UNECE /FAO /MCPFE Enquiry on Private Forest Ownership ( PFO )
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UNECE /FAO /MCPFE Enquiry on Private Forest Ownership (PFO)
by Franziska Hirsch Matthias Wilnhammer Helena GuarinUNECE/ FAO Timber Section
FAO
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Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics29th Session, 20 - 22 March 2007, Geneva
PFO Enquiry main features
Method – detailed questionnaire (8 Tables
with some 270 variables / questions, T&D, guidelines)
Coverage – MCPFE countries… Organization – JWP guidance, countries’
support, NCs network, partnerships (organizations/ associations), transparency, testing …
Great interest / Great importance vs. shortage/ lack of data/ information …
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PFO Enquiry Focus
Issues Specification
Forest ownership
Private holding structure
Socio-economic data
Trends
Private Public Other
Individuals / fami-lies/ institutions
State / provincial / communal
Total area of holdings
Total number of holdingsby size classes
Forest Products Individual owners
Volume Value Age + Gender
Occu-pation
Resi-dence
Objec-tives
Restitution / Privatisation, Policy trendsChanges in past 15 years (area, No. of owners)Organisation in FOAs, Fragmentation
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Enquiry Timetable
Apr.Oct. 2005 –Jan. 2006 Feb. Mar. May Jun. Jul.
Design of enquiry
30 July 2006: Deadline for submissionof reports
24 May 2006:Dispatch to countries
Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
DevelopmentTesting
Data analysis
Preparation of report
Online information repository
Input bystakeholders/
experts
National reporting Reminders
Jan. 2007 – Nov. 2007
19 Dec. 2006:Final deadline for
submission of missing reports
5-7 Nov. 2007:5th MCPFE conference
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Geographic coverage
Countries thatparticipated
Countries that did not participate
Countries not addressed
Non-MCPFE member countries
38 MCPFE countries:
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Participation: 2/3 of countries
25
6 6 71
5
11
5878
39
0
10
20
30
40
Adressed countries Participating countries
Overall participation 65,8 % significant subregional differences, broader participation desired
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PFO Enquiry Status
Under completion / validation Input into MCPFE-2007 report
“State of Forests and SFM in Europe 2007”…
Country information to be made available online …
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Ownership categories (a)
Share [%] in area of FOWL in Europe, as reported by 19 countries in the Private Forest Ownership Enquiry
Private ownership
56%
Public ownership
44%
Other ownership
0%
Includes: land where ownership is
not defined, land that belongs to
indigenous or tribal people.
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Ownership categories (b)
Significant share of forest areas
(56 %) are in private ownership … … but the great variation, e.g.:
- PL, BG < 20% is PFO …
- AT, FR, NO, SE, SL: > 75% private forest area
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Ownership categories (1)
0%20%40%60%80%
100%
Private
Public
Other
- Countries with predominance of PFO -
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Ownership categories (2)
- Countries with balanced structure -
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Belgiu
m
Cyprus
Germ
any
Irela
nd
Latvia
Nether
lands
Serbia
Slovak
ia
Private
Public
Other
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Ownership categories (3)
- Countries with publc forests predominance -
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Private
Public
Other
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PFO structure
Divers Ownership Structure within Private & Public:
- Public: mostly State owned ...
- Private: mostly individuals/families ...
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Structure of public forests
Public ownership structure in Europeaccording to share in FOWL area (%)
(12 countries)
86%
1%
13%Stateownership
Provincialownership
CommunalOwnership
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Structure of private forests
Private Forest Ownership structure in Europe according to % share in FOWL area
(12 countries)
83%
5%
12% Individuals /families
Forestindustries
Privateinstitutions
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Private ownership trend
Trends in FOWL tenure in Europe (in 1000ha)
37.60841.458
154
43.065 36.545
1170
10.000
20.000
30.000
40.000
50.000
Private Public Other
TBFRA
PFO
Since TBFRA-2000 Increase in private forest area
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Country level structure (1)
France
71%
0%
10%
7%
1%
11% 0%
Individuals / families
Forest industries
Private institutions,total
State ownership
Provincial ownership
CommunalOwnership
Other ownership
Predominance of individual / family owners
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Country level structure (2)
Restitution / privatisation towards individuals / families and private institutions
Slovakia
14%
0%
28%
42%
0%
10%
6%
Owned byindividuals / familiesForest industries
Private institutions,totalState ownership
Provincial ownership
CommunalOwnershipOther ownership
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Structure of PFO holdings (1)
Total number of holdings [%] according to size classes (19 countries)
14,4%12,2%
6,2%3,8% 2,3% 0,9% 0,6% 0,1%
58,6%
0,0%
10,0%
20,0%
30,0%
40,0%
50,0%
60,0%
< 1ha 1ha to2ha
3ha to5ha
6ha to10ha
11hato
20ha
21hato
50ha
51hato
100ha
101hato
500ha
>500ha
85% of holdings are smaller than 6 ha…
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Structure of PFO holdings (2)
Share of size classes [%] in total area of holdings [1000ha]
4% 3% 8%
8%
10%
14%12%
23%
18%
< 1
1 to 2
3 to 5
6 to 10
11 to 20
21 to 50
51 to 100
101 to 500
> 500
…however: small holdings have lower share in area …
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Structure of PFO holdings (3)
Share (%) of holdings < 6ha in total area of private holdings
73,1
41,532,7 31,7 28,9
23,6 18,69,0 6,0 5,1 1,2 0,8 0,0 0,0
0,0
20,0
40,0
60,0
80,0
100,0
Poland
Slove
nia
Czech
Rep
ublic
Nether
lands
Belgiu
m
France
Latvi
a
Austria
United K
ingdom
Hungary
Norway
Slova
kia
Bulgar
ia
Roman
ia
…and large variations at country level
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Structure of PFO holdings (4)
…and large variations at country level
Share (%) of holdings > 100ha in total area of private holdings
64,653,9 52,8 50,9 46,5 44,1
23,7 23,5
5,1 1,5
89,499,0100,0
0,0
20,0
40,0
60,0
80,0
100,0
Roman
ia
Bulgar
ia
Slova
kia
Norway
United K
ingdom
Nether
lands
Czech
Rep
ublic
Hungary
Austria
Belgiu
m
France
Slove
nia
Latvi
a
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Management status
Share of managed area [%]
0,0
25,0
50,0
75,0
100,0
Czech
Rep
ublic
Nethe
rlands
Slova
kia
Serbi
a
Latvi
a
Irela
nd
Hungar
y
Roman
ia
Finla
nd
Polan
d
Belgi
um
Icel
and
Bulga
ria
Cypru
s
Private ownership Public ownership Other ownership
Managed area:Forest and other
wooded land managed in
accordance with a formal or an
informal plan.
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Some preliminary findings (1)
Issues Findings
Ownership structure
Restitution / privatisation
in CEEC
Holding structure
Overall share of public forests: 55,5 %PFO share in forest area 44,6%
But: Great variance, e.g. AT 82%, BG 11%, TR 0,1% Increasing number of private forest owners and area
PFO shifts in Central and Eastern Europe: in 4 countries completed, in 7 ongoing
Small-scalled PFO: 50% of forest holdings smaller than 3 ha in size But with an overall low share in total area
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Some preliminary findings (2)
Issues Findings
Ownership and
increment/ fellings
Fragmentation
Trends
Higher fellings in public forests despite often lower increment rate
In > 50% of countries: Fragmentation of private holdings hinders SFM
Increasing urbanisation, ageing of owners (=> new owners arise)CEECs: completion of restitution / privatisation within upcoming years
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PFO data availability
Subject Specification
Public OwnershipSuperordinate level (PFO total, public forests total)Area and Management status, Holding structure Inventory data (growing stock, annual increment)
Private Ownership categoriesDemographic information (gender, age)Social background (knowledge, motivation)Small-sized holdingsEconomic data (volume/value of forest products)Value of NWFP
Higher Availaiblity
Lower Availability
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Preliminary conclusions/ observations …
- Restitution/ Privatization towards small holdings in some countries (PL, SL, CZ)
- Fragmentation problems for SFM …
- Shift in the Ownership Structure in Central and Eastern Europe continues …
- Better data for understanding ownership in Europe is needed …
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Expected use of PFO data/info
UNECE/FAO contribution to MCPFE Report State of Forests and SFM in Europe 2007
Stimulate national PFO research and statistics
Develop policies for European PFO sector
Forest policy making at national levels ...
Contribution to further „broad contents“ studies on the subject (FAO Forest Tenure)...
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Expected implication
Enhance PFO Data Availability and Information … Determine Trends and (Sub) Regional Best Practices
Help/ stimulate / empower private forest owners to form “clusters” (cooperatives, associations) Facilitate cooperation and servicing professional units, such as cooperatives; Policy makers could facilitate cooperation among forest owners and servicing professional units/ cooperatives/ associations Enhance Capacity Building in cooperation among Forests Owners (public and private) Provide information for educational programming, especially for „new“ and absentee forest owners ...
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