INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF FOREST MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABILITY

29 May, 2014
8.00 - 9.00	Registration
	Moderators: Diana Mizaraitė, Vilis Brukas
9.00 - 9.10	Opening. Foreword Stasys Mizaras, Project leader
9.10 - 9.40	Economics of Sustainable Forest Management Keynote speaker Prof. Sten B. Nilson. Biografical sketch of prof. S.B. Nilsson.
9.40 - 10.00	The use of economic valuation of forest services in the sustainable management accounting Miroslav Hajek, Michal Ševchik
10.00 - 10.20	Coffe break
10.20 - 10.40	The value of forest ecosystem services: a joint analysis of stakeholders'preferences and economic evaluation Gianluca Grilli, Natasha Nikodinoska, Alessandro Paletto, Isabella De Meo
10.40 - 11.00	Assessing the economic impact of forest biomass use on the ecosystem services: a Slovenian case study Gianluca Grilli, Alessandro Paletto, Ales Poljanec
11.00 - 11.20	Understanding habitat conservation costs and benefits in the context of wood economy: case study on Lesser Spotted Eagle nest site protection Gintautas Mozgeris, Rimgaudas Treinys, Gintautas Činga
11.20 - 11.40	Ecosystem services valuation: the case of Abisco national park (Sweden) Natasha Nikodinoska, Alessandro Paletto, Pier Paolo Franzese
11.40 - 12.00	Analysis of socio-economic value of state and other owners owned forests in Latvia's statistical regions. Zinta Zalite.
12.00 - 13.00	Lunch
13.00 - 13.20	Quantifying future development of ecosystem services from forest landscapes. strong>Gintautas Mozgeris M., Michailas Palicinas
13.20 - 13.40	Economic sustainability from the perspective of private forest owners in Lithuania Andrius Stanislovaitis, Vilis Brukas, Marius Kavaliauskas
13.40 - 14.00	Economic Assessment of Ecosystem Services for Different Landscape Scenarios Marius Kavaliauskas, Andrius Stanislovaitis, Vilis Brukas, Gintautas Mozgeris
14.00 - 14.20	Results of re-cultivation of cut-over peat-lands Dagnija Lazdiņa, Andis Bārdulis
14.20 - 14.40	Coffee break
14.40 - 15.00	Forestry management and forest certification in Harghita County to support the utilization of local forest resources Molner Gabor
15.00 - 15.20	The criteria for assessment of short rotation energy plantations’ development sustainability in Lithuania Julija Konstantinavičiene
15.20 - 15.40	Economic and social evaluation of forest management sustainability Stasys Mizaras, Diana Mizaraitė
15.40 - 16.00	The comparative analysis of Lithuanian and Sweden forest management sustainability Vilis Brukas, Stasys Mizaras, Diana Mizaraitė
16.40 -	Discussion
30 May, 2014
8.00 - 17.00	Study Tour

Preliminary programme of the conference tour: visiting Institute of Forestry, the most productive larch stand, Nemunas Loops Regional Park, soviet period museum „Grūtas“ http://www.grutoparkas.lt/?lang=gb, afforested agricultural land in private forest holding, etc.

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Institute of Forestry Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry

Conference is funded by the European Social Fund under the Global Grant measure