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Meeting in Florence, January 2009

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Date : January 2009

Venue : Florence (Italy)

Objectives:

  • To introduce the action (particularly for non Management Committee members)
  • To have a Management Committee meeting
  • To have Working Group meetings in order to discuss possible key issues and to structure the Working Groups
  • To give the floor to each country in order to prepare the country reports
  • For each country, to give a first overview of its country report (see below)

Country Reports Outline Downloadable opposite

Programme and PPP presentations

You can download the program opposite.

WEDNESDAY JANUARY, 2009, 21ST: ARRIVAL
THURSDAY JANUARY, 2009, 22ND
08:00 - 09:00

Management Committee meeting

Registration of other participants

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09:00 – 9h30

Opening Session. Moderator: Jean-Luc Peyron & Marco Marchetti, Local Host

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General presentation of Echoes. Klaus Seeland, Vice-Chairman

Presentation of the workshop. Jean-Luc Peyron, Chairman of the Action /
9h30-12h30

Climate change and forestry: context and general knowledge. Moderator: Klaus Seeland

From past to expected climate change for vegetation: updates status of evidences. Luigi Perini (Unità di ricerca per la climatologia e la meteorologia applicate all’agricoltura - Roma)

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Impacts of climate change on forest systems and ecosystems. Federico Magnani, UniBo - SISEF
Results of a European study on climate change and options for adaptation. Marcus Lindner (EFI) and Manfred Lexer (Boku


Short conclusions of Umea conference “Adaptation 2008”. Heinrich Spiecker (Freiburg University) /
The European Forest-based Sector: Bio-Responses to Address New Climate and Energy Challenges (after the International scientific conference of “Nancy 2008): Jean-Luc Peyron (Ecofor) /
The role of forests and the forest-based sector in meeting the EU’s climate commitments. Jari Parviainen (Metla) /

12:30 - 13:00
Data source for researchers and possible links to other processes / techniques, such as NFI and RS. Marco Marchetti (University of Molise), Gherardo Chirici, and Giorgio Matteucci
14:30-16:15

Country Reports: Central Europe. 5 minutes per country (IE, UK, FR, BE, NL, DE, CH, AT, CZ, SK). Moderator: Peter Brang
The case of Hungary: Laszlo Jäger

Discussion (30 min.)

See below
16:15-18:00

Country Reports: Northern Europe. 5 minutes per country (NO, SE, DK, FI, PO, LT, EE). Moderator: Jari Parviainen

Discussion (30 min.)

See below
18:00-19:00
The Cost Action Echoes Working Groups :
• Impacts. Heinrich Spiecker
• Adaptation. Manfred Lexer
• Mitigation. Maria Nijnik and Jean-Luc Peyron
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FRIDAY JANUARY, 2009, 23RD
08:30-10:00

Country Reports: Southern Europe. 5 minutes per country (ES, IT, GR, CY, SI, HR, SR, BG). Moderator: Marco Marchetti

Discussion (30 min.)

See below
10:30 - 15:30 Working Groups: Parallel Sessions /
16:00-17:00 Plenary session: synthesis of WG. Moderator: Jean-Luc Peyron
• WG Impacts
• WG Adaptation
• WG Mitigation
• Conclusions
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17:00-18:00 Management Committee Meeting /
SATURDAY JANUARY, 2009, 24THLocal visits
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The Country reports presentation is downloadable below.

Country
PPP Presentation
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Lithuania
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Serbia
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom