Dialogue on governance to develop sustainable forest landscapes for production of wood for energy and the bioeconomy
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October 12, 2021
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Agenda
Inge Stupak: Introduction
Meelis Seedre: Introduction
Āris Jansons: Challenges of Hemiboreal forest management
Kristjan Tõnisson: Forest management and carbon stock development in Estonia
Guntars Šnepsts: Forest wood resources in Latvia and their forecasts under different forestry scenarios
Nerijus Kupstaitis: The European Green Deal and implications for Baltic forestry: the Lithuanian case
Irisa Mukāne: Mapping forest biodiversity in Latvia – the Nature Census project
Meelis Seedre: LULUCF targets by country
Ieva Saleniece: Optimising the governance and management of the Natura 2000 protected Areas Network in Latvia
Erik Buchwald: Implementation of decisions to set aside forests as unmanaged for biodiversity conservation in Denmark
Discussion
Inge Stupak: Round off
October 13, 2021
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Agenda
Inge Stupak: Introduction
Algis Gaizutis: Introduction
Liviu Nichiforel: Forest ownership structures in Europe and implications for uptake of forest and biomass certification systems
Roman Polyachenko: Sustainability requirements of the EU renewable energy directive (RED II) and incorporation into biomass and forest certification standards
Mikhel Jugaste: Managing and demonstrating sustainability as a wood pellet producer in the Baltics
Gerimantas Gaigala: Auditing experiences from biomass and forest certification in the Baltic countries – solutions and challenges
Mārcis Saklaurs: Sustainable private forestry in Latvia
Aidas Pivoriūnas: Development of FSC system among smallholders in the Baltic countries
Puneet Dwivedi: Family forest landowners in the Southern United States and their participation in sustainable biomass markets
Rolf Hogan: Defining sustainable forest residues – reflections on multi-stakeholder discussions to develop requirements for sustainability certification
Andris Vanags: Future energized today
Sune Balle-Hansen: Wood chips and pellet buyer perspectives on sustainability documentation for energy production outside the Baltic states
Aiga Grasmane: Biomass from private forest owners in Latvia
Discussion
Inge Stupak and Algis Gaizutis: Round off
October 26, 2021
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Agenda
Inge Stupak: Introduction
Niclas Scott Bentsen: Introduction
Viorel Blujdea: Forest bioenergy and carbon accounting in the European Union
Annikki Mäkelä: Modelling forest ecosystem carbon balance and forest growth
Ondrej Tarabus: Showing compliance with forest carbon and greenhouse gas emission criteria in certification standards
Carolyn Smyth: Climate change mitigation potential of bioenergy from studies in Canada
Niclas Scott Bentsen: Overview of panel discussion program
Lars Högbom: A new Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for life cycle analysis (LCA) for forest products in Sweden
Justin Tait: Forest carbon views from a biomass producer on current requirements and future developments
Richard Peberdy: Biomass Sustainability at Drax
Raimonds Kašs: The contribution of forests to achieve national climate targets of Latvia
Andis Lazdiņš: National inventory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from forestry in Latvia
Discussion
Inge Stupak. Wrap up of the day and introducing the session on 27 October
October 27, 2021
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Agenda
Inge Stupak: Introduction to the workshop series and today’s program
Inge Stupak: The science-policy interface, with reflections on key messages to research from the three previous sessions
Āris Jansons: Welcome and introduction
Lauri A. Hetemäki: Sustainable forest bioeconomy – future research needs to support policies including the EU Green Deal”. Including discussion and Q&A
Iveta Varnegyrite-Kabasinskiene, Diana Lukmine, Andis Lazdins, Dagnija Lazdina, Kristi Nigul: Sustainable forest management and bioenergy – research in the Baltic states to answer questions raised in the previous days
David Morris, C. Tattersall Smith, Puneet Dwivedi: Forest research to underpin governance of sustainable bioenergy in North America
Helja-Sisko Helmisaari, Nicholas Clarke, Lars Högbom, Inge Stupak: Sustainable forest management for bioenergy and the bioeconomy in the Nordic countries – research to underpin forest-related policies
Helja-Sisko Helmisaari: Overview and comparison of best management practices for forest biomass harvesting in Europe and North America
Discussion
Inge Stupak: Round off
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