Freiburg Talks on International & European Forest Policy
Seminar Series
This seminar series provides a platform for leading scholars and renowned experts from organizations to share their thoughts on important topics and development related to international and European forest policy. The challenge of how to design global and European institutions for sustainable forest management will be a central theme throughout this series. Additionally, case study research and innovative political perspectives on crucial issues related to forest policy will be presented to the audience.
Talks will take place once a month during the winter semester 2013/4 from 1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.* in Herderbau room 100. We are working to finalize the schedule and will make it available as soon as possible. Each talk will be 30 minutes of presentations followed by 45 minutes of discussion. Interested scholars and students are invited to make individual appointments with a speaker following the public session. To schedule a meeting, please contact Maike Stelter (Maike.Stelter@ifp.uni-freiburg.de).
*Exact time of some presentations may differ to accomodate scheduling conflicts.
Organisation: Georg Winkel georg.winkel@ifp.uni-freiburg.de, Metodi Sotirov metodi.sotirov@ifp.uni-freiburg.de, Maike Stelter Maike.Stelter@ifp.uni-freiburg.de
Upcoming Events
- M. Avdibegović, University of Sarajevo, and Špela Pezdevšek Malovrh, University of Ljubljana, February 7th, 2014, 1:15 p.m., Herderbau room 100 (Tennenbacher Strasse 4)
"Corruption in forestry and the EU's policy against illegal logging: a perspective from the Balkan"
- Saskia Ozinga, FERN,February 20th, 2014, 1:15 p.m., Herderbau room 100 (Tennenbacher Strasse 4)
"Does Europe's policy response to illegal logging work? An environmentalist's perspective"
Past Events - Winter Semester 2013/14
Olaf Dechow, Umwelt- und Gesellschaftspolitik, Otto Group; 24.01.2014, 13:15 Uhr, Herderbau Raum 100 (Tennebacher Strasse 4)
Matthias Schwörer, Referatsleiter Europäische und Internationale Waldpolitik im Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft
"Die Politik gegen den illegalen Holzeinschlag - können FLEGT-Aktionsprogramme und die EU- Holzhandelsverordnung die Erwartungen erfüllen?" PPT Slides
Past Events - Winter Semester 2012/13
- Dr. Jeremy Rayner, Professor and Centennial Research Chair, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
"After UNFF: alternative futures for international forest governance"
- Kit Prins, Senior Advisor European Forest Institute - EFI, former Chief Timber Section UN/ECE
"Policy Challenges for the European Forest Sector"
- Dr. Connie McDermot, James Martin Senior Research Fellow in Forest Governance, Oxford University, UK
"Global Forest Footprints: Can they lead the way towards more integrative forest governance?"
PPT Slides
- Kriton Arsenis, Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur on Forest Protection
'Challenges and Opportunities for Forest Protection in Europe' (flv)
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Veerle Dossche, European Forests Campagner, FERN
Is the European forest sector ready to transform? European forest policy from an environmentalist’s perspective
- Robert Flies, European Commission, Directorate on Nature, Biodiversity, and Land Use
Prof. Dr. G. Lehmbruch, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Universität Konstanz and
Dr. B. Lehmbruch, Senior Lecturer in Governance and Development, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Hague, Netherlands
Statist Forest Governance - From Path Dependence to Crisis. A perspective from comparative political science and a case study on Russia.