Report on Final Conference
Hosted by European Forestry Institute (EFI) – online
17 – 18 March 2021
The aim of the PESFOR-W COST Action is to synthesize knowledge, provide guidance and encourage collaborative research to improve Europe’s capacity to use Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) to achieve Water Framework Directive (WFD) targets & other policy objectives through incentives for planting woodlands to reduce agricultural diffuse pollution to watercourses.
Programme (UK time)
Programme (CET time)
Attendance list – to follow
17 March 2021
Introduction (day 1) by Gregory Valatin
Presentation by Sven Wunder, EFI – Forests, trees and watershed-based PES: pre-conditions and impacts
Action Plan Overview
Action Plan – Summary Table
Actions needed to address inadequate governance frameworks
Actions needed to address inadequate monitoring and evaluation
Actions needed to address lack of awareness of environmental effectiveness
Actions needed to address dearth of information on cost-effectiveness
Actions needed to address non-pecuniary barriers
Actions needed to address inadequate financial incentives
Management Committee Agenda – 17th March 2021
The PESFOR-W Virtual Field Tour – The riparian zone – Where the water quality is formed – Can planting trees improve water quality?
COST Action CA15206 – Payments for Ecosystem Services – Forests for Water (PESFOR-W) – Update from the COST Association Final Event 17 March 2021
18 March 2021
Introduction (day 2) by Gregory Valatin
Presentation by Alessandro Leonardi, CEO, Etifor / Valuing Nature. Forests for water – Payments for Ecosystem Services – A practitioner's perspective
Presentation by Nihat Zal, EEA Project Manager – Water resources. Water and forests' interactions – EEA activities on forests and water
Presentation by Tamas Szedlak, European Commission, DG Agriculture and Rural Development – Woodlands for water PES – a policy perspective – Ecosystem services in the EU Forest Strategy and under the Common Agricultural Policy
Presentation by Paola Gatto – Working Group 1 – PES Design and Governance
Presentation by Tom Nisbet and Yiyang Cao – Working Group 2 – Environmental Effectiveness of Woodlands for Water PES
Presentation by Alex Chikalanov and Paola Ovando Pol – Working Group 3 – Results report 2016 – 2021
Presentation by Lars Högbom – Working Group 4 – Dissemination, Communication & Marketing
Presentation by Tom Nisbet on the PESFOR-W User Manual
PESFOR-W Action Plan – overcoming barriers to development of woodlands for water PES schemes
