1 Forestry statistics – BNFSG

Forestry statistics - resources Statistics Norway is main producer of forestry statistics 3 persons work on this field –Almost 1,5 man-labour years in 2013 –No room for time-consuming development work Decreasing resources in

LEAN and standardisation In 2014, LEAN will be a priority area in Statistics Norway Lean is centered on preserving value with less work –creation of value for the end customer –elimination of waste –flow We will take in use a new standard system for editing and correcting register data 3

What is the result of new property data The number of forest properties increased –Mostly small properties –Mostly from the northern and western part of Norway –Mostly broad-leaved forest New and better statistics on areas –Total property area for the first time –Productive forest and unproductive forest area (forest) –Other area categories (inland water, wetland, open firm ground etc) –Main species of tree (conifer, broad-leaved, mixed) Better data on type of owner 4

New figures on forest properties Forest properties Productive forest area, 1000 ha Unproductive forest area, 1000 ha In total Individual owner Other private owners Government Local government Common forests Other

Productive forest area by type of owner. Norway

The share of properties with commercial roundwood removals Co-ownership and the remainder 7

Further challenges - forest properties Forest area not connected to a certain property ( ha productive forest, ha unproductive forest) Site quality - low quality in the northern counties –Too small area of productive forest Updating of digital maps –Each municipality is responsible Quality of inland water on property level is still poor –Boundaries not clear 4,9 million ha of wetland, bare rock and open firm ground has no certain owner in the cadastre 8

Other issues Why have only 2 in 5 forest properties cut for sale during the last 15 years? Cooperation with Norwegian University of Life Sciences –Postal sample survey to individual forest owners  without commercial removal the last 15 years  with commercial removal the last 15 years –The main objective is to find out why a majority of forest owners have not cut roundwood for sale during the last 15 years –What action must be done to make them active?  Prices  Use of policy instruments  Information and advisory service  Etc. 9

Other issues In Norway: Annual increment in productive forest 23 mill m3 Annual roundwood removal: 11 mill m3 The government want to increase annual removal. Where should this increased harvesting take place? We plan to do an analysis of annual increment vs harvesting –by species of tree –by regional level 10

GIS-analyses – some issues Distance to forest roads –Productive forest area –Average distance –Maximum distance Strips of field at forestry properties –number –distance between 11

Strips of field at forestry properties - number and distance between 12