Introduction
Interlinkages between Water, Forests and the Landscape
Materials and Methods
Organization | Official website |
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Government Agencies | |
Ministry of the Environment and Energy | |
Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation | |
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency | |
Swedish Forest Agency | |
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) | |
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) | |
Swedish Museum of Natural History | |
International organizations | |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO | |
Forest Trends | |
Certification organization | |
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Sweden | |
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) | |
NGOs/charities | |
CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) | |
Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) | |
Swedish Society for Nature Conservation | |
Vi Agroforestry | |
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International | |
Religious organizations | |
Church of Sweden | |
Universities/Research organizations | |
Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) | |
Forest, Climate and Livelihood Research Network at Chalmers University of Technology (Focali) | |
Forest, Climate and Livelihood Research Network at Chalmers University of Technology (Focali) | |
Gothenburg University | |
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute | |
KTH Royal Institute of Technology | |
Linköping University | |
Secretariat for International Forestry Issues (SIFI) | |
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) | |
Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) | |
Skogforsk (the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden) | |
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Global Programme | |
World Resources Institute | |
Producers/businesses | |
Ekebo Forest Management AB | |
Hamra Gård Consultancy | |
LRF Forestry (The Federation of Swedish Family Forest Owners) | |
NIRAS Consulting company | |
Nkoola Agencies International Ltd | |
Sense Group AB | |
SSC Forestry | |
Stora Enso AB | |
Swedish Forest Industries Federation | |
Sveaskog AB | |
Södra (Sodra) | |
TetraPak AB |
Results
Swedish Forest Restoration in Historical Perspective
Key Factors which Enabled the Gradual Swedish Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest tenure and ownership
Legislation, governance and clear rules
Public participation, education and capacity building
Integration of science and practice
A prosperous forestry industry
Forest and Water Integration for Landscape Restoration
Toward Greater Stakeholder Involvement
Box 1 Blue Targeting – A Tool for Water and Forest Management
Discussion
Competence | Indicative key stakeholder |
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1. Governance | |
Broad stakeholder participation in development and implementation of forest policies | Ministry of Rural Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, forest and environment government agencies, water authorities, forestry industry, forest owner associations, universities of natural and social science, civil and environmental NGOs, religious and indigenous groups |
Production and environmental objectives in Swedish Forest Policy | Ministry of Rural Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, forest and environment government agencies, water authorities |
Linking science with practice | Universities of natural and social science, technological institutes, forest smallholders, associations, forestry industries, forest and environment government agencies, water authorities, civil and environmental NGOs, religious and indigenous groups |
Capacity building in policy development and development of best management practices | Forest and environment government agencies, universities and scientific institutions, forestry industries, forest farmers associations, civil society and environmental NGOs, religious and indigenous groups |
2. A prosperous forestry industry | |
Product development and marketing of wood products | Forest technology and processing companies and entrepreneurs, trade associations, universities and knowledge institutions, designers, trade and investment councils |
Cost-efficient and safe logging systems adapted for industry and small-scale businesses | Work environment authorities, forest technology entrepreneurs, forestry research institutes |
Technology for competitive small- and medium-size mechanical wood industries | Forest technology entrepreneurs and industries, forest smallholder associations, designers |
Technical tools and information technology (IT) solutions for forest management including inventories, maps, GIS and different information and communication technology solutions | Forest technology and IT entrepreneurs, technical social and natural science universities and academia, forestry research institutes |
3. Prosperous forest smallholders | |
Organization and empowerment of forest smallholders | Forest owner associations, certification schemes, trade unions |
Entrepreneurship and business management including marketing, sale and export | Forest owner associations, trade associations, forestry entrepreneurs, universities and knowledge institutions, trade and investment councils |
Fair and transparent systems for wood measurement and for making payments to smallholders | Wood measurement associations, forestry information hubs |
Secure access to markets | Forest owner associations, trade and investment councils, certification schemes |
4. Integrating water management in sustainable forestry | |
Combined objectives (production, social and environmental) in forest management plans | Forestry companies and smallholders, supervised by forest and environment agencies and water authorities |
Forest certification and chain of custody certification, including group certification of smallholders | Forestry companies, smallholders, certification schemes |
Training in best management practices to forest owners (forestry companies and smallholders) forest supervisors, forest entrepreneurs and forest workers | Forest and environment agencies, water authorities, forest owner associations, universities and knowledge institutions (natural, technological, social) |