Forest Research Management in an Era of Globalization
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Konstantin von TeuffelIUFRO Group 6/06
Forest Research Management in an Era of Globalization
World Forestry Week, 16 – 18 March 2009, Rome, Italy
Societal needs and research reality – the future of public foresty research
Konstantin von Teuffel, Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg, Freiburg, Germany
IUFRO Group 6/06 “Directors Forum”
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Structure
Why public forestry research? Setting the agenda Ensuring quality and efficiency Funding and financing Hot topics and emerging challenges
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Why public forestry research?(in comparison with universities)
Quick reaction to emerging topicsUnbiased informationState of the art knowledge for policy
advice Long term monitoring dataSolutions for relevant and applied
problems
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Setting the agenda Two major aspects: Who and How Who?
– do not let scientists set the agenda alone!
– but prevent politicians from doing alone also!
– involve stakeholders (beyond disciplines and sectors => challenge!)
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Setting the agenda
Who?– interaction between politicians and
scientists (push AND pull!!)
– scientists: anticipate future topics– politicians: give some freedom
(foresight!)
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Setting the agenda
How?– structured processes inevitable (vs.
freestyle) increasingly scarce resources => strategy processes (e.g. IUFRO, EFI, CIFOR,
national institutions) useful area of conflict for public research institutes:
assigned tasks vs. research universities increasingly challenged do not loose innovation!!
applied research vs. breaking new ground
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Setting the agenda
How? (ctd.)– foresight studies as instruments to
anticipate upcoming issues
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Ensuring quality and efficiency
Internal and external External: classical instruments
– reviewed publications (citation indices …)be aware of limitations! (“citation circles”)
– share of soft money – etc.
– international performance indicators for benchmarking useful
don’t be too mechanistic
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Ensuring quality and efficiency
Internal: – written ethical standards (consequences
for your institution: organisation, structures, documentation!)
– effective science controlling systems (by when, with how many resources, which objective)
– clear allocation personnel and money
don’t strangulate your scientists
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Funding and financingStable core funding inevitable
(50% plus!!)Competitive third party funds, i.e.
“soft money” (important also for quality assurance)
Recent trends:– general cuts in core funding (forestry no
“hot issue”)– more competitive funding, “restricted to
projects” problem: shift from expertise to money?
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Funding and financing
Recent trends (ctd.):– more problem-oriented, integrated
programs, less single research projects => more integration => loss of disciplinary focus
– more cross sector & cross disciplinary programs
challenge: how to find excellent partners?– more participatory research!
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Hot topics and emerging challenges Many sources of information
– IUFRO Directors Forum, Washington DC 2007 (excerpt)
– IUFRO Division 6 proposals– USFS main challenges– European Forest Institute (EFI) strategy– Forest Technology Platform (FTP)
strategic research agenda– National Forest Research Institutions
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Hot topics and emerging challenges
Topics:–Climate change– Sustainability of forests & forest
management– Biodiversity– Economic viability of forests, – Valuation of non commercial forest
products– Bioenergy– Forests and water
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Hot topics and emerging challenges
Topics:–Climate change– Genetics and breeding– Poverty alleviation– Forest ecosystem services– Urbanisation– Invasive species– Forest fires – etc.
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Thank you for your attention!