MONITORING THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION OF EUROPEAN FARM FORESTRY

Objective

Forest policy issues imply a rising demand for information on socioeconomic effects of farm forestry enterprise. Going out from a regional data base and view, the effects of the European agricultural policy can be seen on a regional, national and also international level. Along with the ongoing attempts to modernise the existing forest accountancy networks or establish new ones in various countries, there is an urgent need for a synoptical analysis which could be best achieved by a Concerted Action at the Community level. The objectives of the proposed Concerted Action are: 1. to make the existing experiences and expertise on farm forestry accountancy data networks generally available.
2. to outline approaches for an international socioeconomic scheme of statistics on farm forestry taking into consideration the heterogeneity of enterprises as well as the diversity of the underlying legal, social and economical framework and the respective national goals in forest policy.
3. to develop a common methodological framework/guidelines for collecting socioeconomic data of farm forestry enterprises adaptable to different purposes and various conditions.
4. to identify the most essential research needs and prepare further research activities at the Community level on this subject.
The concertation is to rely heavily on contacts by fax, telephone and e-mail. At the level of task groups, communication will be mainly organised in terms of an e-mail network. In addition, the following three meetings among the participants will be arranged:
- Methodological issues of cost accountancy in European farm forest enterprises - Sampling schemes for socioeconomic studies in farm forestry
- Prospects of international statistics on socioeconomic situation of farm forestry After each meeting a report with a title similar to the theme of the seminar will be published.
The final product of the proposed concerted action is the
- Guidelines for establishing accountancy networks The duration of the action is 30 months.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › information engineering › telecommunications › telecommunications networks › data networks
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › forestry

Programme(s)

• FP4-FAIR - Specific research, technological development and demonstration programme in the field of agriculture and fisheries (including agro-industry, food technologies, forestry, aquaculture and rural development), 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 4.5.1 - Forestry policy and socio-economic aspects

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CON - Coordination of research actions

Coordinator

Forest Ecology and Management

Address

Torikatu 34
80100 Joensuu
Finland

Links

Participants (16)

AFOCEL - ASSOCIATION FORET CELLULOSE

France

Address

Domaine De L'etancon
77370 Nangis

ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI

Greece

Address

University Campus
540 06 Thessaloniki

COILLTE TEO

Ireland

Address

Leeson Lane
2 Dublin

ESCOLA SUPERIOR AGRARIA DE COIMBRA

Portugal

Address

Bencanta
3040 Coimbra

FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Finland

Address

Metsänhoitajankuja, 6 - P.o. Box 18
01301 Vantaa

FORSTLICHE VERSUCHS UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT BADEN - WUERTTEMBERG, ABTEILUNG BETRIEBSWIRTSCHAFT

Germany

Address

Wonnhaldestraße, 4
79100 Freiburg

INSTITUT POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT FORESTIER

France

Address

Maison De La Foret - Chemin De La Lacade, 7
31320 Auzeville Tolosane

Istituto Nazionale di Economia Agraria

Italy

Address

Via E. Mach 1
38010 San Michele All'adige Trento

LEI-DLO - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Netherlands

Address

Burgemeester Patijnlaan, 19 - P.o. Box 29703
2502 LS Den Haag

NORWEGIAN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Norway

Address

Schweigaards Gt., 33 - P.o. Box 8024
0030 Oslo

ROYAL VETERINARY AND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

Denmark

Address

Thorvaldsensvej, 57
1871 Frederiksberg C

SKOGSAEGARNAS RIKSFOERBUND (THE SWEDISH FEDERATION OF FOREST OWNERS)

Sweden

Address

Klarabergsgatan, 35
105 33 Stockholm

UNIVERSITEIT GENT

Belgium

Address

Geraardsbergsesteenweg, 267
9090 Melle-gontrode

UNIVERSITY OF JOENSUU

Finland

Address

P.o. Box 111
80101 Joensuu

UNIVERSITÄT FÜR BODENKULTUR

Austria

Address

Gregor-mendel-straße, 33
1180 Vienna

University of Wales, Bangor

United Kingdom

Address

LL57 2UW Bangor