Towards harmonized assessment of European forest availability for wood supply in Europe. Alberdi, I., Michalak, R., Fischer, C., Gasparini, P., Brändli, U., Tomter, S. M., Kuliesis, A., Snorrason, A., Redmond, J., Hernández, L., Lanz, A., Vidondo, B., Stoyanov, N., Stoyanova, M., Vestman, M., Barreiro, S., Marin, G., Cañellas, I., & Vidal, C. Forest Policy and Economics, 70:20-29, 2016.
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The supply of wood in Europe on a sustainable basis is highly relevant for forestry and related policies, particularly in relation to (i) analysing global change mitigation strategies and carbon accounting (ii) establishing realistic forecasts and targets for wood resources, biomass and renewable energy and (iii) assessing and supporting strategies for an increased use of wood. Therefore, it is relevant to have robust information of the availability for wood supply. The main aim of this paper is to harmonize the concept of ‘forest available for wood supply’ (FAWS) at European level. The data employed in this study was acquired through two questionnaires. The first questionnaire, conducted under the framework of COST Action FP1001 and a second questionnaire was completed by national correspondents and members of the UNECE/FAO. The analysis showed that reasons for the exclusion of forest from FAWS are diverse. Legal restrictions and specifically ´Protected areas´ are considered by 79% of the countries while very few countries consider economic restrictions. A new FAWS reference definition is provided and the consequences of using this new definition in eight European countries were analysed. Application of the proposed definition will increase consistency and comparability of data on FAWS and will result in decreasing the area of FAWS at a European level.
@article{RN83,
   author = {Alberdi, Iciar and Michalak, Roman and Fischer, Christoph and Gasparini, Patrizia and Brändli, Urs-Beat and Tomter, Stein Michael and Kuliesis, Andrius and Snorrason, Arnór and Redmond, John and Hernández, Laura and Lanz, Adrian and Vidondo, Beatriz and Stoyanov, Nickola and Stoyanova, Maria and Vestman, Martin and Barreiro, Susana and Marin, Gheorghe and Cañellas, Isabel and Vidal, Claude},
   title = {Towards harmonized assessment of European forest availability for wood supply in Europe},
   journal = {Forest Policy and Economics},
   volume = {70},
   pages = {20-29},
   abstract = {The supply of wood in Europe on a sustainable basis is highly relevant for forestry and related policies, particularly in relation to (i) analysing global change mitigation strategies and carbon accounting (ii) establishing realistic forecasts and targets for wood resources, biomass and renewable energy and (iii) assessing and supporting strategies for an increased use of wood. Therefore, it is relevant to have robust information of the availability for wood supply. The main aim of this paper is to harmonize the concept of ‘forest available for wood supply’ (FAWS) at European level. The data employed in this study was acquired through two questionnaires. The first questionnaire, conducted under the framework of COST Action FP1001 and a second questionnaire was completed by national correspondents and members of the UNECE/FAO. The analysis showed that reasons for the exclusion of forest from FAWS are diverse. Legal restrictions and specifically ´Protected areas´ are considered by 79% of the countries while very few countries consider economic restrictions. A new FAWS reference definition is provided and the consequences of using this new definition in eight European countries were analysed. Application of the proposed definition will increase consistency and comparability of data on FAWS and will result in decreasing the area of FAWS at a European level.},
   keywords = {Wood resources
National Forest Inventory
Sustainability
Multi-functionality
FAWS
COST Action FP1001},
   ISSN = {1389-9341},
   DOI = {10.1016/j.forpol.2016.05.014},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2016.05.014},
   year = {2016},
   type = {Journal Article}
}

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