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Sustainable Forest Management and Climate Change: The Importance of Forests in Mitigating Climate Change from National and Pan-European Perspectives
The State Forests National Forest Holding, Poland and the Ministerial and Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE)
Location: Lubranski, 1st floor, Collegium Minus
The side event will demonstrate national and pan-European achievements in implementing sustainable forest management related to climate change mitigation. Policy means and instruments, as well as practical examples of forest management practices implemented by the Polish State Forests, which are essential for optimizing the contribution of forests and the forest sector in climate change mitigation will be presented. Furthermore, this side event will envisage regional co-operation on forests in Europe performed within the frame of the MCPFE and the outcomes of the 5th MCPFE Conference, held on 5-7 November, 2007 in Warsaw, Poland.
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Chair:
Mr. Piotr Borkowski, The State Forests, Poland and Mr. Arne Ivar Sletnes, MCPFE Liaison Unit Oslo |
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Speaker & Institution |
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14:30 – 14:35 |
Opening |
Mr. Janusz Zaleski, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of the Environment, Poland |
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14:35 – 14.45 |
“Forest for quality of life”, or The Paneuropean Process of Counteracting Climate Change IN EUROPE The outcomes of the 5th MCPFE in Warsaw, 5-7 November 2007 |
Prof. Kazimierz. Rykowski, Forestry Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland |
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14:45 – 14:55 |
Climate Change and Sustainable Forest Management – Contributions and challenges. Perspectives of the MCPFE |
Knut Øistad, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Norway |
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14:55 – 15:05 |
Example of a Pan-European contribution to the climate change debate. Outcome of the Koli Workshop ”Forests in the Changing Environment” |
Taina Veltheim, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland |
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15:05 – 15:15 |
Sustainable Forest Management and Climate Change. The importance of forest in mitigating climate change from national and pan-European perspective. Polish State Forests example |
Dr. Marian Pigan, the State Forests, Poland |
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15:15 – 15:25 |
Wood and its substitutes; wood as a source of energy |
Prof. Ewa Ratajczak, Wood Technology Institute, Poznan, Poland |
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15:25 – 15:45 |
Discussion |
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15:45 |
Light lunch |
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