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Regional Forest Country Profiles for Central and Eastern European Countries

(RFCP/CEEC)

by Diana Pfeiffer, Consultant FAO/SEUR• Mandate FAO information gathering and

dissemination

• Gaps in policy relevant information (vs FRA & statistics)

• Needs/requests by countries on forest policies

• Data and information availability at national level

• Forest policy analyses

• DG briefs

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Theoretical background:

* FDCP ... FAO Forest Department Country Profiles

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• Overall structure is partly too specific to be applied for all countries, redundant categories

• Large number of information subjects are likely to confuse the user

• Relevant information that already is part of the FAO databases is not displayed in the FDCP yet (esp. TBFRA-2000)

Why not stick with the FAO Forest department country profiles (RFCP)

(1/2) ?

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• Focus frequently on specific aspect of forest management, e.g. production and forest resources; too specific country information

• Out of date information on production, trade and consumption

• Gaps on social and environmental benefits from forests, forestry services as well as policy institutions and instruments

Why not stick with the FAO Forest department country profiles (RFCP)

(2/2) ?

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Objective of RFCP/CEEC:

Collect and display...

... needed and available data and information ...

... focus on policies for forest management ...

... with relevance to CEE countries ...

... which are easily and widely accessible through an

internet based portal

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Criteria for selection of RFCP/CEEC information subjects (1/2):

• Availability of reliable data and information;

• Focus on key subjects with relevance to decision making on forest policy and the contribution of forest management to sustainable development;

• No intention to present a “complete” set of all available information;

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Criteria for selection of RFCP/CEEC information subjects(2/2):

• Focus on the potential user: less detailed structure to less likely confuse the costumer;

• No displaying of forest knowledge “niches”;

• Provide as much as possible links to reliable data on external web sites that is regularly updated web low maintenance of data

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• General Information• Forest Resources and Benefits• Forest Products and Services• Forest Policy and Institutions

Let´s have a closer look! – The sub-categories

Structure of the information subjects

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Info survey

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Share of data

Type of data source

General Information

42 %

58 %

FAO/UNECE networks (UNECE Statistics, FAO project database, FDCP)Questionnaire

Forest Resources and Benefits

55 %15 %

25 % 5 %

FAO/UNECE networks (Global FRA)Other Internet sources (WCPA)Hardcopy publications (TB-FRA 2000, State of Europe’s Forest 2003, Forest Fire Statistics, ICP Forests) Questionnaire

Forest Products and Services

46 % 9 %27 %

18 %

FAO/UNECE networks (Global FRA, Timber Statistics)Other Internet sources (UNIDO)Hardcopy publications (State of Europe’s Forest 2003, FAO Forest Finance) Questionnaire/INNOFORCE

Forest Policy

36 % 7 %14 %43 %

FAO/UNECE networks (nfp, Ecolex, EFSOS)Other Internet sourcesHardcopy publications (State of Europe’s Forest 2003) Questionnaire

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Major types of information sources• Web sites

o Outcomes of FAO/UNECE networks Forest Resource Assessment (Global/Europe) Timber Statistics (Eurostat, ITTO, UNECE) FAO project database ECOLEX (FAO, IUCN and UNEP)

o Other Internet sources (e.g. UNIDO, WCPA)• Hardcopy publications, manuals, other

documents (e.g. UNECE/FAO TB-FRA 2000, MCPFE/UNECE/FAO State of Europe’s Forest 2003)

• Questionnaire (FAO/SEUR Forestry, EFI PC INNOFORCE, UNECE Private Forestry)

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1. Governmental institutions and main policy instruments

2. Property rights on forest resources

3. Interrelation with public budgets (expenditures/revenues)

4. State forest management

5. Stakeholders

6. Key forest policy and market issues

Questionnaire on Forest Policy

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http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/34767/en

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• Complement information on missing countries > SEUR

• Update of timber statistics (removals for 1998) > IT-HQ

• Merging into one COMMON FAO/UNECE site for each country > IT-HQ

• Harmonization of layout and definitions for information with global and regional relevance > our group + countries

• Translation into Russian! > SEUR + HQ (lang+IT)

• Easy printing of country profiles > IT-HQ

• Overviews on sub/regions on key figures (GS m3/ha) > SEUR/IT-HQ

Challenges ahead