Presentations of the conference on wilderness and old-growth forest

Presentations of the conference on wilderness and old-growth forest, Day 2

Session 1. Model initiatives for the wild

Session Chair: Eladio Fernandez Galliano, Former Head of Biodiversity and Heritage, Council of Europe

Germany, new funding initiative to support wilderness targets, Manuel Schweiger, Programme Director, Germany, Frankfurt Zoological Society
Progressing the Danube Carpathian Programme, Ionut Sorin Banciu, Regional Forest Lead, WWF Central & East Europe
President Macron’s 10% vision for France, Lydie Doisy, IUCN France Wilderness Group; Coordinator Programme Régional d’Espaces en Libre Evolution (PRELE)
The long way to environmental laws on wilderness (Czech Republic), Pavel Kindlmann, Director CzechGlobe Foundation, Prague Jaromir Blaha, Hnuti DUHA, Czech Friends of the Earth

Session 2. Launch of the European Wilderness Forum

Session Chair: Gernant Magnin, Wild Europe Executive Committee

Session 3. Natural habitats, ecosystem services and climate change: the need for sound science

Session Chair: Martin Mikolas, Forestry Faculty, Czech University of Life Sciences

Ecosystem services and climate change – why sound science must guide the New Green Deal and beyond Michael Norton, Director of the Environment Programme, European Academies of Science Advisory Council (EASAC)
Linking incentives to science: action for bioenergy in Europe – EU level and country model replication, Mary S Booth, Director, Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) USA

Session 4. Promoting best practice in the wild

Session Chair: Bill Murphy, former Head of Environment and Recreation, Coillte Irish Forestry Agency

Steps towards a wilder nature in state owned forest: examples to replicate in Europe Rebecka La Moine MP, Sweden
An update on policy and practice for illegal & inappropriate logging, David Gehl, European Director, Environmental Investigation Agency
European Natural Forest Conservation Summer School, Stephanie Kalberer, Frankfurt Zoological Society

Session 5. A framework for large-scale restoration in Europe

Session Chair: Theresa Frei, European Forest Institute

Core elements for a restoration/rewilding strategy, Kris Decleer, International Board, Society for Ecological Restoration
Launch of the IUCN Task Force on Rewilding, Steve Carver, Co-Chairman IUCN Task Force

Session 6. New legal, enterprise and funding frameworks

Session Chair: Viktoria Hasler, Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism, Austria

Long-term legal protection: freehold/leasehold frameworks and easements – a new initiative, Adam Eagle, Clifford Chance LLP, Founder: The Legal Mechanism
Private sector protection: a report on landholder incentives, Bernhard Kohler, WWF Austria
A practical enterprise toolkit for wild nature, Anastaysiya Bakteeva, Conservation Capital

Session 7. EU Parliamentary Resolutions: to date and looking ahead

Session Chair: Zoltan Kun, Head of Conservation, Wild Europe

The 2009 Resolution on Wilderness: using a powerful mandate
Components for a Resolution with old growth/primary forest, impacting on EU and non-EU countries, Session Leader: Michal Wiezik MEP

Session 8. European policy & practice – the wider impact

Session Chair: Andreas Beckmann, Chief Executive, WWF Central & East Europe

The New Green Deal and the global impact of Europe, Katja Garson, FERN (video conference)
European linkage with key international instruments, (UN Decade for Restoration, CBD) – the Carpathian Convention and UNEP, Harald Egerer, Head of the UN Environment Programme Vienna Office Head of the Carpathian Convention
Updating key instruments: Stage II of Management Guidelines for N2000 wilderness, and the Wilderness Register, Steve Carver, Director Wildland Research Institute (Leeds University), Co-Chair IUCN Rewilding Task Force

Closing session: Implementing and communicating the Action Plan for wilderness and old growth/ primary forest in Europe

Session Chair: Ladislav Miko, Head of EU Representation in Slovakia, Chairman, Wild Europe