Forest Restoration and Rehabilitation Quiz

What is the definition of rehabilitation and restoration of forests as defined by national law?

Rehabilitation and restoration of forests as defined by national law correspond to a definition with broad agreement in the peer-reviewed scientific literature for specific countries or a definition in line with the FAO concept of forest restoration, or a definition in line with one of the definitions of ecological restoration applied to forest, or forest rehabilitation under the Convention on Biological Diversity.

What economic activities are included in the category of restoration and restoration of forests?

The economic activities in this category include forest activities in line with the FAO definition of “reforestation” and “naturally regenerating forest” after an extreme event, where extreme event is defined by national law or after a wildfire, where wildfire is defined by national law, as defined in the European Glossary for wildfires and forest fires. The economic activities in this category imply no change of land use and occur on degraded land matching the forest definition as set out in national law, or where not available, in accordance with the FAO definition of forest.

What is the NACE code associated with the economic activities in the restoration and restoration of forests category?

The economic activities in this category could be associated with NACE code A2 in accordance with the statistical classification of economic activities established by Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006. The economic activities in this category are limited to NACE II 02.10, i.e. silviculture and other forestry activities, 02.20, i.e. logging, 02.30, i.e. gathering of wild growing non-wood products and 02.40, i.e. support services to forestry.

What is the minimum duration that a forest management plan or an equivalent instrument should cover?

10 years or more

What are the points that should be provided in the forest management plan or equivalent system?

(a) management goals, including major constraints; (b) general strategies and activities planned to reach the management goals, including expected operations over the whole forest cycle; (c) definition of the forest habitat context, including main existing and intended forest tree species, and their extent and distribution; (d) definition of the area according to its gazetting in the land registry; (e) compartments, roads, rights of way and other public access, physical features including waterways, areas under legal and other restrictions; (f) measures deployed to maintain the good condition of forest ecosystems; (g) consideration of societal issues (including preservation of landscape, consultation of stakeholders in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down in national law); (h) assessment of forest related risks, including forest fires, and pests and diseases outbreaks, with the aim of preventing, reducing and controlling the risks and measures deployed to ensure protection and adaptation against residual risks; (i) all DNSH criteria relevant to forest management.

What are the approaches that ensure the sustainability of forest management systems?

(a) the forest management matches the applicable national definition of sustainable forest management; (b) the forest management matches the Forest Europe definition of sustainable forest management, and complies with the Pan-European Operational Level Guidelines for Sustainable Forest Management; (c) the management system in place complies with the forest sustainability criteria laid down in Article 29(6) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, and as of the date of its application with the implementing act on operational guidance for energy from forest biomass adopted under Article 29(8) of that Directive.

What are the points that need to be documented in the forest management plan or equivalent system, as stated in 1.2 of the technical criteria? Provide at least three examples.

(a) management goals, including major constraints; (b) general strategies and activities planned to reach the management goals, including expected operations over the whole forest cycle; (c) definition of the forest habitat context, including main existing and intended forest tree species, and their extent and distribution.

What are the three approaches to ensure sustainability of the forest management systems, as stated in 1.3 of the technical criteria?

(a) the forest management matches the applicable national definition of sustainable forest management; (b) the forest management matches the Forest Europe definition of sustainable forest management, and complies with the Pan-European Operational Level Guidelines for Sustainable Forest Management; (c) the management system in place complies with the forest sustainability criteria laid down in Article 29(6) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001.

What are the two requirements that the management system associated with the activity should comply with, as stated in 1.5 of the technical criteria?

The management system associated with the activity should comply with the due diligence obligation and legality requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) No 995/2010.