Coordination of policies related to forest management
The lack of coordination between policies addressing forest management in Europe may lead to contradictions and conflicts between the respective policy instruments and hinder an adequate comprehensive respond to societal demands.
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Challenges and threats for the Forest Sector in Europe
Social and environmental
benefits are of increasing importance in Western Europe; it is expected that over next decades timber
production will shift significantly towards the East. But this prosperity bears a thread for a sustainable
development of forest resources.
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FAO's biennial State of the World's Forests series offers a global perspective on the forest sector, including its environmental, economic and social dimensions. The release of the results of the Global Forest Resource Assessment 2005 (FRA 2005) has provided new information, more comprehensive than ever, for evaluating the state of forests.
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