FOREST EUROPE Workshop on Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services

Belgrade, Serbia, 24-25 September 2014 - A workshop on Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services took place in Belgrade, Serbia, on 24-25 September 2014: Session 1: Presentations of the work developed by the Expert Group of Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services... Session 2: Sharing of experiences and examples of VFES within the Pan-European Scope and Regional level... Session 3: Sharing of experiences and examples of VFES at National level...

For more Information, please consult Forest Europe workshop Documentation

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Presentations:

Session 1: Presentations of the work developed by the Expert Group of Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services

Results of Subworking Group 1: A functional classification and list of forest ecosystem services - Jose I.Barredo (European Commission - JRC)
Results of Subworking Group 2: Toolbox with valuation of FES approaches to the pan-European region - Katerina Ventrubova (Czech Republic)
Results of Subworking Group 3: Means to facilitate implementation - Pat Snowdon (Forestry Commission - UK)

Session 2: Sharing of experiences and examples of VFES within the Pan-European Scope and Regional level

EU Action on Forests and Valuation of Ecosystems - Strahil Christov (European Commission, DG Environment)
MAES Pilot on forest ecosystems and their service - Jose I.Barredo (European Commission - JRC)
Valuing Forest Ecosystem Services: Findings and Challenges - Robert Mavsar (European Forest Institute)
TEEB implementation – Rooting Valuation in Policy - Kavita Sharma (TEEB - United Nations Environment Programme)

Session 3: Sharing of experiences and examples of VFES at National level

Valuing benefits of recreation-oriented forest management: state-owned commercial forests in Finland - Artti Juutinen (Forest Research Institute – Finland)
Sustainable Forest Management securing erosion leading to improved watershed management - Study of World Bank PROFOR for Innovative Financing for SFM in the Southwest Balkans - Peter Kampen (CNVP Macedonia)
Forest Ecosystem Services (FES), Valuation of FES, Implementation of the Valuation : Serbian experience - Sasa Stamatovic (Directorate for Forest – R. Serbia)
Making public Goods provision -the core business of Natura 2000 - Benedetta Concetti (ERSAF Lombardia – Italy)
Advances in Valuing Non-Timber Forest Ecosystem Services in Norway - Ståle Navrud (Norwegian University of Life Sciences - NMBU)
Application of ecosystem accounting in Mediterranean forests: the experience of Andalucia (Spain) - Jose Ramón Guzman Álvarez (Junta de Andalucía – Spain)
Practical experience from the Woodland Carbon Code - Pat Snowdon (Forestry Commission - UK)

More Information:

beatriz.bueno@foresteurope.org

This activity is part of the FOREST EUROPE Work Programme.

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