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SCAR FOREST meeting

Brussels, 13 June 2019

After the meeting

SCAR FOREST

Strategic Working Group on Forests and Forestry Research and Innovation

CASA, Support to SCAR2

1.1. Welcoming words

• Welcome in Brussels for this plenary meeting of the Strategic Working Group on Forests and Forestry Research and Innovation of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research: SCAR FOREST

• Many thanks to the German Federal Office for Agriculture and Food

• Previous plenary meetings of the SCAR FOREST SWG Bonn (September 2016),

Helsinki (June 2017),

Barcelona (October 2017),

Sofia (June 2018)

Brussels (February 2019)


1.1. Welcoming wordsPresent mandate

• SCAR FOREST mandate has been initiated en 2011, established in 2013 and reviewed in 2016 until mid-2019

• SCAR FOREST missions are to promote A coherent forest-based research and innovation area.

Transnational research and cooperation to meet the challenges of

• adaptation to and mitigation of climate changes,

• increasing sustainability and competitiveness of the EU's forest-based sector

• SCAR FOREST Specific objectives Promote forest-based system and value-chain approaches

Provide strategic intelligence s

Facilitate knowledge-based input to public debates

Provide advice to national forest policies and EU forest strategy


1.1. Welcoming wordsGovernance

• Members From 15 to 19 members during the mandate :

AT, BE, CZ, DE, EE, ES, FI, FR, GR, HU, IE, IT, LV, LT, NO, PL, SE, SK, UK ... with contacts with BG, PT, and TR

Observers: SCAR, EU DG RTD, EU DG AGRI, EFI, INNOVAWOOD, FTP, request from IUFROHere, ForestValue should be added also!

• Core group Jean-Luc Peyron (FR, Ecofor) (after Jean-Michel Carnus)

Taneli Kolström (FI, Luke) (after Martin Greimel, AT, Bmnt)

Vera Steinberg (DE, Ble) (after Karin Perhans, SE, Formas)

Kalliopi Radoglou (GR, Duth)

Secretariat: Annabelle Amm (FR, Ecofor) (after Anaïs Jallais)


1.1. Welcoming wordsAttendance

• Jean-Luc Peyron, ECOFOR, France• Annabelle Amm, ECOFOR, France• Vera Steinberg, BLE, Germany• Martin Greimel, Boku, ex BMNT, Austria• Uwe Kies, INNOVAWOOD• Isabel Canellas, INIA, Spain• Johann Elvnert, FTP• Tomas Bucha, NLCSK, Slovakia• Taneli Kolström, LUKE, Finland• Annamaria Marzetti, MPAAF, Italy• Patrizia Eleonora Ganci, DG AGRI• Through internet with connection troubles :

Karin Perhans, FORMAS, Sweden

• Attending in parallel the SCAR Plenary meeting Kalliopi Radoglou, DUTH, Greece Baiba Rivza, LLU, Latvia


1.1. Welcoming wordsSCAR FOREST activities (2016-2019)

1. Study on forest bioeconomy research and innovation

2. Study on forest-related ERA-Nets and COST actions

3. Workshop on climate change and forests and reflection paper on new horizons for research and innovation (COST connect event, 4-5th June 2018)

4. Workshop on global cooperation in forest researchand innovation

5. Position paper on research and innovation needs for future forests and forest-based sector in Europe

6. + Study on digitalisation and automation

7. + 5th SCAR Foresight.

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1.1. Welcoming wordsAgenda

1. Welcoming words by1. the SCAR Forest chair (Jean-Luc Peyron)2. the Host, administrative information (Vera Steinberg)

2. SWG FOREST activities since last meeting 1. The workshop on international cooperation in research and innovation for

the future European forest-based sector (Annabelle Amm)2. The study on digitalisation and automation in the forest-based sector (Uwe

Kies)3. The links with the 5th SCAR Foresight (Vera Steinberg)4. Update on CASA support action and SCAR activities (Flyer, Newsletter,

website) (Vera Steinberg)5. “SCAR Workshop – strengthening linkages between SCAR Groups and

Directorates-General of the European Commission and international organisations” (Jean-Luc Peyron)

6. Debrief of the SCAR conference on 12th June 20197. Activities at the Member State level (roundtable)8. Other past activities


1.1. Welcoming wordsAgenda

3. Future SWG FOREST activities1. Discussion on the future mandate of SCAR SWG FOREST after the end of

the present term (end of June 2019) (Jean-Luc Peyron)2. Promotion of a European Partnership dealing with the forest-based

sector3. Eventual workshop on “Imported deforestation” in link with SCAR SWG

ARCH and SCAR SWG FOOD SYSTEMS (Jean-Luc Peyron)4. Other activities for the next year5. Determination of the future governance of the SWG

• Next Chairperson• Future Core group

6. Next meeting

4. AOB.


1.2. Welcoming words by the HOST

By Vera Steinberg, BLE.


2. SWG Forest activities since last meeting

2. SWG FOREST activities since last meeting 1. The workshop on international cooperation in research and innovation for the

future European forest-based sector (Annabelle Amm)2. The study on digitalisation and automation in the forest-based sector (Uwe

Kies)3. The links with the 5th SCAR Foresight (Vera Steinberg)4. Update on CASA support action and SCAR activities (Flyer, Newsletter,

website) (Vera Steinberg)5. “SCAR Workshop – strengthening linkages between SCAR Groups and

Directorates-General of the European Commission and international organisations” (Jean-Luc Peyron)

6. Debrief of the SCAR conference on 12th June 20197. Activities at the Member State level (roundtable)8. Other past activities


2.1. Workshop on international cooperation in R&I for the future European forest-based sector

(Annabelle Amm)

See the presentation in the next slides.

The report is written and has to be checked and sent.

A policy brief has to be written from this report.

Workshop on international cooperation in research and

innovation for the future European forest-based sector

Brussels, 5 February 2019

32 participants from 15 countries

European commission7 international organizations

SCAR FOREST


Opening of the Workshop

• The Workshop was based on 3 points: The forest-based sector is essential worldwide and affected by major,

increasing and quite different issues e.g. biodiversity, illegal timber logging, etc.

Wood is a renewable, energy-efficient, natural resource with multiple properties.

The forest-based sector (multiple owners, SMEs) and forest-related policies are fragmented.

• Aim of the workshop: Discussing the future strategy and cooperation of SCAR FOREST in order to

increase the support to the European Union and Member States' strategies regarding the forest-based sector, within international organisations, regional initiatives, Member States and Stakeholders.


Opening of the Workshop

• The program was : First session on “Situation and needs about international cooperation on

research and innovation in the forest-based sector” with speakers from FTP, ForestValue, Bio-East, UNECE/FAO, University of Freiburg…

Second session: World Café in three groups

• How to rebound after recent and present activities?

• What emerging issues should be considered and how?

• How to broaden the scope of international cooperation?


Results of the first session

• Several types of organisations are existing and working FTP with National Support Groups

COST and EFI Networking Fund

Trans-national partnerships (ERA-Nets, JPIs)

Working groups: SCAR FOREST, BIOEAST

Bottom-up organisations such as IUFRO, EFI

Large infrastructures and networks such as ICOS, ANAEE


Results of the second session (1/3)

• How to rebound after recent and present activities? (Jean-Luc Peyron) Need for continuity in support instruments.

Transnational partnerships such as ERA-Nets are well suited in the forest-based sector.

Great need for instruments that work in the long term Secure long-term commitments ; settle legal aspects between the European Commission, the leading institution and the funders of research projects.

Collaborations within the framework of the public-public partnership (P2Ps) (future Horizon Europe - the next research and innovation framework Programme) in the hope that this can be done on a longer term basis than what has been possible in recent years.



• What emerging issues should be considered and how? (Martin Greimel)

• Collaboration and networking is getting of higher importance in the research sector

• More multinational cooperation without financing by EU should be promoted

• More specialized education in Forestry sector (health, disease) is needed Lack of experts at these fields

• Guidance and good practices examples are needed to answer several types of calls, such as the new version of COST actions.



• How to broaden the scope of international cooperation? (Vera Steinberg)

• Only a coordinated body on a European level can influence policy decisions. SCAR FOREST is an important instrument in this direction, combining the member states in one voice.

• Mega-trend: tourism and its impact on ecosystem services and the forest. Not addressed enough. Forest, forestry and the forest-based sector are strongly interlinked when it comes to tourism and the use of forest.

• Communication: For politicians, another language has to be used than between researchers or between researchers and the society. A phrase which came up was “how to speak policy”.


Conclusion

• Existence and efficiency of several types of organizations (FTP with NSG, COST and EFI Networking Fund, trans-national partnerships (ERA-Nets, JPIs), working groups (SCAR FOREST, BIOEAST), bottom-up organisations (IUFRO, EFI), large infrastructures and networks (ICOS, ANAEE).

• Some ideas to improve and reinforce international cooperation in the forest-based sector emerged:

Reaffirm the importance of the forests at European level (40% of landscape).

Some instruments to structure the forest-based sector already exist, but it is important to find a solution for long-term commitments.

consolidate best practices from recent transnational cooperation.

develop a long-term “instrument-free” platform for transnational cooperation.

Importance of addressing regional specificities so that the majority of actors in the sector feel concerned.

THANK YOUfor your attention

jean-luc.peyron(at)gip-ecofor.org

annabelle.amm(at)gip-ecofor.org

mailto:[email protected]



2.2. Study on digitilization and automation in the forest-based sector

(Uwe Kies).

• See separate presentation

• A provisional final report will be sent before the end of June for administrative purposes

• It will be improved with reviewers during Summer

• It is recommended that the final version is published before the end of August and the completion of CASA.


2.3. Links with the 5th SCAR Foresight(Vera Steinberg)

• The proposed experts will not be used finally• The reflections until now are mainly aimed at food systems

and not much at forest products in general• There has been a workshop on 13 and 14 May• A new meeting is organised on 3 and 4 July. • SCAR Forest will be represented and the forest rationale

should be taken into account. • We could consider that forestry is concerned by diet, water

quality, game, mushrooms, berries, through tourism… but the same methodology could be applied to forest products.

• The proposition is made to send a formal message to let know that forestry should be better taken into account.


2.4. Update on CASA support action and SCAR activities (flyer, banner, newsletter, website)

(Vera Steinberg)

• CASA will end at the end of August

• We should update the website as much as possible before this deadline even though a solution will probably be found to maintain the website

• We also have the possibility to produce a second version of the Flyer.

• The proposition is made to update the website and prepare a second version of the flyer from the new terms of references.


2.5. SCAR Workshop – strengthening linkages between SCAR Groups and DG of EC and

international organisations (Jean-Luc Peyron)

• Brussels, 8 April 2019

• SCAR history (including the shift from DG AGRI to DG RTD) and present challenges (climate change, biodiversity economic growth, food and energy, multifunctional nature of agriculture)

• 37 SCAR member states

• SCAR foresight exercises to adapt to changes continuously

• Presentation of SCAR FOREST strategy and activities

• Questions on agroforestry, EIPs, links between rural and urban people, contributions for future Parliament and Commission.

• DG RTD considers that SCAR is doing 85% of DG RTD work. Available resources have increased in 2014 and will probably increase again in 2021.


2.6. Debrief of the SCAR conference in Brussels on 12th June 2019

(Jean-Luc Peyron)

• Nathalie Sauze-Vandevyver (DG AGRI) Small can be beautiful

• Barna Kovacs (BIOEAST) EC still needs SCAR that should increase the participation level (from

officer to director level)

There is a need for advocacy and co-creation to go to system approach

If you aim for excellence, don’t leave anybody behind

• Gerry Boyle (Agricultural and food development Ireland) Communicate more on sustainable circular bioeconomy

• Waldemar Kütt (DG RTD) A SCAR strategy should be useful

Publish more on SCAR activities.



(Jean-Luc Peyron)

Topic 1: future possible SCAR WGs in view of challenges ahead• Potential new working groups

Agro-ecology/soils Socio-economic impact/dimension of R&I Digitisation Proteins Zero Net emissions Plant Health. Zero pesticides/genetic resources Consumer issues Microbiome New technologies, eg nanotech in food Communication.

• Other ideas No new working groups No differentiation between SWG and CWG Better resourced SG More focused mandates and time bound Comparative analysis among countries and activities Strengthening of foresight activities (more people involved) Better coordination across WGs Umbrella for activities



(Jean-Luc Peyron)

Topic 2: SCAR role in speeding up R&I impact at EU and national level and accelerating the transition to sustainable Europe• How can SCAR contribute to enhanced research impact for sustainable

agriculture and wider bioeconomy at national and EU level. Put in ex ante selection impact criteria in the calls in order to have multiactor

environment

• Which concrete incentives can help to ensure research results are sufficiently transformed into concrete solutions as well as taken up by end-users. Advisory and strategic role of SCAR Importance of education Consistency of messages Co-creation demands flexibility.

• How can SCAR have more impact at the EU and national levels. Monitoring and impact evaluation is needed, are the funders doing it the right way? Rsources are needed to communicate and disseminate (inclusing anticipative) Raise awareness about SCAR at national level: SCAR mirror groups Increase visibility: enlarge target audience, including society, take advantage of

environmental challenges How to measure impact of SCAR.



(Jean-Luc Peyron)

Topic 3: SCAR functioning: role of SCAR MS and EC in co-creation and advocacy of common policy advice• Co-creation at operational level

We can’t afford to leave countries behind Put more emphasis on making results known Good preparation of SG/plenary meetings Resources

• Co-creation at strategic level Bring back common work with Programme Committee Evolvement of societal challenges New deal needed between COM and SCAR members One voice of SCAR to be effective, consultation and interaction.

• Advisory and advocacy at operational level Focus on priorities Learn from each other Timeliness of meeting and processes Policy papers, policy advice between WG and SG Strategic information system of SCAR

• Advisory and advocacy at strategic level SCAR as sounding board SCAR common position and reports to be under attention of director’s level and Council SG should start steering again New deal needed between EC and SCAR members


2.7. Activities at the Member State level(roundtable)

Importance of discussions on SCAR / SCAR FOREST subjects at the national level. • France :

SCAR France and French speaking countries (4/4/2019)• Presentation of the SCAR foresight• Presentation of groups

SCAR FOREST France (5/4/2019)

• Germany: no SCAR meeting • Austria: no SCAR meeting recently but in the past• Spain: no SCAR meeting during the two past years• Slovakia:

A meeting to discuss European partnerships A meeting at minister level around BioEast A CSA project has been presented to support BioEast SCAR FOREST/CASA studies have been used with success A problem comes from the gap to be filled between Eastern Europe and the Rest of

Europe when research projects are evaluated at the EU level


2.7. Activities at the Member State level(roundtable)

• Finland One meeting of SCAR Finland Discussion on European partnerships Discussion after elections, changes in the governement with a new role for

« Greens »

• Italy National meeting in May 2018 Strong role of regions with coordination at the ministry level Discussion about a new DG Forestry

• Sweden Transfer of the paper on European Partnership to the Education ministry Agreement between Sweden and Finland to fund a research programme on

forestry, forest products and processes and wood-building (also including e.g. ecosystem services, policy and market aspects), comprising about 4 million EUR over two years. (From Finland: Academy of Finland and two of the Ministries, and from Sweden Formas and two private Foundations.)


2.8. Other past activities(Jean-Luc Peyron)

• Past activities to be completed

Towards a Policy brief that was in the mandate.

• Only one policy brief will be made from the last workshop in order to synthetize what could be said at the end of the whole SCAR FOREST ending mandate.


3. Future SWG FOREST activities

3. Future SWG FOREST activities1. Discussion on the future mandate of SCAR SWG FOREST after the end of the

present term (end of June 2019) (Jean-Luc Peyron)2. Promotion of a European Partnership dealing with the forest-based sector3. Eventual workshop on “Imported deforestation” in link with SCAR SWG ARCH

and SCAR SWG FOOD SYSTEMS (Jean-Luc Peyron)4. Other activities for the next year5. Determination of the future governance of the SWG

Next ChairpersonFuture Core Group

6. Next meeting


3.1. Discussion on the future mandate of SCAR SWG FOREST(Jean-Luc Peyron)

• See some parts of the presentation to the SCAR SG in the next slides.

The Group agrees that an agreement of the Terms of Reference for a future three-year mandate would be great and that the proposal is sufficiently comprehensive and flexible to allow for good future work.


Context of the forest-based sector

• The forest-based sector is essential worldwide for societies because it provides many goods and services

• It is highly concerned by major, increasing and quite different issueson climate change, biodiversity, illegal timber logging, deforestation, social expectations, new opportunities due to the development of bioeconomy and ICTs

• Wood is a renewable, energy-efficient, natural resource with multiple properties: aesthetic, insulating, acoustic, mechanical, chemical...

• The length of forest cycles underlies the need for sustainable forest management.

• The forest-based sector (multiple owners, SMEs) and forest-related policies (biodiversity, agriculture, climate and energy, bioeconomy, sustainable development, forest) are fragmented.


Context of the forest-based sector

high relevance of a dedicated strategy.

• For decades, European partnerships have been developed with the EC support of research projets (Framework programmes, top-

down approach)

With EC and MS support : COST actions, ERA-Nets, EIPs

• Still more important today with the multiplication and the intensification of challenges Contribution of the forest-based sector to major issues (biodiversity,

bioeconomy, resilience...)

The need for sectoral consistency


Rationale

Resilience

Bio-diversity

Bio-economy

R


Rationale

Fragmentation

• forest-related policies

• forest holdings

• SMEs

• Research and Innovation

Global Challenges where forestry plays a very

significant role

Concerted actions

• COST

• EFI

• EIPs

Research projects

• ERA-Nets

• H2020 calls

• ...

Global cooperation

• Workshop

• deforestation


Rationale

• A strategy dedicated to research and innovation in the European forest-based sector is highly necessary in order to act its simultaneous and decisive contributions to major issues such as biodiversity, bioeconomy or resilience that cannot be treated separately.

• Such overall coherence is all the more needed as these issues are intensifying.


ProposalSCAR FOREST activities (2019-2020)

1. Participation in the 5th SCAR foresight exercise

2. Joint workshop to be planned on « importeddeforestation » (with SCAR ARCH and FOOD SYSTEMS)

3. Development of guidance notes for COST proposals

4. European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs) AGRI and RAW MATERIALS

5. Follow up the ERA-Net Cofund FORESTVALUE

6. Promotion of new Public/Public Partnerships (Horizon Europe)

7. Joint activity with SCAR BIOECONOMY

8. Advice for the elaboration of Post 2020 EU foreststrategy

9. Promotion of topics


ProposalImportant topics

a. Long term monitoring (in connection with EEA, JRC, ENFIN, ICP Forest…)

b. Joint management of adaptation to climate change and mitigation of climate change under sustainable forestmanagement

c. Interactions between ecosystem services

d. Forest contribution to tourism

e. Imported deforestation (after the corresponding workshop)

f. Development of digitzation and automation (depending on the results of the ongoing study)

g. System innovation in the forest-based sector.


ProposalOther features

• Funding Members other sources to be found

• Expected outcomes Improved coordination between countries and results Informed decisions (EU, MS) Efficiency and effectiveness Consideration of importance and complexity of forest issues

• Outputs Policy briefs Guidance notes Advices Justified suggestions

• Timeline: until mid-2022.


3.2. Promotion of a European Partnership dealing with the forest-based sector

(Jean-Luc Peyron)

• EC proposal has been submitted to MS with areas and candidates partnerships.

• European partnership: an initiative where the Union, prepared with early involvement of Member States and/or Associated Countries, together with private and/or public partners (such as industry, universities, research organisations, bodies with a public service mission at local, regional, national or international level or civil society organisations including foundations and NGOs), commit to jointly support the development and implementation of a programme of research and innovation activities, including those related to market, regulatory or policy uptake

• Programme co-funding action: an action to provide multi-annual co-funding to a programme of activities established and/or implemented by entities managing and/or funding research and innovation programmes, other than Union funding bodies.



(Jean-Luc Peyron)

• Area Health (EP 1-7)• Area Digital, Industry and Space (EP 8-17)• Area Climate, energy and mobility (EP 18-26)• Area Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and

Environment 27. Accelerating farming systems transition: agro-ecology living labs and

research infrastructures 28. Animal health: Fighting infectious diseases 29. Environmental Observations for a sustainable EU agriculture 30. Rescuing biodiversity to safeguard life on Earth 31. A climate neutral, sustainable and productive Blue Economy 32. Safe and Sustainable Food System for People, Planet & Climate 33. Circular bio-based Europe: sustainable innovation for new local value from

waste and biomass (Sustainable, inclusive and circular bio-based solutions) 34. Water4All: Water security for the planet

• Area Other pillars (EP 35-44)



(Jean-Luc Peyron)

Why not a European partnership on Forests and forestry?• The forest-based sector has simultaneous and decisive contributions to key

issues such as biodiversity, bioeconomy and resilience; these individual areas have to be interconnected in an integrated approach with their trade-offs and synergies;

• Actions in the forest-based sector are needed urgently in order to safeguard biodiversity, to initiate a sound forest adaptation to climate change that is a long-term task, and to contribute to warming mitigation before it is too late;

• The fragmentation of the forest-based sector is very high in terms of forest ownership, small and medium-sized enterprises, forest-related public policies, and interdisciplinary research and innovation;

• The forest-based sector is usually small at the country level for most of EU Member States

• Finally, the long-term formalisation of a European partnership on forests and forestry is justified by the overall importance of the forest-based sector, the urgency to act on the issues that concern it, the need to structure research and innovation around a holistic view, and the relevance of the European scale to meet these needs.



(Jean-Luc Peyron)

A proposal has been prepared

• On the basis of SCAR FOREST ToR

• In order to be more advanced and convincing

• Following the general template

• See for example the challenges as part of the objectives and expected impacts



(Jean-Luc Peyron)

Challenges as parts of Objectives and expected impacts• (i) management of changes, risks and uncertainties to reinforce

resilience, • (ii) the development of ecosystem services that interact together and

with ecological functions on the supply side, and anthropic services on the demand side,

• (iii) the development of a sustainable and circular bioeconomy and strong forest-based industries,

• (iv) cross-cutting issues encompassing the previous challenges and including governance of the forest-based sector, considered as a whole,

• (v) a better use of digitalisation and robotisation, • (vi) establishing links with other land-uses such as cities (for urban

silviculture) and agriculture (for agroforestry purposes and the development of options to step up EU against deforestation at the global level).



(Jean-Luc Peyron)

In the same time, there are developments of a new strategic research agenda of the FTP

Harald Mauser proposed another statement (see the following slides).

There are two options

• Circular bioeconomy

• Broader forest vision, balanced between forest challenges, trying to find a consistency between different forces (biodiversity, bioeconomy, resilience…)



(Jean-Luc Peyron)

1. Society in the EU has started a transformation towards a new economic model we call the sustainable circular bioeconomy. This transformation is steered by the need to establish an economic model that better respects planetary boundary limits, the time urgency caused by climate change, and by political pressure in achieving the goals of recent global agreements, in particular Agenda 2030 and the Paris climate accord, and recent EU policies like the Bioeconomy Strategy and the strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate-neutral economy by 2050.



(Jean-Luc Peyron)

2. The forest-based sector is a key enabler and a strong contributor to this transformation, but has to strengthen its role in this process to benefit society in the best possible way.

3. The transformation to a circular bioeconomy adds new requirements on forest management that already today serves various societal needs by providing biomass and other ecosystem services, applying a sustainable and multifunctional approach. It adds also new requirements to the forest-based industries to provide products that not only fulfil consumer needs and are globally competitive, but in the future increasingly replace products and energy that are generated in less climate and environmental friendly ways



(Jean-Luc Peyron)

4. Europe is the global leader in sustainable multifunctional forest management and in the production of high quality wood based products. Maintaining this leader position requires investments in the sector, in particular in research, innovation and awareness raising. This affects the sustainable use, management and protection of the natural resources, but also improved energy and material efficiency of wood processing, development of new products and services, and ensuring global competitiveness



(Jean-Luc Peyron)

5. For this, the forest-based sectors needs the right policy framework and public support at EU and member state levels for research and innovation

6. Given the growing challenges, the sector has to be able to use all instruments provided by Horizon Europe to receive strongest support to further develop its multiple services to the society in a globally competitive manner, also serving rural and urban communities in value creation, employment, and sustainable regional climate smart development. This would contribute to implement successfully a series of EU policies on the way to a more sustainable and climate neutral Europe. Therefore, a European Partnership for the forest-based sector should be established that includes also stronger collaboration with other relevant sectors like construction, textile, chemicals and fuels



(Jean-Luc Peyron)

The discussion leads to the following conclusions:

• A European partnership proposal will be consolidated from the one already written: Forest Value, FTP, EFI, INNOVAWOOD and SCAR FOREST should be involved and speak with one voice

• A discussion will be developped with DG AGRI in order to approve or not the idea to propose it as a European partnership

• There are good arguments for a European partnership (the importance of the forest-based sector, the urgency of action on it, fragmentation, gap between East and the Rest of Europe, the difficulty to become quickly autonomous as ERA-Net...)

• There are also other possibilities, but probably to consider in a second step (CSA, HE Work programme, reinforced role of EIP AGRI...).


3.3. Eventual workshop on “imported deforestation” with SWGs ARCH and FOOD SYSTEMS

(Jean-Luc Peyron)

• A workshop with the next meeting?

• Large reduction of the World forest area 5 million hectares net/year during 1990-2015

10 million hectares gross /year durting 1990-2015(Keenan at al., 2015)

• Mainly in tropical zone

• The main driver is commercial agriculture (Hosonoumaet al., 2012)

• A large part of agricultural commodities concerned are exported (Cuypers et al., 2013)

• There is a responsibility of consumers in developedcountries



(Jean-Luc Peyron)

• New York Declaration on forests (UNO, 2014)• Amsterdam Declaration (DK, FR, DE, NL, NO, UK, 2015)• SDG n°15 (UNO, 2015)• International conventions, including Paris Agreement (2015)• French strategy to combat imported deforestation (FR, 2018)• Feasibility study on options to step up EU against

deforestation (COWI et al. 2018) and expected EU strategy (in addition to FLEGT and EUTR, 2003, 2010)

• G7 Declaration on halting deforestation, including through sustainable supply chains for agricultural commodities (G7, 2019)

• Certifications and labels• ENGOs activities.



(Jean-Luc Peyron)

• What land-use changes are concerned? Net or gross deforestation?

Forest degradation ?

Conversion of natural forests ?

• Commodities are those of New York Declaration Beef ad leather, palm oil, pulp and paper, soy.

• Plus those of Amsterdam Déclaration Cocoa, natural rubber,

• Plus those of the French strategy ?: Wood products

Coton, coffee, sugar cane, corn, rapeseed, shrimps, mine products.



(Jean-Luc Peyron)

• Structure of the workshop

General introduction (from Cuypers et al.)

Existing national strategies (French, Dutch?)

EC position

Statement from SCAR SWGs

Research agenda based on the following figure



(Jean-Luc Peyron)

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(𝒊𝒊𝒊)𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔

𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆

(v) E𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆

𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒔 (𝑳𝑪𝑨)𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒕

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(Jean-Luc Peyron)

After discussion, this idea seems interesting because• Forestry should be considered at a global level• Deforestation is a major issue for forestry, climate, biodiversity,

forest-dependent communities...• Its roots are importantly in other sectors (food and feed,

materials, energy)• A new European strategy could be elaborated soon• This is clearly an issue to be discussed with other SCAR SWGs• The meeting could be organized in Bonn or Paris in late

November, back to back with the SCAR FOREST meeting. • Contact will be taken with potential speakers, funders and

participants. • A title should be proposed, more atttractive than “imported

deforestation”.


3.4. Other activities for next year(Jean-Luc Peyron)

1. Participation in the 5th SCAR foresight exercise

2. Joint workshop to be planned on « importeddeforestation » (with SCAR ARCH and FOOD SYSTEMS)

3. Development of guidance notes for COST proposals

4. European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs) AGRI and RAW MATERIALS

5. Follow up the ERA-Net Cofund FORESTVALUE

6. Promotion of new Public/Public Partnerships (Horizon Europe)

7. Joint activity with SCAR BIOECONOMY

8. Advice for the elaboration of Post 2020 EU forest strategy

9. Promotion of topics.


3.4. Other activities for next year(Jean-Luc Peyron)

What is green has already been launched.

What is orange could also be launched in the next weeksor months

• The developement of guidance notes for COST proposals aims at promoting this instrument among the forest community in order to keep potential proposersaware of COST activities and procedures.

• There are expectations from DG AGRI about EIP operational groups.

What is black will remain for the future.


3.5. Future governance of SCAR FOREST(Jean-Luc Peyron)

• At that stage, there was no candidate to lead the group in the future.

• For the moment, Jean-Luc Peyron continues his work at the head of the group with the help of the Core Group.

• However, a solution will have to be found.

• Ideas are the following:

A new representative for France will be nominated.

In May 2020, the Slovakian Liaison Unit of Forest Europe willfinish its work and its members will be available: why not for SCAR FOREST?


3.6. Next meeting

• The next meeting will be organised around Novemberback to back with the workshop on “imported deforestation”.


Any Other Businesses

• Annamaria Marzetti mentioned:

An EJP on soils

An upcoming publication of a call on water that could also contain forest proposals.

THANK YOUfor your attention

jean-luc.peyron(at)gip-ecofor.org

annabelle.amm(at)gip-ecofor.org



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