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Innovation in Forestry How to boost innovation in forest sector in EU Regions, Nov 13 th , 2019 Bernhard Wolfslehner You [] believe to get a grip on climate change by means of regulations. God bless you! What we need, are inventors in their

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Innovation in Forestry

How to boost innovation in forest sector in EU Regions, Nov 13th, 2019

Bernhard Wolfslehner

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You […] believe to get a grip on climate change by means of

regulations. God bless you! What we

need, are inventors in their garages (Michael Friedman, 2009)

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Innovation is more than garages

„… a process by which new products and techniques are introduced into the economic system.“ (Schumpeter 1947) Note: difference to invention (=not yet brought to practice) Many types of innovation: new/improved product/process new marketing method new organisational method etc. (OECD 2005) institutional (Weiss et al. 2011) social (Ludvig et al. 2018)

Frequency of innovations by forest holdings in CEE countries (Rametsteiner et al. 2005)

Other org. 25% Other not specified 2% Wood 11% Non-wood 7% Co-operation 4% Outsourcing 5% Internal reorg. 3% Other techn. 8% Leasing 4% Recreation 12% Environmental 3% Protection 0% Machinery 5% Infrastruct. 1% Other services 8% B-2-B 2%

Product innovations Service innovations Technological innovations Organisational innovations

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(Rametsteiner et al. 2005)

Important innovation processes

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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100 % co-operation along the forestry-wood chain use of information technologies forest owners' co-operation marketing of wood wood processing technologies improvements in transport and logistics harvesting techniques and facilities infrastructure development very important rather important not very important no response

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Forest innovation examples

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Innovation support not systematic

But a lot of anchor points for bottom-up initiatives Increased attention on wood in a bioeconomy Renewed interest in non-wood forest products Opportunities for regional approaches (e.g. marketing, best practices) For upscaling innovation support needed (e.g. LEADER, clusters, etc.) => “top-down support for bottom-up innovations”

Natural pine resin (ES)

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Interaction – coordination - cooperation

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of all actors crucial (government+ industry+ research = „triple helix“) Forest owner cooperations innovation in forest management and e.g. NWFP, forest pedagogics, recreation, bio-energy production etc…)

Photos: Waldprojekt Eisenstadt; Zivojinovic; Daba Laba; BFW; Baumwipfelweg Kopfing; Weiss.

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Civil society &social innovation

… in response to societal challenges … reconfiguring social practices by inclusion of civil society actors to tackle

vulnerable groups (e.g. green care, social farming…)
rural development (collaboration for territorial marketing…)
social participation (volunteering, social enterprises ...)

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Photos: BFW, AT; Charcoal Land Initiative, SI; Nature Parks, AT; Bergwaldprojekt, AT; Woodland Skills Centre, UK.

EU Horizon 2020 project SIMRA (Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas; 2016-2020)

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lnnovative Business Models

Vertical Integration (B2B) – Producers’ coordination
Producers & 1st processing in Cork for joint marketing
Co-ops to tackle grey markets (truffle, pinenuts)
2nd level co-ops in pinenuts for joint marketing
Horizontal integration
Territorial marketing
Producers’ association for NWFP certification
Joint wood auction
Digital-based innovations (B2C) – info accessibility, transparency, dispersed users
Online picking permits (APP, Q codes)
E-auctions (hunting permits)
PES donations – virtually meeting the landowner
Prospective(?)
Community-supported forestry (ownership ↔ use)
Collaborative economy
Wellness treatments
Social entrepreneurs
Crowdfunding

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Some innovation topics

 Policy instruments (formal/informal) as

(a) barriers / support in timber construction (b) support of social innovation in forestry

 Role of regional/programmes to create opportunity structures for rural areas (e.g. EU LEADER)  New innovation processes incl. across sectors  Forest services (e.g. „Green Care Forest“in AT and Italy)  Role of forest ownership structure in innovation  Usage of long-lasting wood products and future trends for enhanced wood in combating climate change

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Thank you!

Bernhard Wolfslehner bernhard.wolfslehner@efi.int Forest Policy Research Network, c/o University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)