Conference sessions

  • Socio-economic development of forestry in national, EU, and global economies;
  • Social entrepreneurship, social innovation and corporate social responsibility in forestry;
  • Labour market - employment in the forestry sector;
  • Data analysis and financial knowledge exchange;
  • Forest certification and marketing;
  • Bioeconomy related current and upcoming EU policies;
  • Economic and accounting approaches to sustainable development in the forestry and wood sectors;
  • Socio-economic development of forestry in developing countries;
  • History of IUFRO 4.05 Unit – 40th Anniversary.

 Book of Abstracts

Conference Programme

  3 October 2021
   
    15:00-17:00 Informal Online Get Together
       
  4 October 2021
   
08:30-09:30 Registration and connecting test  

Scientific session: Socio-economic development of forestry in developing countries

Chair: Isabella De Meo

09:30-10:00

 Welcome

Dalibor Šafařík Mendel University in Brno
John Parotta IUFRO President
Lidija Zadnik Strin Coordinator of 4.05.00 research group
Donald Hodges Coordinator and officeholder of IUFRO Division 4 

14:30-14:50 Lviv region population’s preferences towards recreational forests characteristics Oksana Pelyukh, Lyudmyla Zahvoyska
10:00-10:40 Presentation of all participants (name and country only) 14:50-15:10 Current practices and innovations in smallholder engagement in the palm oil supply chain: a systematic mapping of evidence Jia Yen Lai, Dyah Ita Mardiyaningsih , Faris Rahmadian
 

Scientific session: Socio-economic development of forestry in national, EU, and global economies

Chair: Tomáš Pospíšil

15:10-15:30 Forest Management Plan as an instrument for socio-economic development of regions: a case study from Tusheti, Georgia Kateřina Holušová, Otakar Holuša
10:40-11:40

Keynote lecture
Luděk Šišák: Socio-economic Importance of Forests, their Regeneration and Development Support by the Society in the Climate Change Era; Theory and Practice in the Czech Republic  
Co-authors: Roman Sloup, Roman Dudik, Jan Lojda, Vilém Jarský, Marcel Riedl

15:30-15:50 Ecosystem Service Gambits: A Persistent Challenge for Ecosystem-Based Management Vasja Leban, Lidija Zadnik Stirn, Špela Pezdevšek Malovrh
11:40-12:10 Coffee break 15:50-16:20 Coffee break
12:10-12:30 Exploring citizens’ perception of deadwood in forest ecosystems in Italy Paletto Alessandro, Becagli Claudia, De Meo Isabella  

Scientific session: Labour market - employment in the forestry sector

Chair: Jussi Leppänen

12:30-12:50 Model-based dynamic economic assessment of alternative forestry adaptation strategies to climate change in Germany Rosenkranz L, von Arnim G, Rosenberger R, Husmann K, Englert H, Seintsch B, Roering H-W, Regelmann C, Dieter M, Möhring B  16:20-16:40 The potential of accountancy data networks for assessing the significance of forestry in terms of jobs and income – the case of Austria Marietta Metzker, Walter Sekot and Philipp Toscani
12:50-13:10 The Most Challenging Managerial, Social and Environmental Issues of Post-Transitional Forest-based Sector Development: Ukrainian case study Ihor Soloviy, Orest Kiyko, Vasyl Lavny, Lyudmyla Maksymiv, Pavlo Dubnevych, Taras Chelepis 16:40-17:00 Sustainability of the labour force in forestry - Preliminary results of the study in Bosnia and Herzegovina David Mijoč, Mario Šporčić, Marijan Šušnjar, Matija Bakarić, Matija Landekić
13:10-14:30 Lunch Break 17:00-17:15 Journal of Forest Science presentation Barbora Vobrubová (Executive editor)
     17.15-17:30 Finishing of sessions – short discussion
       
  5 October 2021
   
09:00 - 09:15

2nd day Welcome and Organiser information Kateřina Holušová

14:00-14:20

Scientific session: Bioeconomy related current and upcoming EU policies

Sustainability impact assessment of forest-wood supply chain: an experience from Italy Isabella De Meo, Claudia Becagli, Elisa Bianchetto, Alessandro Paletto

 

Scientific session: Social entrepreneurship, social innovation and corporate social responsibility in forestry

Chair: Anže Japelj

14:20-14:40 An analysis of the long-term capital-market performance of forestry companies: Investors’ perspective Karlo Beljan, Magdalena Brener, Denis Dolinar
09:15-10:15

Keynote lecture
Mariana Melnykovych: Social innovations and social entrepreneurship - a powerful tool in forest landscape restoration to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss

Co-authors: Maria Nijnik, Juergen Blaser

14:40-15:00

Analysis of public support for the implementation of nature protection measures in the study areas of Gornja Bistrica and Murska šuma Kaja Plevnik, Anže Japelj
10:15-10:35 Forest-based social innovation in Slovenia: the revival of traditional charcoal burning Todora Rogelja, Jože Prah, Margaret Shannon, Alice Ludvig, Gerhard Wise, Laura Secco 15:00-15:20

Influence of environmental damages on business performance on state forests companies Stjepan Posavec, Špela Malovrh Pezdevšek

10:35-10:55 Can forest work be greener and safer? – The Role of Environmental and Safety Indicators in Forest Harvesting Operations Matija Landekić, Mario Šporčić, Ivan Martinić, Anton Poje, Zdravko Pandur, Marin Bačić 15:20-15:35 Coffee Break
10:55-11:10 Corporate Social Responsibility as part of forestry bioeconomy strategies Jitka Meňházová

Scientific session: Economic and accounting approaches to sustainable development in the forestry and wood sectors

Chair: Walter Sekot

11:10-11:30 Coffee Break  15:35-15:55 Towards to determination an optimal rotation period taking into account the health of forest stands, economic efficiency and forests biodiversity Kateřina Holušová
 

Scientific session: Social entrepreneurship, social innovation and corporate social responsibility in forestry

Chair: Mariana Melnykovych

15:55-16:15 Contribution of the forest sector to the Uruguayan economy Virginia Morales Olmos
 11:30-11:50 The nexus between forests and energy: role of universities in development of sustainable bioenergy sector in the Ukrainian Carpathians Mountains Lyudmyla Maksymiv, Lyudmyla Zahvoyska   History of IUFRO Research Group 4.05.00 – 40th Anniversary  
Chair: Lidija Zadnik Stir
 11:50-12:10 Social innovation to promote Green Recovery of forest-dependent communities Maria Nijnik, Mariana Melnykovych  16:15-17:05 Contributors: Lidija Zadnik Stirn, Walter Sekot, Stjepan Posavec, Virginia Morales Olmos, Christian Hoffmann, Maria Nijnik, Don Hodges, Alexander Buck
 12:10-14:00  Lunch Break 17:05-17:30 Presentation of ASFORLIC project H2020 Peter Rademacher
    17:30-18:00

Poster session

Chair: Pavlína Pancová Šimková

    18:00-18:20 Mendel University Training Forest Enterprise Masaryk Forest Křtiny Introduction Tomáš Pospíšil
    18:20-18:30

Closing sessions

Chair: Lidija Zadnik Stir, Dalibor Šafařík

    18:30-19:00 IUFRO Research Group 4.05.00 business meeting
Chaired by Lidija Zadnik together with Walter Sekot, Stjepan Posavec Virginia Morales Olmos, Christian Hoffmann, Maria Nijnik, Donald Hodges + all members