TUESDAY 4th NOVEMBER

09:00 – 09:30

Registration

09:30 – 10:15

Opening Session

José Antonio Bonet Lledós, General Director of Forest Technology Centre of Catalonia.
Pere Garriga i Solà, Managing Director of Forestal Catalana SA.

10:15 – 10:45

Opening Conference Preparing for the XXII Century: Anticipating surprise and planning for uncertainty.

Margaret Shannon. Associate Dean and Professor, The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont and Professor in Honor in the Albert Ludwig University of Freidburg.

10:45 – 11:00

Programme Presentation

Glòria Domínguez Torres and Eduard Plana Bach, VI Forum on Forest Policy Coordinators .

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee Break

SESSION 1: New trends, challenges and opportunities on forest policy

Chairman: Glòria Domínguez Torres, Responsible of the Area of Forest Policy and Rural Development, Forest Technology Centre of Catalonia.

11:30 - 11:50

New FAO Strategy for Forests.

Douglas Kneeland, Chief of Forest Communication Service, FAO Forestry Department.

11:50 –12:10

From the EU Forestry Strategy to the EU Forest Action Plan.

Marius Lazdinis, Policy Officer - Forestry. Unit Bioenergy, biomass, forests and climatic change. DG Agriculture and Rural Development, EU.

12:10 – 12:30

The CEPF point of view on the Wood Mobilization Action Plan.

Christer Segerstéen, President of the Confederation of European Forest Owners – CEPF.

12:30 – 12:50

European initiatives to illegal logging. The EU FLEGT initiative and Green Public Procurement policies.

12:50 - 13:30

Discussion

13:30 - 15:30

Lunch

SESSION 2: Forest sector, society and communication

Chairmen: Eduard Plana Bach, Responsible of the Forest Fires and Territory Area, Forest Technology Centre of Catalonia. Xavier Carbonell Casadesús, Coordinator on environmental mediation at Arc Mediación Ambiental.

15:30 - 15:50

A communication policy for the forest sector.

Ingwald Gschwandtl, Chairman of the FAO–ECE Forest Communicators Network.

15:50 - 16:10

The environmental journalism point of view.

Luís Guijarro, President of the Asociación de Periodistas de Información Ambiental.

16:10 - 16:30

Social awareness and appreciation of forest products.

Ana Belén Noriega. Secretary General PEFC-Spain

16:30 – 16:50

The social perception of the forest and the forest management.

José Luis Cruz Maceín, Sociologist.

16:50 - 17:10

Discussion

17:10 - 17:30

Coffee break

17:30 –19:30

Round Table on Communication, publicity and society .

Xavier Duran Escribà, Director of El Medi Ambient at TV3, Catalan Autonomous Television.

José Antonio Pareja, Contents Director of LaviniaProductora.

Rafel Jorba Castellví, Pluralism advisor at the Consell de l'Audiovisual de Catalunya.

Discussion

WEDNESDAY 5th NOVEMBER

Oral Communications Session

Chairman: Andreu González Moreno, Director of Bosques Project.

09:00 - 09:10

Forest policy research in order to establish a bidirectional communication model between the forest sector and the Spanish society.

Strategic use planning of littoral dunes (CUP 64/ELENC 1.005) at L'Escala (Alt Empordà). The stakeholders inclusion on the alternatives definition.

Mountain Forests Project

Old antagonisms, ¿new alliances?: reflections on livestock grazing in Andalusian rangelands (1986-2008).

Considering social preferences in wildfire preventive forest management

Presentation of the Pyrenean Forests White Book .

SESSION 3: Forest policy and ownership and industry corresponsability

Chairmen: Eduardo Rojas Briales, Assistant Director of the Agronomists Engineering School , University of Valencia . Jordi Peix Massip, Director advisor at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Action of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia.

10:00 – 10:20

Multifuncionality, corresponsability and proporcionality: challenges for a sustainable forest policy on the XXI century.

Pedro Alcanda Vergara, Chief of Actions and Projects of the Natural Environment Section of Tragsatec. TRAGSA Group.

10:20 – 10:35

The role of forest ownership on the new forest policy challenges. The COSE point of view.

Fernando Molina Martínez, President of the Confederation of Organizations of Private Forest Owners of Spain - COSE.

10:35– 10:50

The role of forest ownership on the new forest policy challenges. The ARCMED point of view.

Josep Mª Vila d'Abadal, President of Arco Forestal Mediterráneo - ARCMED, representing private forest owner associations across the Mediterranean region .

10:50–11:05

The role of the forest industry on the new environmental challenges.

Francisco Pons, President of the Spanish Woodworking Industries Association - CONFEMADERA.

11:05–11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 – 11:45

Forest Policy Development in Spain .

Eduardo Rojas Briales, Assistant Director of the Agronomists Engineering School , University of Valencia .

11:45– 12:00

The view of the central administration.

Francisco Jarabo, Deputy-Head of Forest Policy and Dessertification, Environment Ministry of the Spanish Government.

12:00 – 12:15

The Catalan model.

Ignasi Rodríguez, Deputy-Head of Forests and Biodiversity, Environment and Housing Department of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia.

12:15 – 12:30

Decentralized and participated forest management model in Catalonia .

Antoni Farrero, Director of the Organisme Autònom Forestal de Catalunya.

12:30 - 12:45

The Andalusian model.

José Mª Oliet Palá, General Coordinator at the General Direction of Natural Environment Management, Environment Ministry of the Andalusian Autonomous Government.

The País Vasco model.

José Ángel Arranz Sanz, General Director of Natural Environment at the Environment Ministry of the Castilla y León Autonomous Government.

Xoán Miguel Concheiro Abal, Head of the Department of Planning and Valuation of Forest from the General Directorate of Forest and Forest Industries at the Rural Environment Ministry of the Galicia Autonomous Government.

13:30 - 14:00

Discussion

14:00 - 16:00

Lunch

SESSION 4: New environmental challenges and social corresponsability

Chairman: Carles Castells Puig, Head of the Territory Planning and Analyses Section, Natural Spaces Department, Diputació de Barcelona .

16:00 – 16:15

The global responsibility, an opportunity to the environment.

Josep Mª Canyelles i Pastó, Global Responsibility Consultant.

16:15 – 16:30

The role of foundations to the management and conservation of forests .

Francesc Giró, Director of Acciónatura.

16:30 – 16:45

The role of foundations to the management and conservation of forests: The Fundació del Món Rural.

Francesc Cribillers Riera, Director de la Fundació del Món Rural. 

16:45 – 17:00

The sponsorisation of private companies: Planta O 2 Iniciative.

José Luís Tous Mata, Marketing and Sales Manager, Switch Division, Boehringer Ingelheim S.A.

17:00 - 17:15

Environmental friendly territorial planning and social stakeholders role.

17:15 - 17:30

Forest sector, environment and society participation.

Xavier Carbonell Casadesús, Coordinator on environmental mediation at Arc Mediación Ambiental.

17:30 – 18:00

Discussion

18:00 - 18:30

Coffee break

18:30 - 19:00

Conclusions

Eduard Plana Bach and Glòria Domínguez Torres, VI Forum on Forest Policy Coordinators.

19:00 – 19:30

Closing Session

Eduard Pallejà i Sedó, President of Forest Technology Centre of Catalonia.

Núria Buenaventura Puig, General Director of Natural Environment of the Environment and Housing Department of the Autonomous Catalan Government.

THURSDAY 6th NOVEMBER

  8:30 - 19:00

FIELD TRIP

Management models from forest owners associations . Agustí Busquets , Technical Office for the Local Prevention of Forest Fires, Diputació de Barcelona.

Natural spaces: a meeting point for the sustainable forest management and the society . Natural Park of Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac, Diputació de Barcelona.