Objectif
The vital environmental and socio-economic role of European forests is well documented and acknowledged in policy documents of both the European Union and its member states. However, there are critical incoherencies within and between trans-national, national and local forest-related land use policies, the central issue being mismatches between the policies and their implementation at the landscape level. Hence, there is a need to improve existing policy and management approaches capable of delivering a better balance between multiple and conflicting demands for forest goods and services. Diminishing mismatches and providing a new policy and management approach that is sensitive to ecological, socioeconomic and political issues of are the main objectives of INTEGRAL.
The objectives are achieved by following a research approach with 3 phases: diagnostic analysis of the status-quo (phase 1), participatory development and evaluation of scenarios (phase 2), and problem-solving oriented back-casting for policy development and evaluation (phase 3). The research design will be applied in a total of 20 landscapes in 10 European countries that differ in key characteristics, such as ownership, the importance of forestry and forest-based industries and the priorities of allocation and management of new and existing forest lands. The involvement of national and local stakeholder groups all the way through the project plays a decisive role in the project.
The most important long term impact of INTEGRAL consists of the knowledge and competence base for integrating international, national and local levels in participatory decision and planning processes. This includes the development of manuals for how to conduct such processes, methods for utilizing quantitative decision support tools in the participatory process, and the establishment of a body of knowledge among those participating in the extensive case studies. Thus, the consistency of implemented forest policies can be enhanced.
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Appel à propositions
FP7-ENV-2011
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CP-IP - Large-scale integrating projectCoordinateur
750 07 Uppsala
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Participants (22)
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1537 LUXEMBOURG
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79098 Freiburg
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35122 Padova
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6708 PB Wageningen
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1756 Sofia
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5412 Puch Bei Hallein
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OX1 2JD Oxford
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1349 017 Lisboa
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86100 Campobasso
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1049 Bruxelles / Brussel
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960 01 Zvolen
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53361 KAUNAS
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80333 Muenchen
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80686 Munchen
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91120 Palaiseau
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4 Dublin
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1649 023 Lisboa
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1000 BRUXELLES
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2312SP LEIDEN
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1000 Brussels
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92761 ANTONY CEDEX
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80100 Joensuu
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