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ROSEWOOD Programme: H2020-SC5-2017-OneStageB Topic: SC5-15-2016-2017 Raw materials policy support actions

Start date of project: 01.02.2018 Duration: 24 months

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020

research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 776754.

Project No.: 776754

Project acronym: ROSEWOOD

Project title:

European Network of Regions On SustainablE WOOD mobilisation

Programme: H2020-SC5-2017-OneStageB

Topic: SC5-15-2016-2017 Raw materials policy support actions

Start date of project: 01.02.2018

Duration: 24 months

Best practices and innovations for timber

mobilisation in Europe October 2019

Authors Central Hub: Moritz Dreher (BFH), Martin Ziesak (BFH), Larissa Rudolph (ProHolzBW), Uwe

André Kohler (ProHolzBW), Franziska Reich (ProHolz BW), Jan Bulmer (ProHolzBW), Ute

Bachmann-Gigl (BitComp), Ludwig Lehner (BitComp), Hubert Siegel (BMNT), Tabea Link (S2i),

Anthony Salingre (S2i), Daniel Ketzer (S2i); Eastern Hub: Polona Hafner (SFI), Jožica Gričar (SFI),

Dijana Vuletić (CFRI), Silvija Krajter Ostoić (CFRI), Andrea Sulyok-Pál (KO-FA), Rezső Kádár (KO-

FA), Ivan Ambroš (CEKOM), Danijela Šarić Bartolović (CEKOM); Southern Hub: Riccardo Castellini

(CESEFOR), Nacho Campanero (CESEFOR), Pablo Sabín (CESEFOR), Rodrigo Gomez (CESEFOR),

Roberto Rubio (CESEFOR), Edgar Lafuente (CESEFOR), Alvaro Picardo (JCYL), Javier Ezquerra

(JCYL), Henri Husson (CRPF), Lucie Rupil (CRPF), Gabriel Ducos (CRPF), Elisabetta Gravano (RT),

Giovanni Filiani (RT), Paolo Battelli (RT), Fabio Boscaleri (RT), Beatrice Bequet (RT) ; Northern

Hub : Merja Laajanen (LUAS), Anne-Mari Väisänen (LUAS), Jussi Soppela (LUAS), Kari Makitalo

(LUKE);

ROSEWOOD – D1.3 – Report on Best Practices and Innovations



TABLE OF CONTENT

1. General Approach ........................................................................................................................................... 4

1.1 Aim of this study .................................................................................................................................... 5

1.1.1 Explanation and separation of best practices and innovations ........................................................ 5

1.1.2 Methodology and collection of best practices and innovations ....................................................... 7

1.1.3 SWOT analyses: Purpose and Approach ........................................................................................... 9

1.1.4 Expert Panels ..................................................................................................................................... 9

1.2 General findings ..................................................................................................................................... 9

2. Hub specific reports ...................................................................................................................................... 13

2.1 Northern Hub ...................................................................................................................................... 13

2.1.1 Best practices and innovations in the Northern Hub ...................................................................... 13

2.1.2 Expert panel to foster knowledge transfer between the Northern Hub and the other Hubs ........ 13

2.1.3 Conclusions and outlook ................................................................................................................. 15

2.2 Eastern Hub ......................................................................................................................................... 17

2.2.1 Best practices and innovations in the Eastern Hub ......................................................................... 17

2.2.2 Expert Panel to foster knowledge transfer between the Eastern Hub and the other Hubs ........... 18

2.2.3 Conclusion and outlook ................................................................................................................... 21

2.3 Central Hub .......................................................................................................................................... 22

2.3.1 Best practices and innovations in the Central Hub ......................................................................... 22

2.3.2 Expert panel to foster knowledge transfer between the Central Hub and the other Hubs ............ 26


2.4 Southern Hub....................................................................................................................................... 29

2.4.1 Description of the region ................................................................................................................ 29

2.4.2 Best practices and innovations in the Southern Hub ...................................................................... 30

2.4.3 Expert panel to foster the Knowledge transfer between the southern Hub and the other Hubs .. 34


3. General Conclusions and Outlook ................................................................................................................. 37

4. APPENDIX A: Example of a best practice....................................................................................................... 38




ABSTRACT The ROSEWOOD project has been developed to address one major concern of the current European forestry:

enhancing wood mobilization in a sustainable way. Sustainable wood mobilisation has a high relevance for all

European countries and has therefore found its way in policies and funding. In many countries, the concept of

sustainability has a long tradition in the forestry sector, especially in the field of forest management. In some

places, a sustainable forest management is in place for over a hundred years.

Against this background, ROSEWOOD’s first aim is to act as a platform which brings together a broad range of

European partners including their knowledge. In total, 15 partners from 10 European countries are clustered in

four regional Hubs. These partners have specific knowledge from scientific research, policies, funding as far as

practical applications along the entire wood value-chain. One central element of ROSEWOOD is to gather

available knowledge and applications in the regions and promote an active knowledge transfer. By this, best

practices and innovations are achieving visibility and the knowledge transfer between partners is facilitated and

steered.

Best practices and innovations about sustainable wood mobilisation have been gathered by the 15 partners of

the ROSEWOOD consortium and got additionally prepared for a better knowledge uptake by interested

government authorities, actors and further stakeholders. By this, ROSEWOOD makes a substantial contribution

towards a broader application of best practices and innovations. It supports the provision of knowledge and

transfer to as well as between stakeholders. For reinforcing this kind of knowledge and best practice transfer,

ROSEWOOD is a European platform to facilitate the networking and allows an intensified collaboration, thereby

improving the wood value-chain respectively the bioeconomy in Europe.




1. GENERAL APPROACH

All over Europe, forests have a major proportion of the land area. Seen over all countries in Europe, forests cover

about 43 % of all land surfaces. Forests and their provision of wood for many purposes such as construction,

housing and energy production play an important role in the daily living of societies throughout Europe. Forests

in Europe are not only important in the social dimension, the economic and ecological dimensions are huge as

well. They have a massive contribution to the gross domestic production (GDP) of the different countries. Forests

are providing a broad range of different labour opportunities and are therefore a main pillar of the economies in

Europe. Furthermore, forests are crucial in the process of the transformation towards a Bio-Economy, as

projected by the EU. Considering both, the ecological dimension and threats of climate change, forests are

becoming more and more significant for ecosystem stability. Further, they resume a key role in protection against

natural hazards such as floods, landslides, rockfalls and avalanches.

From this starting position, it is evident that societies must elaborate a forest management style which supports

sustainable wood mobilisation, in order to create added value. A focal point in this context for providing answers

and drive this development forward lays in the EU funded ROSEWOOD project (EU network of Regions On

SustainablE WOOD mobilisation). ROSEWOOD has the main objective to foster sustainable wood mobilisation in

EU regions. The ROSEWOOD project is a consortium of 15 partners from all over Europe. It includes academic

and non-academic institutions from ten different European countries (Figure 1). The core idea is centred around

the creation of four regional Hubs (North, South, Central and East of Europe) focusing on wood mobilisation.

These Hubs must be understood as both, cooperation platforms and innovation networks for knowledge

transfer, disseminating research of innovation results and best practices. Therefore, the network identifies grass-

root ideas and evaluates financing and political involvement, as well as educational strategies. This set of four

Hubs generates a multi-actor network, which supports better cooperation between and learning from other

European regions.

Figure 1: The regional complementary of the ROSEWOOD consortium and its EU-wide outreach




The structural principles for all these Hubs are identical. They cluster neighbouring countries, which have

similarities concerning economic, political and natural settings. Members in the Hubs are ROSEWOOD project

partners, as they represent their country or region. All Hubs are led by dedicated “Hub managers”, who are

facilitation the networking in their Hubs and between the Hubs. In addition, external active and passive members

from corresponding regions are activated by all project partners of the Hubs. This helps to broaden the impact

of these Hubs far beyond the outreach of the internal ROSEWOOD partner list. In the perspective of ROSEWOOD

partners, the Hub classification is as follows:

South European Hub included member countries [partner organizations, Hub manager]:

France [CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA PROPRIETE FORESTIERE]

Spain [CONSEJERIA DE FOMENTO Y MEDIO AMBIENTE - JUNTA DE CASTILLA Y LEON,

FUNDACION CENTRO DE SERVICIOS Y PROMOCION FORESTAL Y DE SU INDUSTRIA DE CASTILLA Y LEON]

Italy [REGIONE TOSCANA]

East European Hub included member countries [partner organizations, Hub manager]:

Croatia [HRVATSKI SUMARSKI INSTITUT, Centar kompetencija d.o.o. za istrazivanje i razvoj]

Romania [KO-FA Association]

Slovenia [GOZDARSKI INSTITUT SLOVENIJE]

Central European Hub includes member countries [partner organizations, Hub manager]:

Germany [STEINBEIS 2I GMBH, proHolzBW GmbH, Bitcomp GmbH]

Austria [BUNDESMINISTERIUM FUER LAND-UND FORSTWIRTSCHAFT UMWELT UND

WASSERWIRTSCHAFT]

Switzerland [BERNER FACHHOCHSCHULE]

North European Hub included member countries [partner organizations, Hub manager]:

Finland [LUONNONVARAKESKUS, LAPIN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY]

1.1 AIM OF THIS STUDY

This study compiles the results from an analysis of innovative solutions and best practices (BP) as conducted by

the partners of the ROSEWOOD consortium. The main aim of this collection is to provide better visibility and to

give improved access to this know-how, skills and solutions. This will support all relevant fields of the wood value-

chain how to better exploit good approaches for a higher value creation and the starting of new, promising

business opportunities with best wood mobilisation potentials.

By blending a regional screening and local collecting of innovative solutions and best practices with an active

inter-regional knowledge transfer, the generated knowledge pool will be activated, worked up and forwarded in

a suitable way in the later path of the project fitting the needs of the stakeholders involved.

Finally, it must be made clear that this collection – as provided with this text – appears to be static. However,

this search for further innovations and best practices is to be understood as an ongoing process. Throughout the

active period of the ROSEWOOD project, supplements to this list will be added.

1.1.1 EXPLANATION AND SEPARATION OF BEST PRACTICES AND INNOVATIONS




Best practice (BP)

A best practice in the frame of ROSEWOOD is understood as a method or a technique that is generally superior

to any alternatives already in place. The reasoning for an identification is kept wide:

A BP allows the mobilisation of more wood than those achieved with standard means

A BP allows the mobilisation of wood in a more sustainable way than conventional methods

or practices (on environmental, economic, but also social criteria)

A BP is sustainable at all levels

A BP may possibly have become a standard way of doing (state of the art)

A BP might provide new sources of wood to the wood-using industry

In the selection process of best practices, again a wide focus was applied:

Attention is not only restricted on the classical, narrow forestry sector, all the potential sources

of wood were considered: tree-tops, roots, garden, cities, agriculture, shrub land, recycled

wood etc.

The cascading use of wood is seen as an important approach to find best practices

Sustainability is seen central also during the selection process: mobilisation of more wood

while keeping the secondary use of the forest and woodlands safe

Best practices selected are transferable to other regions, but not necessarily in an easy way

Innovation (I)

An innovation is generally defined as simply a new idea, device, product or method. An innovation is the

application of better solutions that meet new requirements, expected or existing market needs. This can be a

tool, a machine or technical product (technical innovation), it may be a service, training, method or process (non-

technical innovation), but finally it also may be a management method or new business model (social

innovation).

An innovation should be readily available to the users, which are defined as the market, government or society.

Innovations in ROSEWOOD respect the same criteria as the best practices: they allow a better mobilisation of

wood along the value-chain while being more, or at least as sustainable as the approach in place.

Definition of domains

ROSEWOOD investigates different actors in the wood mobilisation value-chain and these actors are working in

multidisciplinary domains. To address these particular domains, the following categories were defined for the

identification and selection process:

1) Forest ownership, land tenure and ownership structure

2) Sustainable management and planning

3) Risks management

4) Silviculture

5) Harvesting and operations




6) Infrastructure and logistics

7) Market structure, paying capacities, funding options, fiscal measures

8) Digitalisation, data security, IT driven solutions

9) Communities and networks

10) Legal frame works

11) Education and training

Definition of Key Performance Indicators

The ROSEWOOD consortium defined a common manner to describe the best practices and innovations during

the compilation. The descriptions were kept short, nevertheless reflecting the most important points for

adoption. Additionally, an assessment pattern was developed allowing a target-oriented description for a good

knowledge transfer during the project.

1) Region

2) Time Scale

3) Mobilisation Potential

4) Kind of wood concerned [annex]

5) Sustainability Potential

6) Impact on environment and biodiversity

7) Ease of implementation

8) Economic impact

9) Job effect

10) Income effect

11) Specific knowledge needed

12) Costs of implementation

13) Technical readiness level

14) Key information for adoption

These assessments give further information about the best practices and innovations in a short and condensed

form, facilitating the subsequent selection process considerably. With this content, a good foundation for the

targeted knowledge transfer is set.

1.1.2 METHODOLOGY AND COLLECTION OF BEST PRACTICES AND INNOVATIONS

To collect, describe, valorise and prioritise best practices and innovations, ROSEWOOD used the following three

different methods.

1. Collection of best practices and innovations

In general, the collection of best practices and innovation data is performed by a dual approach. This dual

approach synthesizes secondary and primary data sources.




On the one side, the secondary data sources are based upon screening non-scientific and scientific literature,

regional literature, national and European projects, reports to gather innovative ideas that could have an impact

on sustainable wood mobilisation. On the other side, the primary data sources are based upon 5-10 domain

expert interviews per regional Hub.

In parallel to these two data sources, at the Hubs level, multi-actors were engaged to make an inventory of

regional best practices already in operation and available to mobilize wood sustainably in their region. As source

of information, results from previous projects and studies will be used to capitalize on these findings.

These two data sources got investigated by the Hubs based on a desktop research and the conduction of active

expert interviews. Two different types of desktop research were used an internal and an external one. The

internal desktop research provided a reasonable starting point of research. Further, it involves internal existing

organizational resources (data) and is therefore very efficient. The external desktop research includes data

available online, data that belong to the government, to scientific and economic actors as well as to stakeholders

of the wood value-chain. With this two-type approach, ROSEWOOD mapped the existing knowledge adequately.

With the additional uptaking of knowledge from the expert interviews (5-10 domains per regional Hub) the data

were supplemented with further information giving a rounded overall picture, thus simplifying the complexity

for external stakeholders which want to extend their skills. The aim was to identify best practices and innovations

in the field of the domains for each region presenting a good opportunity for developments and synergies

exploitations.

2. Stakeholder identification

To improve a system in a sustainable way, it is necessary to identify the involved stakeholders within the system.

ROSEWOOD partners used this approach to create new opportunities for economic partnerships between

stakeholders (such as forest owners, contractors, haulers, consumers of wood, stakeholders involved in forest

policy etc.) and (inter-) regional authorities in the wood mobilisation value-chain.

With this procedure, it is possible to develop best strategies for financing, education, policy measures and

innovation transfer to boost industry competitivity throughout the forestry value-chain. In addition, this

procedure supports the sustainability of forest exploitation and improves European regions individually, while

strengthening the entire European competitiveness and enhances the development of rural areas.

3. Hub events

The term Hub event in the frame of ROSEWOOD shall be understood as workshop-events. The sense and purpose

of these events is to support activities and launch results on the Hub- as well as inter-Hub-level. To do this, the

ROSEWOOD project conducted several workshops, which are briefly introduced below:

1. Launch events of regional Hubs were used to implement a workshop to gather innovative

results and best practices. 4 workshops were organised (one in each Hub).

2. Regional Hub workshops in the format of Expert Panels to validate results of the SWOT

analysis and to support the prioritisation of regional results. 5 workshops were organised (one

in each Hub, two in the Southern Hub).




3. Regional Hub workshops to present results. 4 workshops were or will be organised by regional

Hubs and one workshop to be organised on inter-Hub level. The latter will also be used to

present the coaching tools to implement the Best Practices in other regions.

These workshops will allow a professional coordination of the stakeholders within regions, but also between

regions and support the actions implemented by the project consortium.

1.1.3 SWOT ANALYSES: PURPOSE AND APPROACH

ROSEWOOD aims at valorising the transfer of results between regions to improve wood mobilisation in a

sustainable way. To achieve this, a first framework analysis of each regional Hub will be performed through

regional SWOT analyses. The SWOT analysis allows identifying the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and

threats of the forestry sector. Moreover, this method considers many dimensions of evaluation such as: (a) forest

ownership and land tenure, sustainable forest management, administration, co-ordination and planning,

including silvicultural measures; (b) infrastructure; c) harvesting and logistics; d) organisation and transparency

of the markets; (e) financing sourcing, legal and fiscal measures; and f) education, training and skills. Other

parameter as paying capacity, market structure, environmental aspects and alternatives sources of wood will

also be taken into consideration. Results of the SWOT will be analysed and validated in frame of a regional Hub

workshop (see 1.1.2, 5.).

1.1.4 EXPERT PANELS

The aim of this task is to develop interregional Roadmaps based on the findings from the SWOT analysis. These

findings will be ranked and categorized during Hub workshops to assess their relevancy for each regional Hub on

the country level or on the interregional level. This allows to identify differences and synergies between regions.

To achieve this, the ROSEWOOD consortium used the results from the SWOT analysis and selected best practices

and innovations to be discussed in the Expert Panel workshops at Hub level.

1.2 GENERAL FINDINGS

In the following paragraphs, a simple quantitative analysis identifies the top-level thematic issues that were

covered in the selection process of innovations and best practices. Therefore, all documents were screened and

analysed comprehensively. Based on these results, a set of eleven different domains were identified (Table 1).

The full list of best practices and innovations can be found in the ROSEWOOD web portal 1(cf. Figure 2), which

allows to screen the database facilitated by a map viewer.

The distribution of areas and regions, where innovations and best practices were found and implemented,

respectively, matches very well the partner country list. Non-European elements were almost missing (only one

nomination from the US and another one with global perspective). Several multi-national approaches on EU level

were mentioned, but the outreach to non-member countries is limited.

The time frame of implementation for identified BPs has a dual separation. Besides just recently activated BPs,

there is a significant group of BPs which were established a while ago (more than 10 years in some cases). They

apparently built up a certain history and thus long-term experience, which additionally indicates a certain success

1 The ROSEWOOD map viewer will be available on the ROSEWOOD-website: https://rosewood-network.eu/

https://rosewood-network.eu/




level. In forest management, the long-term perspective is of high relevance, which is why a long-term

implementation is a quality criterion.

Figure 2: Map viewer of the ROSEWOOD database on best practices and innovations.

Table 1: Classification of identified innovations and best practices according to domains

Domain Innovations (I)

[N]

Best practices (BP)

[N]

Forest management 4 22

Forest Ownership 0 11

Communities / Networks 0 12

Education 0 13

Digitalisation 12 15

Infrastructure 0 5

Logistics 2 4

Legal Framework 0 4

Innovative Funding 1 5

Mechanisation 10 5

Construction 3 4

Total 32 100




A percental break down reveals the high importance of “digitalisation”, “forest management”, but also

“mechanisation” and “education”, for more details see Figure 3 and Figure 4.

Figure 3: Percental break down of identified innovations (left) and best practices (right)

Figure 4: Summarised breakdown of both innovations and best practices into domains

Looking at resource types (stem wood, energy wood etc.) the clear dominance of stem wood within the best

practices is striking (Figure 5). Details on the activation potential of BPs and innovations varies vastly.

Unfortunately, quite a huge number of enumerations leave an answer here missing, as it depends on a broad

range of influencing factors. However, several others give precise indications on the amount of additionally

harvested cubic meters of timber may be activated. On the upper level, some BPs mention an activation potential

going well over one million cubic meters.

13%

38%

6%3%

31%

9%

InnovationsForest management

Forest Ownership

Communities/NetworksEducation

Digitalisation

Infrastructure

Logistics

22%

11%

12%

13%

15%

5%4%

4% 5%5%

4%

Best practicesForest management

Forest Ownership

Communities/ Networks

Education

Digitalisation

Infrastructure

Logistics

Legal Framework

Innovative Funding

Mechanization

Construction

20%

8%

9%

10%20%

4%

5%

3%

5%

11%

5%

Combined I + BP

Forest management

Forest Ownership

Communities/ Networks

Education

Digitalisation

Infrastructure

Logistics

Legal Framework

Innovative Funding

Mechanization

Construction




Finally, the activation or implementation costs should be considered on this general level. While again, several

BPs do not allow for providing reliable estimations, most BPs could be assigned with an estimation or precise

cost level. Low cost solutions can be found with implementation costs of around 10’000 € or less, while costly

BPs are mentioned to need a budget well over 100’000 €. All details on best practices are added in appendix A.

Figure 5: Best practices classified by their resource type

87%

3%

3%

7%

Separation of best practices into different ressource types

Stemwood (forests)

Above and below ground woodybiomass

Waste Wood

Various Wood Types




2. HUB SPECIFIC REPORTS

2.1 NORTHERN HUB

2.1.1 BEST PRACTICES AND INNOVATIONS IN THE NORTHERN HUB

There is a strong will in Finland to utilize forest assets as a source of income and for the welfare of Finnish people.

Various digital systems including mobile applications have been developed to advance co-operation and activate

forest owners to take care of their forests. Forest work productivity is on a high efficiency level since the

harvesting chain is completely mechanised and digitalised. A highlight is that stakeholders are granted free access

to all forest data over Finland. The Finnish forest road network (150’000 km) gives value not only to forestry, but

enhances recreational utilisation of forests and serves for preventing forest fires. Thus, best practices and

innovations of the Northern Hub can be found in the field of digitalisation and co-operation between forest

owners and forest companies.

The best practices were developed by forestry companies through co-operations in the forestry and IT sector.

Many innovations were additionally developed in the field of digitalisation by scientific and economic actors. All

the best practices are implemented in practice by local or international companies, which means some are

specifically adapted to northern conditions. A continuous development process ensures that the best practices

and innovations target the increase of productivity, e.g. by utilising digitalisation. Some of the best practices

were developed decades ago and implemented already some years ago, while being adapted for addressing

current forestry needs and changes. Digitalisation has brought up some recent modifications boosted by the

provision of open big data in Finland. The utilisation of production side streams is on a high level, which leads to

full utilisation of raw wood material and wood waste material for new products. This way, the cascade use of

wood material is organised efficiently leading to an overall high resource efficiency.

2.1.2 EXPERT PANEL TO FOSTER KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER BETWEEN THE NORTHE RN HUB AND

THE OTHER HUBS

Prior to the expert panel, the best practices from other European Hubs were preselected by the project team in

the Northern Hub. The preselection was made by removing from the list of best practices the ones that have

been or are being implemented in the Northern Hub already. The list of the new best practices for the Hub were

sent to the experts before the panel for familiarisation. Further, the SWOT-analysis was sent beforehand allowing

for comments and completion during the expert panel.

Discussions at the expert panel have tackled the weaknesses of the Northern Hub. A key problem is how to get

in touch with forest owners. Foresters try to solve this challenge by events and networking, which often proves

not successful. However, no best practice from the other regions could be identified to solve this issue, while a

tool from Switzerland (Marteloscope) for joint discussions between foresters and forest owners was identified

to foster communication and networking. This kind of tool could provide new information for the forest owners

from a variety of experts, who are providing comments on different cases on site. This way, knowledge can

spread among site holders and contribute to identify acceptable solutions for variable cases in forest sites

relating to typical silviculture operations. A discussion arose on best practices such as Machinery Ring Bled from

Slovenia, offering the renting and sharing of machinery. While it was brought up in the discussion that there used

to be examples in Finland with very little recognition, it was expected that eventually trends of shared economy

might also proof suitable for forestry equipment. On the countryside, there is quite a lot of agriculture machinery




with negligible operation hours especially in wintertime, which could be ready for sharing approaches. A best

practice from France (Adeli) brings together neighbouring private landowners to strike forestry operations in

larger area. This best practice has been evaluated as a strategy to intensify already existing practices from

forestry associations in Finland. In order to tackle a main threat of the Northern Hub, a road classification tool

from Germany (NavLog) could be helpful to prioritise main routes and could afterwards be used to support road

construction management, to plan repairs and prioritise certain main routes of the area. This tool could also be

proven as suitable for tests with companies and especially the Finnish State Forest Enterprise Metsähallitus. The

relevant best practices and innovations to be considered for the transfer into the Northern Hub are listed in Table

2. The ROADMAP for the Northern Hub reveals how they can be taken up for strengthening the region.

Table 2: Preselected list of best practices and innovations from other Hubs

No. Best practice/ innovation Subject of the best practice/ innovation and expected results

1 Forestry Test Enterprise

Network in Switzerland

The network undertakes regular monitoring of many forest enterprises and

elevates their market situation and a big set of economic data on a yearly

basis. Based on these data, best practices guidance on competitive forest

enterprises are elaborated and benchmarks provided.

2

HeProMo - Productivity

models for harvesting

processes

IT-based tool to predict the costs of timber harvesting for different

harvesting scenarios under different aspects such as harvester logging.

3

GemWaBewirt -

Improvement of climate

protection services of

managed forests by

collaborative management

of small and micro private

forests in North Rhine-

Westphalia

The project aims to show means for a purposeful development of forests

adapted to climate change by a sustainable and strengthened mobilization

of resources. Instruments like voluntary exchange of land, consolidation of

arable land and founding of forest cooperatives are to be offered.

4

Forest consolidation in

Bavaria – a stakeholder

theoretical analysis

Forest consolidation as a solution instrument for the fragmentation of small

private forests in Bavaria.

5 Machinery Ring Bled

Machinery ring is a social organization that offers support services for

farmers and forest owners. It is a form of the use of machines between

farms based on mutual neighbourly assistance.

6

MojGozdar (MyForester) -

Quality assessment system

for forestry contractors

Enables integration of all stakeholders in the forest-wood value-chain,

including providers of forestry services, users of services and administrators

of basic databases about business entities. It is a transparent and objective

web-based information system for assessing the suitability of contractors,

who perform work in the forest.

7 Timber auction

Wood of exceptional quality of various tree species can be sold at the

timber auction. After the delivery of logs to the place of auction about one

month before the event, potential purchasers have 14 days to give offers

for the selected timbers. The timbers are then sold to best tenderer.




8

ADELI (association for a

balanced development of

the forest in Limousin)

An interprofessional association whose objective is to bring together

neighbouring private owners in order to set up sufficient site units to trigger

stand improvement operations and equipment work (storage area, wood

loading area).

9 MOVAPRO An IT solution developed to create decision support tools for forest owners

in order to mobilize additional wood from non-exploited resources.

10

Inventory and

characterization of forest

roads

Inventory and characterization of forest road network.

11 Marteloscopes Improved decision-making capacity of forest management and silvicultural

interventions based on transparent data.

2.1.3 CONCLUSIONS AND OUTLOOK

In the northern countries of Europe (Sweden, Norway, Finland), ROSEWOOD connects actors and stakeholders

of the wood value-chain and fosters collaborations around wood mobilisation. One task during the ROSEWOOD

project is to involve different stakeholders in the process of composing and validating the SWOT analysis and the

roadmap of wood mobilisation. The experts have been participating by attending workshops presenting the

project starting points, the gathered information, workshops and conducted preanalysis by this date. By

screening best practices from other regions, Lapland could especially learn from applications indicating forest

road conditions such as NavLog. Implementing such an application in Finland would enhance the productivity

and resource efficiency of wood transportation, while a joint utilisation of forest machinery could help in

mobilising the smaller wood amounts from the forests. Such developments are required within the challenges

of mobilising wood from small-scale forests owned by private forest owners. For enhanced harvest and transport

processes of smaller wood amounts, local communities might jointly line up their harvest to stock bigger

terminals for long-distance transportation. Raw wood material could also be utilised locally for e.g. energy

purposes. By this kind of intensification of value-chains, people could generate income from forestry work by

advancing the wood mobilisation in sparsely populated areas. Lapland could benefit from a system bringing

together neighbouring forest owners to increase harvesting productivity in small-scale forest estates and forest

compartments. A scaling of harvesting and transportation would increase the economic viability in the forestry

sector. A first step in the uptake of best practices from other regions already took place. In the context of the

best practice Adeli, the implementation has been started by the National Survey Institute in Finland in

collaboration with the Forestry Centre. The project brings together neighbouring forest owners and encourages

forming bigger forest units by rearranging forest estates. It also establishes forest consolidations for better forest

management. The best practices concerning the IT tools are of high interest for the Northern Hub for further

developing the digital systems. As a strong actor in the field of forestry in Europe, the Northern Hub has also

profound knowledge in technical instruments in many fields, such as forest management incl. forest renewal,

forest research and mechanisation of harvesting chains. Lapland and Finland are among the bests when it comes

to new developments in digital systems in the industrial sectors.

On a European level, the Hubs support interregional knowledge exchange to learn from the partners’ experience.

All stakeholders in the forestry sector can improve their knowledge and strengthen their capabilities thereby

overcoming their weaknesses. With the knowledge gathered during the best practice and innovation collection,




a good framework is set to learn and adopt from other regions in ROSEWOOD. Although the use of best practices

and innovations from other regions may not be transferable in the actual form, they may be adaptable for

implementation. By doing so, they might even serve as framework for setting up new innovations. However,

ROSEWOOD is always looking for new and more productive ways of executing forestry work. Co-operation

models between forest owners and companies have a long tradition and were built up consistently. Thus, Lapland

can offer a wide range of forestry knowledge and best practices to other regions in Europe. Based on the results

presented above, the Northern Hub will develop an interregional roadmap strategy for addressing the issues

raised and further develop the wood mobilisation in the northern countries in a sustainable way.




2.2 EASTERN HUB

2.2.1 BEST PRACTICES AND INNOVATIONS IN THE EASTERN HUB

An inventory of already existing regional best practices in sustainable wood mobilisation resulted in three groups

of best practices and innovations. A first group, sustainable management and networking, comprises best

practices and innovations in sustainable management and planning, logistics and cooperation/ networking

related to mechanisation in forest industry. A second group, multiple use and reuse of resources, includes

examples of good practices and innovations in multiple use of wood resources, construction material, waste

collection, treatment and disposal activities, materials recovery and recycling. In a cascading use, the wood raw

material is fully utilized during the production processes creating products at each single step. Further, examples

of re-using waste at the end of the product life cycle show how to implement optimal recycling for a cascading

use. A third group of best practices and innovations, stakeholders integration platforms and plans, relates to

integration of stakeholders along the forest-wood value-chain through platforms, action plans for increasing the

competitiveness of the forest-wood chain, systems for traceability, as well as sharing and transferring technical

equipment and organizational knowledge. These examples enable local support organisations to address

structural deficits of SMEs and enhance innovation potentials. The majority of mentioned best practices and

innovations are implemented in Slovenia and involve stakeholders and policy makers in networking activities,

strengthening managing, organisational and technical capacities while policy makers receive guidelines and

support to foster development of the sector. All mentioned best practices strongly emphasize cooperation

activities between forestry and wood sector stakeholders.

An expert panel prioritisation was done according to the best practices and innovations impact on the

weaknesses identified in the Eastern Hub SWOT. The action plan Wood is beautiful has been identified as priority

best practice tackling the widest range of weaknesses for a competitive forest-wood chain in Slovenia. The action

plan sets out the objectives, measures, indicators and deadlines for intensifying forest management and for the

revitalization and development of wood processing and the energy use of its residues.

Figure 6: Thematic groups of Eastern Hub best practices and innovations




2.2.2 EXPERT PANEL TO FOSTER KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER BETWEEN THE EASTERN HUB AND

THE OTHER HUBS

In the frame of the ROSEWOOD project, an expert panel was organised with 12 experts representing forestry

faculties and institutes, wood clusters and non-governmental associations focused on the transfer of know-how

and information. By bringing together regional authorities with local and regional experts along the forest-based

value-chain, the Eastern Hub intensifies the exchange on a regional level to enable and support all actors to

exploit innovations and best-practices from other regions. Best practices and innovations from Central, Northern

and Southern Hubs were selected according to their impact on SWOT weaknesses and were presented to Expert

Panel participants and partners. In a motivated discussion, the weaknesses of the forest-based value-chain were

articulated and possible solutions for improving the current state were identified by screening the list of best

practices and innovations from the other ROSEWOOD regions. At this event, 21 best practices and innovations

were selected and validated for implementation in East Europe region (cf. Table 3). The best practice

implementation is organised along seven priority impacts on the wood and forestry sectors in Eastern Hub

(Figure 7).

Table 3: List of prioritised best practices and innovations from other Hubs

No.

BP/

Inno

No.

Best practice/innovation Subject of the BP/innovation and expected results

1 BP4 PASSFOR (Plan for Socioeconomic

Activation of the Forest Sector)

The forest sector promotes socioeconomic activity (contributes to

the diversification of economic activity at rural areas; increases

the number of employments related to forest activity, improves

the incomes of the working people in the forest sector; increases

the size of the forest property and attain economically efficient

surfaces for a sustainable forest management).

2 BP1 Rolling silviculture planning

(annually)

Optimization of forest management, silvicultural planning and

different working processes.

3 BP6 Joint ownership, forest

consolidation

Bigger forest estates with easier access to forest property, more

cost-efficiency in harvesting, easier management, tax relief.

4 BP3

KomSilva – Joint Project:

Development and Use of

communication and consulting

assistance for private and

communal forests for addressing

forest owners and to intensify

public relations in forestry

Improvement of forest management through development and

use of communication and consulting assistance.

5 BP8 MOTI / “Mobile Timber Cruise”

Digitalization of the Forest stand inventory and forest operation

planning (determining the most important dendrometer

indicators).

6 BP10 «#WOODVETIA – Campaign for

more Swiss wood»

Emphasized importance of the local wood mobilisation and the

benefits of a sustainable forest management as an important

issue to improve the wood mobilisation in long-term a foresting

the wood value-chain. Improved demand for local wood products.




7 IN6

Case BioA refinery concept –

Fertilizers from side flows of wood-

based industry and ashes of wood-

based power plants

Implemented concept of new fertilizer production using circular

economy methods. Implementation of good example of circular

economy and cascade use of wood.

8 IN2 FORETDATA

Improved knowledge of forest stakeholders’ activities by

exchanging data through operational collaborative platform for all

stakeholders in the forest-wood-paper sector.

9 BP2 ForLog

Improved quality of silviculture and forestry operations applying

the set of tools adapted to the needs of very small forestry and

logging companies.

10 BP7

Funding guidelines in Bavaria:

FORSTZUSR 2015, FORSTWEGR

2016 and WALDFÖPR 2018

Improvement of the forestry through establishment of funding

system for projects and related actions of forestry stakeholders

within the framework of a forestry funding program.

11 BP13 Heat entrepreneurship

Implemented operational model for production of heat for

customers by using renewable solid bio-fuels. Clustering of heat

entrepreneurs, heat entrepreneurship units, research, training

and the supply of machines and equipment for the whole

production chain

12 BP11 “Marteloscopes” Improved decision-making capacity of forest management and

silvicultural interventions based on transparent data.

13 BP12 Bavarian School for Forest Farmers

Establishment of the training and education centre for

improvement of knowledge and skills of private and corporate

forests and all people interested in the forest.

14 BP14

Improvement of climate protection

services of managed forests by

collaborative management of small

and micro private forests in North

Rhine-Westphalia

Development of forests adapted to climate change by a

sustainable and strengthened mobilisation of resources.

Approaches for collaborative forest management and the

necessary frameworks and possibilities for implementation of

private forest owner’s cooperation.

15 IN4 Neosylvaq (online wood auction)

Use of new technologies to make the wood sales system

economical and dynamic, and to fluidize information to increase

wood mobilisation and get forest owners involved in

management.

16 IN5 Virtual Forest

Improved forest management with applying 3D forest

visualization combining actual forest data, GIS and game

technology for implementing forestry actions and observing

results, and for combining forestry operations.

17 BP5 Joint wood terminals

Improved cooperation between forest service providers through

joint wood terminals of forest companies for short-term storage

of wood. Decreased environmental effects because of centralized

terminals.

18 BP9 KEMERA funding (Funding for

Sustainable Forestry)

Establishment of Government’s funding / subsidy for certain types

of forest management activities.




19 IN1 ECOR

Development of principles for waste stream reduction and

diversion with the goal of solving one of the world’s most

challenging environmental problems - waste disposal and

diversion.

20 BP15

WBV Logistics: Optimization of the

timber harvest chains and

mobilisation in private forests –

regions Holzkirchen, Rosenheim

and Traunstein

Improvement of the flow of information and of material in the

timber supply process of the forestry associations.

21 IN3 ELDAT

Implementation of national standard which enables a consistent

communication between all involved partners of the process

chain. It enables the transfer of single timber data (formerly the

list of wood) as well as the transmission of process defining

information.

Figure 7: Expected impacts of the implementation of best practices and Innovations from other Hubs

Bigger forest estates with easier access to forest property, more cost-

efficiency in harvesting, easier management, tax

relief.

Optimization of forest management, silvicultural

planning and different working processes.

Improvement of forest management through

development and use of communication and consulting

assistance.

Implemented concept of new fertiliser production using circular economy methods.

Implementation of good example of circular economy and cascading use of wood.

Digitalisation of the Forest stand inventory and forest operation planning (determining the most

important dendrometer indicators).

Profit from the forest sector ability to promote

socioeconomic activity (contribute to the

diversification of economic activity at rural areas;

increase the number of employments related to

forest activity

Emphasized importance of the local wood mobilisation and the benefits of a sustainable

forest management as an important issue to improve

the wood mobilisation in long-term a foresting the wood

value-chain.Improved demand for local wood products.




2.2.3 CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK

The ROSEWOOD project aims at building an EU-network of regions to enable stakeholders to connect and share

best practices in the field of wood mobilisation, cooperate across sectors and disciplines along and across the

entire wood value-chain. Based on existing knowledge and activities performed in the framework of ROSEWOOD

project, identified challenges will be addressed by implementing best practice examples and innovations from

Central, North and South Europe in the Eastern Europe Hub. To enhance international and interregional

cooperation, Eastern Hub gathered a wide range of ROSEWOOD network members (29 members).

The upcoming activities will enable and strengthen sustainable wood mobilisation and improvement of East

Europe region competitiveness through preparation and further development of the overall database of best

practices and innovations, which will be publicly available in order to secure knowledge transfer among

interested stakeholders. The Eastern Hub project partners screened best practices and innovations from their

countries in order to identify regional potentials for wood mobilisation. This inventory of already existing best

practices in sustainable wood mobilisation showed best practices and innovations dealing with key themes:

sustainable management and networking; multiple use and reuse of resources and integration of stakeholders

through platforms/ plans implementation. Indicatively, all three themes have been identified as weaknesses

within the East Europe Hub SWOT analysis, therefore gathered best practices present flagship projects, which

are already contributing to the improvement of the sector.

These findings will be brought together with the validated SWOT analysis for the preparation of the ROSEWOOD

interregional roadmap, which serves as a strategic plan for addressing the main challenges of the East Europe

Hub in wood mobilisation. The roadmap will present strategies for tackling the weaknesses and threats of the

East Europe region with knowledge transfer from other regions. Stakeholders will get insights to the most

interesting practices and innovations covering their needs for improving the current situation. Overall, emphasis

will be given to the knowledge and experience transfer to achieve a sustainable wood mobilisation in East

Europe.

One of the main goals of the Eastern Europe Hub is to enhance and promote the use of local wood and to

establish local value-chains from a single tree in the forest, through the harvesting process, along the production

steps to the final products with high added value. Therefore, local wood for local use is a precondition for strong

local forestry value-chains ensuring a strong local bioeconomy, thereby contributing to a strong regional, national

and European economy. By strengthening the uptake of knowledge and innovative approaches, the East Europe

Hub supports the ROSEWOOD objectives of creating a sustainable and competitive economy with efficient use

of local resources in a sustainable way.




2.3 CENTRAL HUB

2.3.1 BEST PRACTICES AND INNOVATIONS IN THE CENTRAL HUB

The Central Hub region is rich in documentations concerning research projects, best practices and innovations.

Due to the highly developed infrastructure of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the majority of the gathered

best practices and innovations include various forms of cooperation models and information platforms

enhancing visibility between stakeholders, their products and services. To support the good existing basis in the

forest sector and the huge knowledge, many digitalisation projects and educational activities are ongoing.

Altogether, the Central Hub region collected 36 best practices and innovations.

To overcome structural disadvantages and foster communication, in all of the Central Hub regions there are

cooperation models in form of networks and cluster initiatives already in place. Some of these examples include

e.g. proHolz Schwarzwald, Holzforum Allgäu, Holzkette Schwarzwald e.V., Forum Weisstanne e.V., Forst und Holz

Allgäu-Oberschwaben (WiR GmbH) or Initiative RegioHolz. These best practices facilitate communication and

promote a fast, uncomplicated exchange of information between different actors along the chain of custody.

They also target consulting and teaching about forest products and management. Some of them can count on

regional governmental funds, especially during their initial phase, and have a positive impact on the regional

wood mobilisation.

Further on, contemporary designed internet platforms like Wald wird mobil (cf. Figure 9) and new media

applications serve to share important information and address especially urbanised forest owners, but also

stakeholders which are not integrated sufficiently in the rural structures. They also aim at improving exchange

between forest owners and forest service companies, thus lowering the barriers for assigning certain

management tasks but always to retain soreignity.

Different kinds of forest management

Apps (e.g. fairventures, MOTI) exist. They are

programmed to collect informations about

the forest stands and/ or give management

advises. Moreover, these apps are designed to

edit, evaluate and share gathered

informations with other users (e.g. potential

service companies) as well as ease up forest

procedures. These approaches help to

evaluate the sustainability, the effectiveness

of management measures and to fulfil the

long-term attends regarding a sustainable

wood mobilisation.

A knowledge transfer project, initiated by

FHP-Forst Holz Papier (forest products

association) in Austria, invites cities and

communities to information workshops.

These workshops focus on sensitisation for

forest issues and supporting the forest owners Figure 9: Screenshot Wald-wird-mobil.de

Figure 8: Schönbuchtower (Photo: Florian Alber)




to take reasonable decisions and to actively manage their stands.

Marketing events like #Woodvetia or the project Schönbuchturm (Figure 8), a wooden outlook tower, are

representative best practices of regionally or locally focused actions to raise the awareness of the public for the

manifold application possibilities of wood and the advantages, if locally produced. Authorities financed these

lighthouse projects to foster the regional chains of custody, enhance regional value creation and outline the

benefits of an active forest management.

Table 4: Best practices with possible blueprints for the Central Hub region

No. Hub Best

practice/innovation Subject of the BP/innovation and expected results

1 S Passfor

Plan for Socioeconomic Activation of the Forest Sector: The objective is to

profit from the forest sector ability to promote socioeconomic activity

(diversification of economic activity in rural areas, increase employment and

incomes, increase the size of the forest property and attain economically

efficient surfaces for a sustainable forest management, increase the demand

for forest products).

2 C Rolling silvicultural

planning

Advanced forest management and silvicultural planning on a good wood stock

analysis with proximity in time is one key factor for optimization of forest

management. The approach allows the better exploitation of the growing

wood potential, reducing the rotation period and thereby fostering the

adaptation to climate change. Efficiency enhancement in economic, ecological

and social dimension with the aid of modern techniques is possible and will

become more prominent in the future.

3 N Joint ownership

The main goal is to create bigger forest estates with easier access to forest

property, more cost-efficiency in harvesting, easier management and tax relief

in order to become economically more efficient.

4 C KomSilva Development of communication and consulting assistance for private and

communal forest owners.

5 C Mobile Timber

Cruise (MOTI)

Smartphones application for referencing forest inventories and forest

operation planning. Many further application developments are thinkable.

6 C

#WOODVETIA –

Campaign for more

Swiss wood

Demand enhancement for Swiss Wood and Swiss Wood products. Better

impression of the different services provided by the Swiss forest management

to the public. Raise awareness for the importance of a sustainable forest

management and eligible silvicultural measures in Swiss forests. Making visible

the different benefits for society (ex. climate change, CO2-mitigation, provision

of drinkable water, protection against natural risks)

7 C WBS-Waldbauern-

schule

School for Forest Farmers: Training and Information Center to improve

knowledge and skills of private forest owners and other interested people.




8 C GemWaBewirt

Improvement of climate protection services of managed forests by

collaborative management of small and micro private forests in North Rhine-

Westphalia.

9 S Neosylvaq (online

wood auction)

The project aims to use new technologies to make the wood sales system

economical and dynamic, and to fluidize information to increase wood

mobilization and get forest owners involved in management. Two tools have

been developed:

- a computerized wood auction sale system coupled with an online sales

platform: SYLVATRADE system - a digital GIS data sharing platform for

optimized management accessible to all stakeholders (owners, managers,

buyers) called NEOSYLVAQ.

10 C ELDAT

ELDAT is the first national standard, which enables a consistent communication

between all involved partners of the wood value-chain. It enables the transfer

of single timber data (formerly the list of wood) as well as the transmission of

process defining information such as e.g. contract, billing or delivery data in

shortest time and therefore is an important part in the supply-chain-

management.

11 C Wood cluster

Lucerne

Closer collaboration and regional connections between the different actors in

the wood value-chain. Better knowledge of the mutual strength, the products

and the services provided by each other. Limit the increasing wood import.

Competitiveness enhancement of all actors of the wood value-chain. Positive

effects on labor situations in the wood value-chain in the region. Strengthening

the wood sector as an important economic factor. Enhancement of

sustainability through the exploitation of the potential annual wood increment.

12 C SiWaWa 2.0

SiWaWa 2.0 is a simple developed new forest growth simulation model for

practitioner (Android-App). It supports the decision makers in two aspects:

Silvicultural and forest planning.

13 C SorSim

IT-based assortiment simulation (SorSim) for revenue estimation for single

trees or tree stands. Modelling of the stem form, height, diameter at breast

height (DBH) from tree species. Supports decision makers in production- and

utilization processes

14 C

Naturale und

finanzielle

Kennzahlen

The basic idea is the processing of natural and financial data for typical forest

stands and selected forest treatment alternatives after previous simulation

calculations, using the forest growth simulator Silva 2.2. English title: Natural

and financial Data to consult private and municipal forest owners

15 C

Regionale

Waldbesitzertage in

Bayern

Regional Forest Owner Days in Bavaria, held in different cities in Bavaria, are

events with scientific speeches concerning the topic forest management in

combination with a professional exhibition, practical presentations and leisure

offerings for the target group of private forest owners. The global aim is to

communicate new approaches and skills, and to foster networking between

the participants and cooperation between forest owners and other forestry

professionals.




16 C

“Gemeinschaftswald

NRW”

Community Forests in NRW. This project wants to promote shared ownership

of forests by a community of stakeholders in North Rhine-Westphalia. In

community forests, decision-making processes are faster and silvicultural

management is better organized. There is also the possibility to found

cooperatives and improve the forest ownership structure.

17 C

Forstwirtschaftliche

Vereinigung

Schwarzwald eG

(FVS eG)

Forestry Association Black Forest: FVS eG wants to provide forest service for

sustainable forest management. Members are mainly private and municipal

forest enterprises. The main goals are:

- Optimize the revenues of forest owners by overcoming structural

disadvantages through the association.

- Preservation and promotion of regional forestry structures.

- Close and trusting cooperation with customers in sawmills and wood industry.

18 C Wald-wird-mobil.de

Wald-wird-mobil.de offers forest owners an innovation network with a variety

of information and assistance. Furthermore, it serves as a platform to exchange

information between the different actors. Through an attractive and target

group-oriented internet presence, all types of forest owners are addressed and

motivated to sustainably manage their forest.

19 C fairventures

The thematic focus is on the sustainable design of the entire value-chain in the

field of (tropical) forest and (tropical) wood. The main idea is the development

of an app that collects decentralized data in the forest and consolidates them

on a platform. Based on this information, the app shall automatically offer

information and recommend actions. The app enables forest owners to collect

data even if they do not possess subject-specific knowledge. This tool facilitates

the cultivation of forest and helps to make it more efficient. Furthermore, due

to the easy application, more wood can be mobilized.

20 C “Forestry

Associations”

Due to the changing structure in forest ownership, a growing demand for wood

and the effects of climate change, forestry associations have to face new

challenges. More personnel with expertise is needed to implement the growing

amount of forestry measures needed due to climate change. Forestry

association need to improve their competitiveness on the market and their

ability to establish a working network for timber harvest and marketing of the

affiliated forests. Especially, this is important to support forest owners with

very small forests, whose transaction costs are usually too high to make

harvesting profitable.

21 C

WSW

Waldgenossenschaft

Südwest

The cooperative aims to support private forest owners and to provide a reliable

source of wood to the industry.

Three main goals were highlighted: 1) Common sale of the wood; 2) Support

for the forest cultivation, 3) Increase efficiency for joint selling at fair market

value

22 N Metsään.fi

eServices for forest owners and forestry service providers. The online

application shows the silvicultural possibilities of each forest estate: Soil and

forest site, growing stock, annual growth, treatment proposals for a five-year

period, environmental values, latest maps and aerial photograph.




23 N

Full forest

management service

for forest owners

Network of associations offering full service of forest management for forest

owners: guidance, planning, call for bids, comparing offers, harvesting, forest

regeneration, digital services.

24 N MOTTI software

MOTTI is a stand-level analysis tool and decision support software by Luke. It

contains the key results of the growth and yield research carried out by Luke,

which can be used to predict the growth of forests managed using different

techniques. The software also enables making comparisons between different

silvicultural methods. MOTTI can also be used to investigate the effects of

forest management or non-management, selection of tree species,

regeneration chains or individual silvicultural measures, for example, on forest

growth, harvesting volumes, profitability of forestry or the amount of carbon

sequestered by forests

25 E MojGozdar

(MyForester)

MojGozdar (MyForester) enables the integration of all stakeholders in the

forest-wood value-chain, including providers of forestry services, users of

services (forest owners, forest managers) and administrators of basic

databases about business entities. It is a transparent and objective web-based

information system for assessing the suitability of contractors, who perform

work in the forest. The methodology for evaluating is consisted of an automatic

assessment of the formal suitability of the forestry contractors and direct

evaluation of the service by consumers.

26 E WCM -

WoodChainManager

Web based application enables a simple selection of a technological model for

the production of round wood and wood chips. With the selection of machines

and their mandatory or optional accessories or attachments along the entire

chain from the felling area to the final user, also the costs are stipulated.

Visualization of technological components along the forestry wood chains and

presentation of costs enable optimization and easier understanding of

otherwise very complex chains.

27 E

Forest owner

cooperation (FOC)

Pohorje-Kozjak

The purpose of FOC is primarily a common appearance on the market, which

in turn accelerates the economic benefits of its members and increases the

competitiveness of forest owners on the market. In the long term, the plan is

to increase the purchase quantity of wood and conclude long-term contracts

with sawmills. The FOC also established a logistic center for supplying the

residents with heat, produced from woody biomass.

2.3.2 EXPERT PANEL TO FOSTER KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER BETWEEN THE CENTRAL HUB AND

THE OTHER HUBS

The expert panel workshop of the Central Hub found identified 27 best practices and innovations from all Hubs

with the potential to serve as blueprints for strengthening the Central Hub regions. The 16 experts expressed the

difficulty of highlighting a single best practice or innovation, but assessed the ROSEWOOD knowledge transfer

between the regions as very valuable. The selection of best practices that was presented to the experts from the

forestry industry provided them insights on the broad variety of potential approaches, which are already

implemented elsewhere.




The problem to make a clear selection of best practices was that there was lots of information provided, while a

better insight is needed on some details. The experts were not able to get all the information which, in their

point of view, is needed to get the full overall picture of regional circumstances and knowledge about the

functioning of best practices and innovations. An additional obstacle was that they did not want to sideline non-

selected best practices and innovations already at this stage of the project. More or less all presented best

practices and innovations were considered as very valuable. This observation resulted in the wish to have a

platform were all best practices and innovations would stay at the disposal for the interested stakeholders.

ROSEWOOD took up this task and is therefore working on an online platform presenting Best Practices and

Innovations for the stakeholders and regional authorities. To guarantee an easy access, a searching engine is

developed.

Due to the difficulty of highlighting certain best practices or innovations, the experts agreed on three main

policies as a substitute. The domains of this policies were “digitalisation”, “education / training” and

“communication / networking”. Especially the digitalisation projects seem essential for the Central Hub region.

There are already many apps and digital tools available and the domain represents one of the biggest strengths

of the Central Hub. Still, the presented approaches in this domain may enhance the efficiency in many fields like

forest management, silviculture and work activities/ machine applications. It further provides many

opportunities of increased collaboration of the wood value-chain stakeholders and synergy usage. One big

advantage of getting more data and making them available to a broad public is the accompanying transparency.

The education domain is a further strong regional competence. There are many well-established vocational

trainings in all parts of the wood value-chain. A lifelong learning is encouraged and a strong permeability between

different working activities and educations is present. In many fields, it is possible to complete vocational

trainings and, after some working experiences, access to further higher education graduations will be granted.

This is a good and expedient approach to create added value to the previously built up knowledge.

The networking provides large opportunities to unleash synergies, but usually needs stimulus by third parties.

The different stakeholders often have shunned starting collaboration, as they fear that their ideas or knowledge

may be taken over by the others. By providing an impartial third party conducting the mediation and setting up

the first agreements, most obstacles can be reduced so far that prospective collaborations can be established.

Many best practices and innovations can be found in this domain, described by the different Hubs.

On the one hand, the strategic selection shows that the Central Hub is willing to further develop their skills and

to focus on topics that are strengths already, thus enabling a good added value creation. On the other hand, it

shows that the Central Hub is also aware of the big potentials which can be unleashed by a better collaboration

of the stakeholders of the wood value-chain and that the weaknesses in this field have to be tackled.

Nevertheless, the short descriptions and the assessment tables with the KPIs give a good first insight, while the

Hubs and the listed contact persons are able to provide more detailed information upon request. With the

scheduled online platform, the large amount of gathered information is getting easier accessible and the

valorisation is greatly improved. This way, ROSEWOOD addresses stakeholders needs and targets at matching

them through the knowledge transfer.





After processing and screening the best practices and discussing them with in the expert panel, the Central Hub

partners found a high potential of implementing workshops for knowledge transfer. Even though there is a huge

variety of networks and cooperations, the Central Hub faces to a large part challenges and difficulties induced

by its (private) forest-owner structures. Large numbers of forest owners are not managing their forests actively,

as they are ‘urban-forest owners’. Thus, significant potentials of wood often remain unused. This situation can

also be found in other European regions, e.g. in Finland and Spain. Knowledge transfer within the identified best

practice presented above provides important potentials in unlocking sustainable wood potentials and added-

value to the regions. In an expert panel, a list of best practices on cooperation, education, digitalisation and

platforms or apps were selected which demonstrate success in other regions. Therefore, it is necessary to further

promote and facilitate the knowledge transfer into the chain of custody contributing to actual developments and

launch new ones. Extending the network of regional, interregional and cross-sectoral stakeholders is one key to

success, raise opportunities and profitability of the knowledge transfer initiated in ROSEWOOD. Digital solutions

and platforms offer opportunities to do so in a relatively simple way. To fully exploit the potential of the

knowledge transfer, a series of workshops is already scheduled. It is planned to conduct professional workshops

for education, networking, business idea creation, wood to excellence business to business events, as well as

study visits. Hence, the ROSEWOOD network provides the unique opportunity to bring new approaches to the

Central Hub region with promising ideas from other regions.




2.4 SOUTHERN HUB

2.4.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE REGION

The Southern Hubs aim is to find tailored strategies and solutions that may help to increase the wood

mobilisation rate in the region, considering also non-forest sources of wood like urban greenery and non-wood

forest products such as cork and chestnut. The focus is on sustainable wood resource management and the

question is how to serve both, the demands of the industry and the protection of the regions sensitive

biodiversity, especially regarding the effects of climate change. Europe is full of solutions. Sharing them benefits

us all. Interregional cooperation is the engine that makes this happens.

The Southern Hub is composed by four partners from three regions: CNPF from Aquitaine (France), Regione

Toscana from Tuscany (Italy) and Junta de Castilla y León and Cesefor from Castile and León (Spain). These are

three regions with an important forestry tradition and high wood mobilisation, so they can act as leaders within

their countries:

Table 5: Regional overview of the Southern Hub

Region Forest surface (ha) Percent forest Annual fellings (m3)

Aquitaine 2.8 mio. 383 mio. 10.1 mio.

Tuscany 1.15 mio. 124 mio. 2 mio.

Castile and León 3 mio. 154 mio. 3.4 mio.

Despite a strong potential in terms of wood volume, the region faces many challenges concerning the

mobilisation of wood due to very fragmented forest property and the threat of serious forest fires, pests and

forest diseases.

The challenges of wood mobilisation also lie in the development of tools for the establishment of joint

management models and the conception of more efficient utilisation systems for low-value products, that enable

their profitable use. Fostering wood mobilisation among private forest owners is also a common need in the

three regions.

Networking is one of the mail goals of the ROSEWOOD project and new associates are constantly being sought

and they are incorporated into the Hub. At this moment, the Hub is composed of 4 partners and 26 associates:

EU: ERRIN Network

France: Forêt Logistique Conseil; ATEF Aquitaine; Xylofutur; UIRPM, MISSO and Syndicats des Sylviculteurs du

Sud Ouest

Italy: CNR Ivalsa; University of Milan; Montagne Fiorentine Model Forest Association, AIEL, EFESC, Bulgarelli & C.

SnC and Federlegnoarredo

Spain: Agresta; FMC Forestal y Medioambiente; E-Monte; CICYTEX; CCOO-CyL; Juntos por los Bosques; UPM;

ENCE; Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute; Palencia Model Forest Association; UVA; FAFCYLE.




2.4.2 BEST PRACTICES AND INNOVATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN HUB

Based on workshops and direct interaction with the above listed stakeholders and an extensive research process,

the Southern Hub has identified 48 best practices and innovations related to wood mobilisation in the involved

countries. Most of them are related to forest management, probably the most active part within the wood

mobilisation value-chain. Cooperation among owners and / or foresters, technical developments, wood

resources and sustainability were the most common issues addressed in the best practices. Wood logistics and

wood sale markets are other topics that have been researched in the Hub. On the other hand, legal framework,

financing, education and training do not present significant best practices or innovations.

The sustainability potential of the best practices and innovations is high, as can be seen in Figure 11. As expected,

none of the selected best practices and innovations presents a negative evaluation of their sustainability

potential, mostly due to the fact that, nowadays, all the initiatives related to wood mobilization are always

designed for their duration in time, as well as for the conservation of natural resources. In terms of ease of

implementation, Figure 11 shows the variety among all the initiatives, with most of them in the range from

“easy” to “medium”. Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) can be identified in Figure 11. It can be seen that most

of the best practices are immediately applicable or applicable, what means that they have been proved, tested

and are currently working in their regions. This is a good fact for the ROSEWOOD project as its main objective is

to promote the mobilisation of wood by exchanging experiences between the different European partners.

Inside the Southern Hub:

Several initiatives in the different Hubs address the issue of private forest fragmentation and lack of management. France (La Forêt Bouge), Germany (Wald-wird-mobil), Galicia, Spain (SaxMel), and Finland (Metsäan) have developed target-specific platforms that offer forest owners an innovation network with a variety of information and assistance. Furthermore, they serve as a platform to exchange information between the different actors and foster private forest management and wood mobilisation

There is a trend to create and extend digital, internet-based platforms to facilitate administrative requirements and exchange information on the forest value-chain. One of the most promising best practices has been LOGFOR, a smartphone app to monitor harvesting operations of SMEs with low levels of computerization. The app combines productivity and cost control data with mapping tools. These tools can incorporate processes from engineering to forest harvesting, creating opportunities for Total Quality Management and continuous improvement, even in a more powerful way if combined with Big Data management techniques.

Several tools have been developed for a quicker and cheaper evaluation of quality timber according to existing standards.

The French initiative XYLOFOREST program, in which 10 mio. € have been released for knowledge transfer from research to training, has been positively evaluated.

An interesting initiative in the French legal framework is the CIFA, a type of bank account for the forest harvesting incomes that are free of taxation if they are reinvested in the forest.




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Outside the Southern Hub, the best practices covering some of the Hub’s weaknesses have been selected and

are briefly introduced in Table 6.

Table 6: List of prioritised best practices and innovations from other Hubs

No. Best

practice/innovation Hub Subject of the BP/innovation and expected results

BP_SLO_06

Forest owner

cooperation

Pohorje-Kozjak

East

The purpose of FOC is primarily a common appearance on the

market, which in turn accelerates the economic benefits of its

members and increases the competitiveness of forest owners on

the market. In the long term, the plan is to increase the purchase

quantity of wood and conclude long-term contracts with sawmills.

The FOC also established a logistic center for supplying the residents

with heat, produced from woody biomass.

BP_FI_09

Forest

consolidation, joint

ownerships of

private forests

North Bigger forest estates with easier access to forest property, more

cost-efficiency in harvesting, easier management, tax relief.

BP_FI_04 Forest estate

arrangement North

Forest estate arrangement lead to bigger forest estates units, which

contributes to better forest management and harvesting. Forest

owners become more active in taking care of their forests and

forestry companies are more interested in mobilizing wood from

better harvesting condition and easier access to forest.

To gain the benefits, more discussion and communication is needed

around forest estates. Forest owners need to be activated in taking

action concerning arrangements of their forests.

BP_SLO_05 WCM – Wood Chain

Manager East

Web based application enables a simple selection of a technological

model for the production of round wood and wood chips. With the

selection of machines and their mandatory or optional accessories

or attachments along the entire chain from the felling area to the

final user, also the costs are stipulated. Visualization of

technological components along the forestry wood chains and

presentation of costs enable optimization and easier understanding

of otherwise very complex chains.




BP_SLO_04

»MojGozdar

(MyForester)«

Quality assessment

system for forestry

contractors

East

Enables integration of all stakeholders in the forest-wood value-

chain, including providers of forestry services, users of services and

administrators of basic databases about business entities. It is a

transparent and objective web-based information system for

assessing the suitability of contractors, who perform work in the

forest.

BP_SLO_02 Machinery ring Bled East

Machinery ring is a social organization that offers support services

for farmers and forest owners. It is a form of the use of machines

between farms based on mutual neighbourly assistance.

BP_FI_14 Metsään.fi North

eServices for forest owners and forestry service providers. The

online application shows the silvicultural possibilities of each forest

estate: Soil and forest site, growing stock, annual growth, treatment

proposals for a five-year period, environmental values, latest maps

and aerial photograph.

BP_RO_02

Wood as primary

construction

material

East

The policy aims to identify how forests can provide new jobs and

business opportunities in order to keep rural communities alive.

Beside the fact of strengthening the idea of traditional use of wood,

there is a need to create new, competitive wooden products with

high added value.

BP_SLO_07

»Wood is beautiful«

Action plan for

increasing the

competitiveness of

the forest-wood

chain in Slovenia by

2020

East

Key objectives of the action plan are to create a market for timber

products and services, to increase forest management and

conservation in line with forest management plans, to increase the

amount and processing of timber at higher levels of difficulty with

new technologies, to create new jobs and growth in added value

per employee in the wood processing industry. The action plan

again places Slovene wood processing industry among strategically

important and promising industries with a sufficient amount of

domestic raw material.

BP_CRO_01 Cascading use of

wood East

Spačva company, in context of cascading use of wood, presents a

good example of producing six various final products from wood.

Raw wood material is fully utilized. One final product is made in

every processing step and residues are used for further production.

IN_RO_02 Wood Recycling East

The collection division of recycled wood and the recycling

installation of wood from Romania are the EGGER’s solution for a

secondary, sustainable life cycle of materials based on wood. The

recycling wood quantities which were elaborated and recycled in

2016 by EGGER Romania replaced the potential of usage of 35’000

hectares of forests.




BP_SLO_08 Timber auction East

Wood of exceptional quality of various tree species can be sold at

the timber auction. After the delivery of logs to the place of auction

about one month before the event, potential purchasers have 14

days to give offers for the selected timbers. The timbers are then

sold to best tenderer.

BP_SLO_03 Open Houses

Slovenia (OHS) East

OHS is part of the international network Open House Worldwide,

which operates in more than 35 cities around the world. The OHS is

available to the general public, who can enter and test the buildings,

get in contacts with the owners and the experts. At the same time,

it is also intended to promote top experts working in the field of

design, design, procurement, construction, operation, maintenance

and use of buildings.

BP_FI_11

KEMERA funding

(Funding for

Sustainable

Forestry)

North Establishment of Governments funding / subsidy for certain types

of forest management activities.

2.4.3 EXPERT PANEL TO FOSTER THE KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN HUB

AND THE OTHER HUBS

For the prioritisation of the identified best practices and innovations, a methodology based on the SWOT analysis

has been used. First, the SWOT categories have been classified (at three different levels of importance),

considering the identified weaknesses to prioritise the Hub needs. Second, the best practices and innovations

identified have been assigned to the related SWOT categories. As these two steps were performed in every

ROSEWOOD Hub, each best practice or innovation selected in each Hub has been associated with a real need of

the region or Hub. For the Southern Hub, an expert panel was held in Bordeaux, with 17 experts from all the

Southern Hub regions. This workshop targeted at evaluating the selected best practices and innovations from all

the four Hubs and assessed their suitability for the weaknesses of each of the Southern Hub’s regions. With the

help of the experts, the current needs for wood mobilisation were discussed, along with the strengths that can

be transferred from one region (or Hub) to another and the following conclusions were drawn.

Several tools have been developed for a quicker and cheaper evaluation of timber quality according to existing

standards. The French initiative XYLOFOREST program, in which 10 mio. € have been released for knowledge

transfer from research to training, has been positively evaluated. An interesting initiative in the French legal

framework is also the CIFA, a type of bank account for the forest harvesting incomes that are free of taxation if

they are reinvested in the forest. One of the main problems detected, though, is the lack of private forests

management and their subsequent wood mobilisation has to be fostered. In this field, several best practices

inside and outside the Hub (from Finland, Germany, France and Spain) have been found and there is a strong

commitment between the Hub members to put efforts in common to develop one or several tools that might

help forest private owners to get involved in wood mobilisation:




La Forêt Bouge (The forest is moving) is a platform that provides adapted services for the

novice forest owners and allows the mobilisation of wood from small private forests. All the

regions have shown interest in the possible replicability of the tool.

E-MONTE (Spain) was created in order to allow all the agents involved in the Galician forestry

sector to carry out the tasks in a simpler way, from the application of ICT. The project works

around www.eMonte.es, a new online portal that facilitates the purchase and sale of lots of

wood between forest owners / communities of mountains and end companies.

SAXMEL (Spain) intends to become a novel highly systematised and protocol-based approach

aimed as a solution to contribute improving current forest management practices acting at

local scope. It consists of a catalogue of services composed of identified key processes

considered essential to solve major problems affecting forest resource development. Also, it

includes some inner processes and procedures aimed to steer the system itself functioning

such as resource management, communication, financing & founding... SAXMEL has been

conceptualised based on some key mainstays: participatory approach, transparency, self-

sufficiency, self-governance, territorial persistency, technical criteria-based, local scope.

Forest Sharing (Italy) aims to enhance the forest heritage through the creation of an innovative

platform, able to facilitate the meeting between players in the forest sector, planning an

ethical and sustainable forest management. This service is mainly proposed for abandoned or

unmanaged ownships, re-launching integrated management in order to obtain an

environmental and economic benefit, thanks to the use of innovative technological tools.

From other Hubs:

Metsään.fi (Finland) provides eServices for forest owners and forestry service providers. The

online application shows the silvicultural possibilities of each forest estate and their

compartments: soil and forest site type; growing stock; treatment proposals for a five-year

period; environmental values (habitats of special importance); latest maps and aerial

photographs with compartment borders and annual growth. It also allows forest owners to

apply for subsidies for improvement of young stands and declare notifications of forest use

and they can contact forest service producers via the system.

Wald-wird-mobil (Germany) offers forest owners an innovation network with a variety of

information and assistance. Furthermore, it serves as a platform to exchange information

between the different actors. Through an attractive and target group-oriented internet

presence, all types of forest owners are addressed and motivated to sustainably manage their

forest.

The selected best practices build the inputs for the interregional roadmap that will align the transfer of

knowledge between the regions with the regional objectives.





Ownership structure has been detected as the main common problem to all regions. Fragmented forests and a

large number of private owners are a constraint to wood mobilisation. This leads to a problem of interrelation

among the wood value-chain actors that are usually disconnected except in most developed forests (Aquitaine).

The lack of mechanisation, qualified forestry labour and difficulties to access large areas of forests are also

limiting the wood mobilisation potential of the regions. In general, there are too many administrative constraints

for most of the activities related with the value-chain and this, together with a lack of market transparency, leads

to a lack of interest and low investment of wood related companies. To recap, there is a trend to create and

extend digital Internet-based platforms to facilitate administrative requirements and exchange information

through the forest value-chain. One of the most promising best practices has been LOGFOR: a smartphone app

to monitor harvesting operations by SMEs with low levels of computerisation, combining control data about

productivity and cost with mapping tools. Such tools may incorporate processes from engineering to forest

harvesting, creating opportunities for Total Quality Management and continuous improvement, even in a more

powerful way if combined with Big Data management techniques. Bioeconomy is becoming a main pillar in all

the Southern Hubs policies. Governments are developing laws and plans to increase the use of renewable natural

products (including the use of wood in construction) that contribute to the fight against climate change. The

wood demand is increasing and the R&D+I departments are developing new wood-based products that may

foster its commercialisation. Market internationalisation and possible tax benefits on the use of wood represent

a great opportunity to increase wood mobilisation.

Generally speaking, there will not be forestry mobilisation without forestry mechanisation. The urban social

resistance is a strong constraint, so communication strategies towards decision-makers and to the public in

general must be a priority including demonstrative actions and participative processes in peri-urban areas. In

front of the increasing risks of natural disasters, insurances can act as an incentive to active forest management.

The lack of transparency in forest products markets could be avoided through communication tools between the

different actors. Other actions with positive potential could be the online auctions that could also avoid

bureaucracy and the waste of time. Actions must be taken to improve the value-chain for the use of trees and

shrubs in abandoned areas where there is a change in land use, from agro-livestock to forestry. In these areas, if

properly managed, the fuel discontinuity will increase, avoiding fire risk and improving their wood production

potential.

ROSEWOOD aims to foster collaboration and to exchange knowledge among all the regions involved in the Hubs.

This first step proved that there are gaps in the wood value-chain of some regions that have already been covered

in other regions or Hubs. ROSEWOOD is giving a powerful tool to improve wood mobilisation to the Southern

Hub members. The Southern Hub, with more than 6 mio. hectares of forest, offers a strong knowledge on forest

management, with well-developed skills and best practices on cooperation among owners, technical

developments, wood resources and sustainability that are being transferred to the other ROSEWOOD members.




3. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND OUTLOOK

The ROSEWOOD project provides a great opportunity for project partners to get an insight in other regions of

Europe and how they are set up. Even though all regions have very long and established traditions in wood

mobilisation and forestry management, a huge potential for knowledge transfer could be found. Without this

project it would not be possible to have these connections of areas which are as far apart. The great knowledge

gathered and shared by the partners of the consortium brings new learning opportunities and approaches for a

big variety of stakeholders throughout Europe. The detected and described best practices and innovations mainly

reflect the regional strengths by the partners of the consortium, which can also be seen in the SWOT analysis.

Based on the broad set of best practices and innovations, the four Hubs have determined those, which are fitting

best their needs to enhance the wood mobilisation in their regions. The area where further developments are

most promising, on Hub level, is mainly based on the findings of detected weaknesses through the SWOT

analysis. The next steps in the ROSEWOOD project will be to get further knowledge of the selected best practices

and innovations to prepare for implementation by the corresponding stakeholders. To further steer the

knowledge transfer process, interregional roadmaps will be developed based on the SWOT analysis in relation

to the Hubs dimensions considering their ecological, economical, social, legal and organisational framework.

In the initial project phase, more than 130 best practices and innovations were identified. This fact confirms that

a considerable innovative attitude can be attested to the European forest and timber sector. Every Hub region

was able to find new solutions, originating in other Hub areas. This proves the fact that networking across all

Europe opens a window of new opportunities and offers “cross pollination” to the sector. However, it also must

be seen that such knowledge identification may be seen only as very first step for tackling the various weaknesses

and overcoming the threats, as identified in the Hub regions. Knowledge acquisition and knowledge up-take is

known to be a tedious process. Hence, it may be emphasised that further effort and wide initiatives on this aspect

are seen highly necessary. While in the following ROSEWOOD project phases further action towards that will be

taken, it is already now evident and a once again verified fact that more effort on knowledge uptake must be

done for the wood and timber sector. This becomes striking, when the high ratio of already now available IT

driven solutions, best practices and innovations is considered. Again, and in particular here, an active transfer of

knowledge is seen essential for acceptance, correct application and a maximised effect of these IT driven

approaches.

With the expert validation of selected best fitting best practices and innovations for adoption, the main targets

for the wood mobilisation in the four Hubs could be identified. To allow stakeholders not yet involved in the

project to get an insight and benefit from the gathered knowledge the broad set of best practices and innovations

will be made available within the framework of a publicly accessible database on the ROSEWOOD network’s

website.




4. APPENDIX A: EXAMPLE OF A BEST PRACTICE

Best practice

Title “Rolling silviculture planning” (annually)

Picture

Domain Optimisation of forest management, silvicultural planning and different working

processes

Source of wood Forests

Location &

implementers

Bern & Forestry operation of the Burgergemeinde Bern / Bern University of Applied

Sciences (School of Agricultural, Forests and Food Sciences (HAFL))

Actual status Running

Approach Forest management based on the latest available technical solutions and satellite data

(Sentinel2 and caliper with georeferencing possibility). Determinisation of rough wood

according to tree-species for the entire forestry operation surface. Realtime wood

stock management and silvicultural measure planning reviewed with silvicultural

planning simulations. Rolling management approach on an annually basis for

optimisation of economic, ecological and social values. Management units of approx.

30 hectares defined to enhance efficiency of the entire process. Reduction of rotation

periods according to tree-species.

Main results Efficiency enhancement in economic, ecological and social dimension. Increased yield

and cost reduction resulting in enhanced profitability while providing stability for wood

stocks. Reducing discards by adaptation to climate change and active monitoring of

sustainability principles. Exploiting of new selling opportunities. Active learning

possibilities through Realtime verification of work processes incl. field work (work plan

-> validation -> assignment -> verification). Better integration possibilities of all actors

in the field and active work support. Better communication possibilities with players of

downstream markets.

Lessons learned Advanced forest management and silvicultural planning on a good wood stock analysis

with proximity in time is one key factor for optimisation of forest management,

silvicultural measures and wood production incl. better selling possibilities. New




learning process possibilities. Enhanced reaction times on requests of all sorts and in

the case of extreme events (storms etc.). The approach allows the better exploitation

of the growing wood potential, reducing the rotation period and thereby fostering the

climate change adaptation potential. Efficiency enhancement in economic, ecological

and social dimension with the aid of modern techniques is possible and will become

more prominent in the future.

Contact

information

Burgergemeinde Bern Forstbetrieb

Link to website https://forst.bgbern.ch/

Assessment Table

“Rolling silviculture planning”

Region Berne, Switzerland

Time Scale 2017 -

Mobilisation Potential 0.1 - 0.2 m³ / ha

Kind of wood concerned [annex] Stemwood

Sustainability Potential Very positive

Impact on environment and biodiversity

Positive / sun-hungry species will benefit / enhancement of adaptation potential to climate change / enhanced sustainability / enhanced wood growing rate

Ease of implementation Medium

Economic impact Enhancement of regionally added value / more efficient working processes / active learning

Job effect Better qualified staff through verification and discussion possibilities

Income effect Positive / more efficient working processes / cost reduction possibility identification

Specific knowledge needed GIS data processing

Costs of implementation 100’000€

Technical readiness level Applicable

Key information for adoption Sentinel2 datas (which are freely available)

https://forst.bgbern.ch/

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