European Forestry Commission Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds

Working Group 1: Forest & Water

Participating countries: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, and Slovenia

Forest & Water Strategy Paper 

Core themes:

• Impact of forest management operations on water quantity and water quality
• Forests in a landscape approach (Ecological approach) for Soil and water conservation (Ecosystem services)
• Quantification of water use in the forest and water cycle. Natural forest vs forest plantations
• Forests in combination with other land uses in different climatic and hydrological conditions 

Outputs:

• Baseline publications on forests and water relations
• Policy advice to develop institutional frameworks at country level
• Research programmes (facilitation of University exchange, COST Action)
• Workshops and trainings

Documents: 

• Working Group 1 informative flyer
• 30 years of Headwater Control: Forest and Water in Changing Environment and Society Conference (Prague - Czechia, 2020) Report /Programme  
• Satellite Session in the International Environmental Education Conference Programme (Eger - Hungary, 2018)