3. Our Changing World
• Policy makers need reliable,
timely and policy-relevant
information
EFI is well placed to cater for
these needs.
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6. Associate and Affiliate Members of EFI
131 member organisations
in 35 countries
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7. EFI Board
J. Bo Larsen, chairman
(Denmark)
José Antonio Bonet Lledós
(Spain)
Jean-Marc Guehl (France)
Michael Köhl (Germany)
Jim Lynch OBE (UK)
Harald Mauser (Austria)
Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza The Board during spring 2012 meeting: from the left: Jim
(Italy) Lynch OBE , Michael Köhl, J. Bo Larsen, Harald Mauser,
Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza, Jean-Marc Guehl and
Lisa Sennerby Forsse (Sweden)
José Antonio Bonet Lledós.
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8. EFI’s rapid growth
Personnel:
In 2011 127 staff members from 29 different countries worked at the
Headquarters and Regional Offices, thus contributing a total of 83,2
person-years to the institute’s activities.
Director:
Risto Päivinen
(10/2000–)
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9. EFI funding in years 2005 – 2013
(actuals 2005 – 2010, estimate 2011 - 2013, in 1000 €)
Budget in 2012 12,9 Mill EUR
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10. Regional Offices
• Strengthen EFI
network.
• Activities consistent
with the EFI Strategy.
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11. What does EFI do?
Networking Research Policy Support Information Advocacy
These 5 functions support and reinforce each other.
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12. Networking
EFI provides:
a platform,
an effective infrastructure and
networking services to its Associate
and Affiliate Members and the forest
research community as whole.
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13. Research
Research is carried out by teams made
up of EFI’s own research staff and other
experts. EFI has research staff based at
all five Regional Offices and at our HQ.
Our research directions are:
• Sustainability and Climate Change
• Forest Policy and Governance
• Foresight, Economics and
Information
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14. Biomass production & - Sustainability and Climate change
ecosystem services - Forest Policy & Governance
EFINORD - Foresight , Economics and Information
- Research coordination
Socio economics, policy and indicators for
sustainability EFICENT-OEF
Governance & management of
forests, and land use in Central
Eastern Europe
EFICEEC-EFISEE
Planted forest,
sustainability Capacity building, policy
and risks and socio-economics in
EFIATLANTIC the Balkan
EFICEEC-EFISEE
Integrated and adaptive
Mediterranean forests under global forest management
change: fire risk & providing services EFICENT-OEF
EFIMED& Policy Support Office , including
FLEGT&REDD
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15. Policy Support
EFI is an independent and neutral actor, whose policy support work
is based on its own and its Members’ science, research, information
and expertise.
global issues with European relevance such as FLEGT and REDD
European high-level forum on the future of forests (ThinkForest)
EFI also supports Legally Binding Agreement (LBA) for European
forests negotiations, forming the secretariat for these together with
FOREST EUROPE Liaison Unit Madrid and FAO.
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16. Information
Science-based information
available and accessible
for different target groups
Web-based products
EuroForest Portal
databases
Printed means
• EFI publication series
EUROFOREST portal
EFI events http://forestportal.efi.int
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17. Advocacy
EFI represents forest research community in common
projects with partners, committees and international
policy processes.
EFI expresses the ‘voice of the forest science
community’ by providing
• Statements
• Discussion papers, policy briefs
• Policy relevant events
• Science-policy dialogue
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18. For more information on EFI, visit
www.efi.int
Or contact the EFI Secretariat:
Torikatu 34,80100 Joensuu
Finland
Tel: + 358 10 773 4300
E-mail: efisec@efi.int
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