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Consultation Workshop

Evaluating Criteria & Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management

Welcome to the StrategyMedFor resource page dedicated to the 1st face-to-face consultation workshop held on September, 17-19 2024. This collaborative session brings together associated partners and key stakeholders from the forest sector to discuss and evaluate the best criteria and indicators for our Strategy for Sustainable Management of Mediterranean Forests.

Objectives of the workshop:

This 3-day workshop contributes to the co-design of the 10-year Strategy for the Sustainable Management of Mediterranean Forests (SSMMF), being the final deliverable of StrategyMedFor project.
Building on the definition of a renewed concept of sustainable forest management, the sessions will discuss the criteria and indicators that the strategy shall determine and the spatial proxies and indexes that shall inform the Strategy and guide the management and actions at site level.
A site visit to Samaria National Park, one of the three test sites of StrategyMedFor, is planned for 18 September 2024. During the site visit, demonstration and validation work will take place.

 

Understanding the Context and Setting the Foundation

 

09:15-09:30 Registration and Coffee  
09:30-09:45 Welcome and opening remarks George Baourakis,
CIHEAM-MAICh Director

Dania Abdul Malak,
ETC-UMA Director
Session 1: Assessing the Current Situation
09:45-10:15
  • StrategyMedFor and Workshop objectives
  • Mapping and assessment of Mediterranean forests
 Dania Abdul Malak,
ETC-UMA
10:15-10.45
  • Mediterranean forests: challenges, gaps and needs (Climate change, biodiversity loss, socio-economic pressures)
  • The Changing Concept of “Sustainability” in forest management and how to adapt it to the Mediterranean context
 Gavriil Xanthopoulos,
CIHEAM-MAICh
10:45-11:15 Interactive session: Missing critical elements for the development of a SSMMF
and ways to address them

Moderators:
Gavriil Xanthopoulos, CIHEAM-MAICh

Alain Chaudron, AIFM
11:15-11:30 Coffee break  

 

Session 2: Best Practices in Forest Management and lessons learned
11:30-13:00 Forest Landscape Restoration in the Mediterranean Region (lessons learned) Giovanbattista DeDato ,
Silva Mediterranea
12:00-12:30 Innovative approaches and technologies in  forest management in the Mediterranean region Annemarie Bastrup-Birk,            University of Copenhagen
12:30-13:00 Interactive session: discussion on lessons learned and applicability to  the wider Mediterranean area Moderator:                                 Annemarie Bastrup-Birk,           University of Copenhagen
13:00-14:15 Lunch  
 
Session 3: StrategyMedFor Pilot Sites and proxies to guide management
14:15-14:45 StrategyMedFor Pilot sites: locations, challenges and expected solutions

Presentations from case study representatives

Ahmet Lojo, Dejan Dimidjijevski,        Dany Ghosn
14:45-15:15 Assessing Mediterranean forests: spatial indicators as proxies to assess Forest biodiversity and its condition Nieves Garcia and Gabriel Martorell,
ETC-UMA
15:15-15:30 Coffee break  
15:30 – 16.00 The Index of Biodiversity Potential and its extension to the Eastern Mediterranean and Balkan regions Pierre Gonin,
CNPF
16:00-16:30 Interactive session: Discussion on the potential actions to be implemented in the pilot sites and potential indicators  of sustainable forest management Moderator:
Mersudin Avdibegović,
UNSA FoF
16:30-17:00 Wrap-up and reflections Dania Abdul Malak,
ETC-UMA
20:00 Dinner – Chania city center  

Field Visit to the Samaria National Park (Municipality of Sfakia)

 
08:30 Departure from CIHEAM-MAICh
10:30-11:30 Aradena: coffee break and short walk around village old settlement
11:30-13:30 Agios Ioannis: hiking along coniferous forest stands – showcasing indicators application
13:30-15:30 Lunch (Anopoli)

 

15:30 Departure to Chora Sfakion
16:00-18:00 Surprise (bring your swimming suits)
18:00-19:30 Return to Chania
Free evening

 

 

Strategy Development and Action Planning

 

Session 1: Vision, Objectives and Strategy Development
09:30-10:00

●      Creating a shared vision for Mediterranean forest management

●      Defining clear and achievable objectives

●      Proposed potential criteria, sub-criteria, indicators, strategic pathways and management tools for the development of the strategy

Followed by an interactive discussion through guided Q/A

 Gavriil Xanthopoulos,
CIHEAM-MAICh
10:00-10:45 Interactive session: feedback on strategic pathways, criteria and indicators for the Mediterranean context Moderator:
Gavriil Xanthopoulos,
CIHEAM-MAICh
10:45-11:00 Coffee break  

 

Session 2: Measures for the promotion of the Mediterranean Forest Strategy
11:00-11:30 StrategyMedFor Result Amplification Strategy and collaborative measures for the promotion of the Strategy among the Interreg Med Comunity

Martina Spada & Edoardo Esposito, Oikos

Martin Fillot AIFM
11:30-12:00 Collaborations on measures for the promotion of the Strategy

Loukia Prentza, Community4Nature

Arnaud Terrisse, Dialogue4Nature
12:00-12:30 Interactive session: reflections from organizers and key stakeholders Moderator:
Martina Spada, Oikos
12:30-13:00 Follow-up actions and timelines Dania Abdul Malak,
ETC-UMA
13:00 Lunch  
14:00 End of workshop  

 

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