RÉSUMÉ
Source : INTERREG IVC
"The project will contribute to achieve the objectives of the European Union for growth, jobs and sustainable development (Lisbon and Gothenburg agendas) by exchange and dissemination of experience, transfer of practices and development of new approaches related to forestry. Resulting in improved knowledge and skills, successful transfer of practices and improved regional and local policies and strategies.#The Community Strategic Guidelines for Cohesion Policy (Cohesion policy was enshrined in the Treaties with the adoption of the Single European Act (1986). It is built on the assumption that redistribution between richer ...) 2007-2013, which aim to balance the objectives growth and jobs on the one hand and territorial cohesion on the other hand, are also respected as the outputs and results of the project will be made available to all European regions. #The project aims to ensure that future European forests continue to deliver multiple benefits and to leave future generations forests that are well adapted and resilient to natural risks, including effects of climate change. The project will improve our knowledge on how forestry mitigates the effects#of climate change on water balance, soil, biodiversity, and timber and non-timber forest products, its role in carbon sequestration and how to prevent forests from natural risks like fires, pests and pathogens. It will do this by the exchange, sharing and transfer of policy experience, knowledge and good practices through interregional co-operation so providing political decision makers and other stakeholders in all European regions with the knowledge and tools that enable them to decide on effective forestry policies and forest management practices. #The partnership consists of six regional public forestry authorities, one regional association and one national public forestry authority from seven EU Member States. (1) Ministry of Rural Development, Environment and Consumer Protection of the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany, (short: Brandenburg). (2) Forestry Commission Wales, United Kingdom, ( Wales). (3) French Forestry Office, Auvergne Office, France ( Auvergne).#(4) Forest Management Service, Catalonia, Spain, (Catalonia). (5) State Forestry Agency/Regional Forestry Directorates Veliko Tarnovo, Pazardjik, Smoljan and Kardjali, Bulgaria, (Bulgaria), (6) Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Latvia, Latvia (Latvia) and (7) the Slovak Environmental Agency, Presov branch (SEA), (8) Association for Education of Sabinov, Slovakia (AES). The six regional authorities and AES have direct links to local administrations in their regions and are capable to influence local policies. The only national project partner (All project partners other than the Lead Partner) is Latvia but this country is not divided into regions. Therefore the minstry can directly influence local policies in the framework of its responsibilities. The partner organisations have proven experience in the issues tackled by the planned project. The 7 regions are characterised by different climatic and edaphic conditions. This facilitates the transfer of the project results to other European regions.
