1. Challenges for the sustainability of the forest-based sector
EFORWOOD CONFERENCE
"The Forest-based Sector - Sustainability for Competitiveness“
1-2 October, 2007,Brussels, Belgium
IUCN Regional Office for Europe
Tamás Marghescu
Regional Director

2. BE AWARE! A
NEW PARADIGM
FOR
SUSTAINABILITY

3. Sustainable Development
Social
Economic
Environmental

4. NATURE taken off the Shelf

5. Sustainable Development
Economic
Environmental
Social

6. Sustainable Development
Economic
Cultural
Social
Economic
Cultural
Social
Natural Resources / Environment

7. Impacts and Challenges
The economic value of biodiversity is unrecognised and must be accounted for e.g. in a Stern-like report for biodiversity

8. NATURE MUST HAVE A PRICE!

9. Forestry – Wood – Chain (FWC)
The
Forestry – Wood – Chain (FWC)
Sustainably Produced?

10. Forestry – Wood – Chain (FWC)
The
Forestry – Wood – Chain (FWC)
ARE WE SURE TO BURN THE RIGHT THING?

12. ARE YOU IN THIS BUILDING TO COMPETE?

13. In a free market economy Production is following the demand!
HOW DO WE REACT?
In a free market economy
Production is following
the demand!
Forestry should be supplying what is in demand and not what it is used to supply. Like in any business, one should adapt to changing market conditions.

14. A CHANGE IN PRIORITIES OF MULTIFUNCTIONALITY OF FORESTS
Ecosystem services
Nature conservation as an opportunity

15. BUT THEN – Exposing Wood Industry to ‘MERITS OF GLOBALIZATION’
IS THAT SUSTAINABLE?

16. e.g. 14 of the 15 EU member states are members of IUCN

17. We need to find the balance

18. JOIN
We need to act now