Forest related European partnerships

The ERIAFF Network and its Forest Regions working group

Álvaro Picardo – Castile and León RegionRiccardo Castellini – Cesefor Foundation

May 20th, 2020

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Born on 2012 as an

informal partnership at

the initiative of a core

group of 17 European

Regions, the Network

is led by the Regional

Government of

Tuscany.

Nowadays: 43 Regions

from 13 EU Countries.

9 Working Groups

The WG on Forestry is called the

“European Network of Forested Regions”

Areas of interest:

Bioeconomy regional strategies and regional action plans, in connection

Wood mobilization, and specially through the ROSEWOOD project

Non Wood Forest Products Mobilization, and specially through the INCREDIBLE project

The Group is also interested in forest risk protection, and specially on fire prevention

Current Members

North Karelia (Finland)

Castile and León (Spain)

Cataluña (Spain)

Extremadura (Spain)

Tuscany (Italy)

Aquitaine (France)

Slovenia (Slovenia)

Smaland (Sweden)

Growing interest in severalterritories, such as Western Macedonia (Greece), and others

One of the 7 Flagship Initiatives:

Smart specialization in BioEconomy

Our capacities in RDI are well organized towards

Circular BioEconomy

https://cienciaytecnologia.jcyl.es/web/es/estrategia-ris3/iniciativas-emblematicas.html

Rosewood &

Rosewood 4.0

projects

Rosewood is a EU H2020 project dedicated to Sustainable

Wood Mobilization, that aim at building a trans-European

network for the transfer of best practices & innovations in

sustainable wood mobilization.

Leader: Steinbeis (Germany)

www.rosewood-network.eu

INCREdible project

Creating Innovation Networks (Inet) of Cork, Resins and Edibles, by addressing the existing research and innovation knowledge divide in relation to NWFP-service systems of the Mediterranean basin.

Leader: EFI

www.incredibleforest.net

Mediterranean Model

Forest Network

The MMFN was born in 2007 with the aim of expanding the development of the concept of Model Forests and its principles, born in Canada, in the Med area, in order to study the particularities of our forests and landscapes, define common objectives and promote a dynamic of work based on models of collaboration.

www.medmodelforest.net

Northern Europe and

Russia

This informal network of Model Forests acrossNorthern Europe and Russia (the Baltic LandscapeInitiative) works to demonstrate new approaches to the sustainable management of landscapes

Northern Europe & Russia Network members:

1.Bergslagen Model Forest, Sweden

2.Komi Model Forest, Russia

3.Model Forest Czech Republic, Czech Republic

4.Oborniki Model Forest, Poland

5.River Helge å Model Forest, Sweden

6.Vilhelmina Model Forest, Sweden

www.imfn.net/about/regional-networks/northern-europe-russia/

Some initiatives

LIFE 2020 Call for Proposal (Nature and Biodiversity)

Exploring the possibility to prepare a project about the

conservation and protection of the EU large carnivores

(bear, lynx, wolf & wolverine).

Call structure: 2 stages / UE contr. between 60 y 75%

Deadline First Stage: July 16th 2020