The developments of recent years have changed the entire world economy, including forestry and especially small-scale forestry. The important factors are the pandemic, the climate change, the disruptions of the energy market, the goals to achieve carbon neutrality, etc.
The main topics are:
- New directions for forest and environmental legislation against the background of global climate change;
- Private forests and climate change: bioenergy production versus carbon sinks;
- Political, economic and practical issues of carbon sequestration in small-scale and community forestry;
- Family and/or farm forestry;
- Knowledge and wisdom of traditional forest practices in rural areas;
- Roles and opportunities of forest owners’ cooperatives;
- Operation of small-scale sawmills and processing plants;
- Promotion of non-wood forest products;
- Forests for the future: small-scale products and ecosystem services forests;
- Tourist and recreational use of forests;
- Impact of forest and environmental protection laws and regulations on small-scale forestry;
- Ecological and social restrictions imposed on small forest owners;
- Comparative studies of forest and land related legislation in different countries.
Language
The language of the symposium is English, with no translation provided.
Publication
Abstracts presented at the symposium will be published as the conference proceedings.
In addition, participants may submit papers to be published in the Forestry Studies journal (https://mi.emu.ee/et/teadusinfo/metsanduslikud-uurimused/).