EFI Policy Portal

EFI Policy Portal

Information Portal on Forest Policies, Institutions and Instruments
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Presentation of the Policy Portal

Institutions

• Advisory Committee on Forest-based Industries (FBI Committee)
• Advisory Group on Forestry and Cork (AGFC)
• BiodivERsA
• Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF)
• Council for Forest Research and Development (COFORD)
• Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME)
• Environmental Investigation Agency – Forests for the World Campaign (EIA)
• European Forest Institute (EFI)
• FAO Forestry department
• Finnish Forest Management Association
• Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA)
• Forest Service
• Forestry Development Centre Tapio (Tapio)
• Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Baden-Württemberg (FVA)
• Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB)
• France Bois Forêt
• France Nature Environnement (FNE)
• French Forestry Commission (ONF)
• French Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Rural Affairs and Spatial Planning (MAAPRAT)
• French Ministry of Environment Protection, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing (MEDDTL)
• Institute of Ecology and Environment (INEE)
• International Family Forestry Alliance (IFFA)
• International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
• International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
• National Centre for Forest Owners (CNPF)
• National Institute for Agricultural Research (Inra)
• National Research Agency (ANR)
• National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture (IRSTEA)
• Public Interest Group for Forest Ecosystems (GIP EcoFor)
• Society of Irish Foresters
• Standing Forestry Committee (SFC)
• Technological Institute for Forestry, Cellulose, Construction Timber and Furniture (FCBA)
• UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section
• World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
• World Bank Group (WBG) – Forests and Forestry (WBG-Forest and Forestry)
• World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – Forests for Life Programme

Policy Processes

• A Natural Resource Strategy for Finland
• Agenda 21, Chapter 11 Combating Deforestation
• Alpine Convention
• Carpathian Convention
• Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention)
• Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention)
• Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention)
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
• Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
• Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention)
• Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention)
• Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention)
• Europe and North Asia Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (ENA FLEG)
• European Commission (EC) Climate Action
• FOREST EUROPE
• Finland's National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change
• Grenelle Environnement
• Irish National Climate Change Strategy
• Long-Term Climate and Energy Strategy
• National Forest Programme (PFN)
• National Strategy and Action Plan for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Finland 2006-2016
• National Strategy for Mires and Peatlands - Proposal
• Proposal for a National Strategy on Invasive Alien Species
• Tatu Liimatainen/Goverment Resolution on the Forest Biodiversity Programme for Southern Finland 2008-2016 (METSO) Forest biodiversity
• The Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA)
• The Montreal Process
• The national strategy for sustainable development

Policy Instruments

• Aarhus Clearinghouse for Environmental Democracy
• Act on Trade in Forest Reproductive Material
• Act on the Financing of Sustainable Forestry
• Act on the Prevention of Insect and Fungi Damages in Forests
• Agenda 21, Chapter 11 Combating Deforestation
• Alpine Convention
• Carpathian Convention
• Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention)
• Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention)
• Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention)
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
• Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
• Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention)
• Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention)
• Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention)
• Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management (C&I for SFM)
• Developing the EU Biodiversity Research Strategy (Biostrat)
• Directive on the protection of the environment through criminal law
• EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy
• EU Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP)
• EU Timber Regulation (EU Timber Regulation)
• European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS)
• Finnish Forestry Centre
• Forest Act
• French Forest Law
• LIFE
• Metsähallitus
• National Forest Programme 2015 (Finland)
• National Sustainable Development Strategy (SNDD)
• Strasbourg Declaration (Strasbourg Declaration)

Criteria and indicators

FOREST EUROPE and ToSia have developped criteria and indicators, which are used ...

• FOREST EUROPE criteria and indicators
• ToSIA indicators (previously EFORWOOD indicators)