
– UNFF
– EU Commission
– Universities
– Research Institutes
– EFI NORD
– EFI MED
– EFI MOUNTFOR
– IUFRO
– UNECE Water Convention
VI Work plan
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Activity Responsible institution/person 2013 2014 2015
A General activities
A.1 Approval of WG1 concept and work plan WPMMW; EFC (Metsä2013)
A.2 Dissemination and network strategy Steering Committee; WG Lead
countries; WPMMW Secretariat;
A.3 Reporting to the Steering Committee WG Lead countries
A.4 Reporting at the Biannual Session of the WPMMW WG Lead countries
B Publications / training material
B.1 Information material for WPMMW and WG1 products and services Steering Committee, WG lead
countries, WPMMW Secretariat;
B.2
Assessment and publication of priorities and problems of EFC
countries related to forest and water in the different climatic regions in
Europe (Basis for a Green Paper for the EU - Commission?)
Poland; Finland; (Slovakia?)
B.3 WWW-pages WG1 leading countries, FAO
B.4 Training material for forest management in upland watersheds (to be
used and disseminated in trainings and workshops)
C Trainings / workshops / seminars
C.1 Field visits of good practices in forest management concerning water Turkey
C.2 Organization of trainings, workshops and seminars; dissemination of
training material
C.2.1 Support to “International expert workshop on Forest and Water”
organized by FAO, ICRAF, IUFRO in Nairobi, Kenya
C.2.2 Support on workshop: River basin management plans and forestry
practises especially in Boreal areas
Metla, NorTech (Oulu University),
SYKE (Finland), IVL (Sweden)
VII Potential resources and funding
WG activities should be supported under the general commitment of EFC and EFC-WPMMW member countries. WPMMW representatives and WG1 partners should therefore liaise with the EFC representative of the respective country for support of WPMMW activities.
Lead countries and active partners offering the organisation of activities and products..
Travel and accommodation costs must be covered by delegates themselves.
Lead partners offering the covering of publication costs.
Innovative funding mechanisms and joint funding proposals for activities to third parties should be considered.
Contacts
France: ONF-DTN RTM, Mr. Oliver Marco ([email protected])
Turkey: Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, Mr. Mahmut Temiz
Finland: Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla), Mr. Eero Kubin
Poland: Forest Research Institute, Mr. Edward Pierzgalsky
FAO, WPMMW Secretariat: Mr. Thomas Hofer
([email protected]), Mr. Achim Kress ([email protected]))
Content
1. Finland – country of forests and waters
2. Background and recent activity
3. Introduction to the draft strategy and work
programme
4. Conclusions
Conclusions
Developement of WG1 is open for public conversation
Preliminary workplan is presented; verification and implementation
in the next Steering Committee meeting of WP MMW
Integration to WG2 is important
Countries and partners can join to proposed activities
Specific features of Boreal, Continental, Alpine and Mediterranian
environments will be taken into account
Thank you