Viveka Palm, Annica Carlsson, Sebastian Constantino (SCB)

Elsa Varela, Robert Mavsar (EFIMED)

Forestry Accounts in CREEA

Compiling and Refining Environmental and Economic Accounts

EUROSTAT

FORESTRY STATISTICS, WORKING GROUP

29th of November 2012

Luxembourg

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1. PRESENTATION OF THE FOREST ACCOUNTS WORK PACKAGE WP5

2. EXECUTED WORK AND DELIVERED INFORMATION

3. WAY AHEAD and POSSIBLE DISCUSSIONS WITH EUROSTAT

SUMMARY

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OBJECTIVES

STRUCTURED IN THREE TASKS

i. TASK 5.1: Revising the proposed SEEA 2012 methodology for forests

ii. TASK 5.2: Developing procedures for integrating national forest data

into the proposed SEEA 2012 framework

iii. TASK 5.3: testing the methodology by data gathering for selected

countries

Each task corresponds to a deliverable in the proyect

THE FOREST ACCOUNTS WORK PACKAGE

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TASK 5.1

REVISE THE PROPOSED SEEA 2012 FORESTRY TABLES

SUBTASKS

1. REVIEW THE PROPOSED CHANGES IN SEEA 2012 VS. SEEA 2003

AND ANALYSE THE USEFULNESS OF THESE CHANGES.

2. EVALUATE THE COMPLETENESS OF THE SEEA 2012 FORESTRY TABLES

WITH REGARDS TO THE STOCK AND FLOW OF ALL FOREST G&S ,

INCLUDING NM G&S AND PROPOSE OPTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS

3. ESTIMATE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SEEA 2012 IN

THE EU MS.

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Aspects to bear in mind when building the DLV 5.1

(in addition to the deliverable objectives themselves )

Who are the potential readers/ target audience?

Foresters from forest agencies, forest managers, statisticians/accountants from

national statistical offices...

Varied knowledge of forestry and accounting issues

Introduction to accounting with emphasis on forest and forestry accounts: both

standard and environmental accounting.

Introduction to SEEA and additional accounting frameworks

Introduction to SFM and to criteria and indicators schemes to assess SFM

Raise awareness of the relevancy of

environmental accounting and accurate data collection

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1. INTRODUCTION Standard and environmental accounting.

Forest accounting:

Forests and forestry in standard accounts

Forests and forestry in environmental accounts

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Introduction to SEEA

Forest accounts in SEEA 2003

SEEA 2012

Discussion of SEEA 2003 vs. SEEA 2012 and

general comments on both systems

What is SEEA

What is CREEA

Objectives (project and WP) 2. FOREST ACCOUNTS

3. SEEA

(special focus on forest issues)

Introduction

EAF

IEEAF

Economy-Wide material Flow Accounts

4. IMPLEMENTED

ACCOUNTING

FRAMEWORKS

5. INDICATORS ON

SUSTAINABLE FOREST

MANAGEMENT

Introduction

FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA)

State of Europe’s Forest (SoEF) indicators

The questionnaire on forestry accounts

6. DISCUSSION &

CONCLUSIONS

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SEEA 2012 is more theoretical and some useful suggestions from 2003 are removed in this version

• TIMBER: More flexible way for the countries to clasify forests as cultivated/no cultivated based on

their own production boundary considerations. Timber from cultivated areas other than forests are

allowed to be in.

• FOREST LAND: Removal of the

classifications cultivated/no cultivated &

available/not available for wood supply

Set a clear distinction between

timber resources and forest land.

• Identical imprecision remains for OWL

• Focus on timber resources, hardly mentions any other aspects of the forest

• Lack of a convention on how incorporate non market G&S and other products appart from timber

Forest Land

SEEA 2003 SEEA 2012

Forest Available

for Wood Supply

(FAWS)

Forest Not

Available for

Wood Supply

(FNAWS)

Naturally

Regenerated

Planted

forests N

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ral

Sem

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Pla

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d

Prim

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Oth

er

Natu

rally

regenera

ted

EVALUATE THE COMPLETENESS OF THE SEEA 2012 FORESTRY TABLES

REVIEW THE PROPOSED CHANGES IN SEEA 2012 AND ANALYSE THE USEFULNESS OF THESE CHANGES

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PROPOSE OPTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT

ESTIMATE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SEEA 2012 IN THE EU MS

Regular reporting on forest accounts is hindered because the forest related data collection is still

voluntary. Lack of a collective action among the EU MS.

Proposed options for improvement have been listed and included in a questionnaire delivered to

relevant stakeholders from the member states for this purpose. Some of these proposal are already

reflected in DLV 5.1 while some other will be fully developed in DLV 5.2:

• SELECTION OF SEVERAL INDICATORS OF SFM (SoEF-Forest Europe) IN AN ACCOUNTING

FRAMEWORK DEPLETION BEYOND A SUSTAINABLE YIELD

• INCLUSION OF AN SPECIFIC ACCOUNT ON FOREST MANAGEMENT

• INCLUSION OF A SPECIF ACCOUNT ON RISKS

• NON TIMBER GOODS AND SERVICES: recreational services, self consumption share for

certain forest products (timber wood, berries, mushrooms…)

• MONETIZACION OF THE RESOURCES: physical accounts typically tend to be broader than

monetary accounts.

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CREEA

THE FOREST ACCOUNTS SHOULD ACHIEVE A BETTER ALIGNMENT BETWEEN SFM

INDICATORS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING FRAMEWORKS, WHICH WOULD

ENABLE BETTER MONITOR AND SECURE TRHE SUSTAINABILITY OF FOREST

RESOURCES

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TASK 2 (DLV 5.2)

Developing procedures for integrating national forest data

into the proposed SEEA 2012 framework

SUBTAKS

1. EXPLORING WHETHER AND HOW NATIONAL DATA WOULD HAVE TO BE

ADAPTED TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPOSED STANDARDS.

1st stage. The forest data currently collected by national statistical offices will

be revised through a questionnaire in coop with the statistical offices

2nd stage. Comparison between the data collected vs. data requirements of the

proposed SEEA forest tables

2. PROPOSING PROCEDURES THAT COULD BE APPLIED AT THE LEVEL OF

MEMBER STATES. It will result in a guideline for data providers giving

guidance on potential data sources and how to adopt them to meet the

requirements of SEEA2012 tables.

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A questionnaire was developed and delivered to statistical offices

(and not only) of different EU (and non EU) countries

Objectives:

Gathering information on the experience with the implementation of forestry

accounts in each of the countries PART I

Test their opinion on the feasibility/utility of implementation of SEEA standards

and the proposed improvements to them PART II

CREEA

RESPONSES OBTAINED FROM:

AUSTRIA, FINLAND, GERMANY, The NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, SPAIN*,

SWEDEN, UK,EUROSTAT

CANADA *, INDIA, MEXICO, GUATEMALA*

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• Because SEEA 2012 sets minimum criteria of what should be reflected in the forest accounts,

regarding mainly forest land and timber, we also collected information on whether the proposed

improvements would be feasible to implement for the countries.

• FOREST LAND: we proposed an improvement on the SEEA classification of forest land (natural

regenerated and planted forest land) by recording the differences between conifers, broadleaved and

mixed. Most European countries were reluctant to stick to this classification EUROSTAT categories

divided forest land in available/not available for wood supply. (FAWS). However, we consider SEEA

classification, because definitions are clearly set up, wouldn’t be so demanding as it may appear at

first glance.

• Proposals such as STABLISHING AN ACCOUNT ON HAZARDS AND OTHER ON FOREST

MANAGEMENT face problems such as LACK OF DATA & RISK OF DOUBLE COUNTING.

• A significant amount of resources should be devoted to compile data according to the proposed

categories.

• The heterogeneity of forest ecosystems, even within the EU differences in the relevancy of some

topics such as NWFP or OWL area.

EXPLORE NATIONAL DATA AND WHETHER AND HOW

IT SHOULD BE ADAPTED TO THE PROPOSED STANDARDS

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DELIVERABLE 5.2

Containing the summary of the responses to the questionnaire

is almost ready

Overview of the state of the art in forest accounts in Europe EUROSTAT

perspective on the issue?

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WAY AHEAD AND POSSIBLE DISCUSSION WITH EUROSTAT

• Case studies already decided: SWEDEN, BADEN-WURTEMBERG & CATALONIA

• A good representation of European forest ecosystems and of efforts in accounting for their

resources

• Test data collection for SEEA 2012 tables and also for the improvements proposed in the

questionnaire

TASK 3 (DLV 5.3)

Testing the methodology by data gathering in selected countries

SUBTAKS

1. SELECTION OF CASE STUDIES

2. COLLECTION OF DATA

3. PREPARATION OF CASE STUDIES

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WAY AHEAD AND POSSIBLE DISCUSSION WITH EUROSTAT

SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME TO OUR MINDS

• Degree of applicability of the EAF / IEEAF frameworks among countries

• Efforts made to increase countries commitment with the reporting of forest accounts

• Final use of the data

POSSIBLE DISCUSSIONS WITH EUROSTAT FOR THE TASK 5.3

DATA COLLECTION, APPROACHES, TESTING OF RELEVANT ACCOUNTING ASPECTS

Discussion/comments and planning