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 Guarin UNECE/ FAO Timber Section F A O ******************* **

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UNECE /FAO /MCPFE Enquiry on Private Forest Ownership ( PFO ). by Franziska Hirsch Matthias Wilnhammer Helena Guarin UNECE/ FAO Timber Section. **** *** **************. PFO Enquiry main features. Method – detailed questionnaire (8 Tables - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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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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Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics29th Session, 20 - 22 March 2007, Geneva

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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Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics29th Session, 20 - 22 March 2007, Geneva

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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