Final Conference

Welcome addresses 

How are forest governed and managed for multiple services across the globe? (Chair: Gesche Schifferdecker and Ewa Hermanowicz) 

• Robert Nasi (Director, Center for International Forest Research, CIFOR): Sustainably managing tropical forests: Holy Grail or Fool’s Errand? 
• Natalia Lukina (Professor, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow): Eurasian Boreal Forests: governance and management approaches for multiple services  
• Christian Messier (Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal): Managing forests for multiple services in large public forests of Canada, US and Australia prone to disturbances: the need for a new approach based on complexity 
• Ulrich Schraml (Director, Professor, Forest Research Institute of Baden-Württemberg): Nobody has any intention of building a wall. Integrated forest management in theory and practice 
• Eduardo Rojas Briales (Professor, Polytechnic University of Valencia): Challenges and opportunities for Mediterranean forests 

1. Forest: “Tour d’Europe” (Chair: Frank Krumm/Andreas Rigling)  -- Side room 1 
2. Involving society in managing forests (Chair: Irina Prokofieva)  -- Plenary 
3. The role of economics in forest management (Chair: Sven Wunder) -- Side room 2 

P1 The social and political sciences perspectives 

P2 The economic perspective 

P3 The silvicultural and conservation perspectives 

-- Entrance Hall 

The drivers & outcomes of forest management approaches for multiple services: exploring distinct research perspectives Watch recording
(Chair: Camilla Widmark) 

Researchers present what specific disciplines/scientific communities can contribute to the conference questions 

• Eva Primmer (Research Director, Professor, Finnish Environment Institute SYKE): A political science perspective to how forest governance addresses the controversies of preservation, sustainable use and restoration           
• Jette Bredahl Jacobsen (Professor, Copenhagen University): An economic perspective of drivers & outcomes of forest management approaches for multiple services: exploring different perspectives 
• Klaus Puettmann, (Professor, Oregon State University): Putting the horse before the cart – Ecosystem service driven silviculture research 
• Pierre Ibisch, (Professor, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development): Forests and multiple ecosystem services: an ecosystem-based conservation perspective 

4. Assessing forest management approaches (Chair: Jürgen Bauhus) -- Side room 1 
5. Multiple perspectives on ecosystem services (Chair: Metodi Sotirov) -- Plenary 
6. Ecological structures and functional diversity (Chair: Erwin Dreyer) --Siide room 2 

7. Managing forests in an era of change (Chair: Bart Muys) -- Side room 1 
8. Forest policies and their implementation (Chair: Helga Pülzl) -- Plenary 
9. Ecosystem services: Innovation and Learning (Chair: Davide Pettenella) -- Side room 2 

The future of forests managed for multiple services in Europe – where are we heading towards and what can we expect from the “European Green Deal”? (Chair: Georg Winkel)  Watch recording

Plenary 

Eva Müller (BMEL) 

Luc Bas (IUCN European Regional Office) 

Bernhard Budil (Austrian “Land- und Forstbetriebe”) 

Mads Jensen (Danish Nature Agency/Integrate Network Chair) 

Humberto Delgado-Rosa (DG Environment) 

Scientific interventions by:  

Gert-Jan Nabuurs (Wageningen University & Research) on climate change 

Jørgen Bo Larsen (University of Copenhagen) on forest biodiversity  

Note: restricted to invited stakeholders, conference committee, and scientists from Polyfores and InForMar project only