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1. SURE
SUstaining and Enhancing REsilience of European Forests
Conference and Study Tour
Assessing the current losses and improving the economic analysis of the
costs of the on-going climate related catastrophic forestry events based on
international experience
Minsk
02.10.2018
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2. European Forest Risk Facility
collaborating under the
“collect – connect – exchange”
principle
Andreas Schuck and Alexander Held
3. Extreme weather events and their effects (2018)
dpa (18.01.2018)
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Zeit Online (02.08.2018)
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Andreas Schuck(20.09.2018)
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4. …. our joint vision for a European Forest Risk Facility
Enhance resilience and adaptive capacity of European forest landscapes
by promoting intelligent handling of natural disturbance related risks as
integral part of managing our forests sustainably
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…. and how to make it a reality
Its all about enabling people and their knowledge!
“resilient landscapes – adapted communities – adequate response“
5. Where do we work?
Mitigating the unwanted effects of
disturbance
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7. What we do?
European
Forest Risk
Facility
Access to
good
practices
Networking
and
information
platform
Identification
of needs and
capacities
Fostering
collaboration
Stimulating
cross-
boundary
exchange
Expert
mobilization
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8. Media presence during fire events summer2018
Activities (selection)
• Networking (know, like, trust)
• Information provision and
policy/practice support
• Media outreach
• Training opportunities
• Situation assessment
• Exchanges and support
Brandenburg fire next to A9 Highway
Exchange of Experts: Belarus-Germany-France-Basque Country (Storm, disturbance and forest
resilience management April2018)
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9. Together we are stronger
• Complexity of threats increasing
• New emerging threats
• Complexity of demands, expectations increasing
• Knowledge on specific threats often local
No single organisation alone capable!
Expert networks across disciplines
On-site presence (thematic nodes)
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11. Active nodes and focal points
• EFI Bonn (Forest Risk Facility Secretariat)
• Active nodes:
o Storms (KonnektiW, Freiburg)
o Storms and biotic damages (Bordeaux)
o Fire node (Barcelona PCF)
o Bark beetle (Prague)
• Focal points:
o Spain, Ireland, United Kingdom, Czech Republic…
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12. ’Forest Europe’ and Forest Disturbance risks
Disturbance topic of increasing importance for Forest Europe policy agenda!
• “How to respond to forest disturbances in Europe?”
Joint Forest Europe – EFI ‘ThinkForest’ event, Prague, 4th April 2019
• Forest Europe Expert Group Adaptation to Climate Change
Survey on climate change adaptation measures (including enhanced disturbancerisks)
• Workshop: Protection of forests against climate-change-driven risks: Policies for increasing forest resilience and climate
change adaptation in Europe
planned for June or September 2019 inTurkey
• Forest Europe supports the establishment of a European Forest Risk Facility !!
possible Resolution at next Forest Europe Ministerial Conference 2020
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13. Forest Europe and Forest Disturbance risks
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• Options for implementing a European Forest Risk Facility
a) Countries sign Memorandum of Understanding and contribute an annual fee to
support a European Forest Risk Facility
b) Establish a Multi-Donor Trust Fund
c) Secretariat and network of ’Regional’ / ’Thematic’ Nodes supported by local
agencies
d) ...or a combination of the above
• Possible modalities discussed in Prague, April 2019 (Forest Europe event)
14. Upcoming events in the SURE project
• Workshop on Wind, Storm and Forests (10-12 October 2018, Freiburg,
Germany)
• Workshop on Biotic Risks (April 2019, Prague, Czech Republic; back to
back with ‘Forest Europe’ Event)
• Workshop on Vegetation Fire Prevention (November 2019, Wales, UK;
back to back with the UK Wildfire Conference)
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15. Thank you for your attention!
andreas.schuck@efi.int
alexander.held@efi.int
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Thank you!
For more information:
European Forest Institute Bonn Office
Platz der Vereinten Nationen 7
53113 Bonn, Germany
Tel: +49 173 629 3082
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