EXIOPOL A New Environmental Accounting Framework Using Externality Data and Input-Output Tools for Policy Analysis

External Effects of Changes in Forestry Practices

 

Project leader

Giergiczny, Marek (marek.giergiczny(at)ctfc.es)

 

Schedule

01.03.2007 – 01.03.2009

 

Objectives

The EXIOPOL has 3 principal objectives:

• To synthesize and develop comprehensive estimates of the external costs for Europe of a broad set of economic activities;
• To set up a detailed environmentally extended (EE) Input-Output (I-O) framework, with links to other socio-economic models, in which as many of these estimates as possible are included. Such an EE I-O table for the EU 25 does not exist. This will allow for the estimation of environmental impacts and external costs of different economic sector activities, final consumption activities and resource consumption for countries in the EU;
• To apply the results of the external cost estimates and EE I-O analysis for the analysis of policy questions of importance, as well as to evaluate the impact of past research on external costs on policy-making in the EU.

 

Objectives of the work stream

External Effects of Changes in Forestry Practices

This work stream focuses on the impacts of changes in forestry practices (e.g. directives for environmentally friendly logging, use of forest areas for recreation etc.) and assess the external costs and benefits of such changes. 

 

Although a great deal of work has gone on in determining forestry policy, it still needs to be supported by better information on the benefits of some of the proposed changes.  The work stream endeavors to provide that information at the European level.  There are two work packages to be undertaken:

 

• Identification of forest externalities

 

• Sources of forest externalities and estimation of dose response function

 

Partners

• European Forest Institute, Finland
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden