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Novel business models and mechanisms for the sustainable supply of and payment for forest ecosystem services
- Project Leader
- Vacik Harald, BOKU Project Leader
- Duration:
- 01.12.2018-30.07.2024
- Programme:
- ForestValue ERA-NET Cofund Call
- Type of Research
- Applied Research
- Project partners
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Forest Sciences and Technology Centre of Catalonia, Crtra St Llorenç de Morunys Km 2, E-25280 Solsona, Spain.
Contact person: Dr. Jordi Garcia;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
French National Institute for Agricultural Research, Cedex 07, 75338 Paris, France.
Contact person: Prof. Anne Stenger-Letheux;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1430 Ås, Norway.
Contact person: Prof. Eric Naesset;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
School of Agriculture / Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal.
Contact person: Prof. Jose Borges;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Skogsmarksgränd 17, SE- 75007 Uppsala, Sweden.
Contact person: Prof. Tomas Lämås;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Technical University of Munich, 80333 München, Germany.
Contact person: Prof. Thomas Knoke;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner
- Staff
- Dorfstetter Yasmin, Project Staff (bis 31.05.2022)
- Nazari Mona, Project Staff
- Grima Liria Nelson, Project Staff
- BOKU Research Units
- Institute of Forest, Environmental and Natural Resource Policy
- Institute of Silviculture
- Subproject(s): NOBEL - Novel business models and mechanisms for the sustainable supply of and payment for forest ecosystem services (NOBEL-WP4)
- Abstract
- The objectives of NOBEL are (i) to develop business models and mechanisms to internalise the socio-economic value of forest ecosystems, (ii) combine public policy tools with business models for implementing payments for forest ecosystem services (FES) at multiple levels of forest management and administration, and (iii) demonstrate and compare alternative approaches for payments in 6 pilot demonstrations in Europe. NOBEL will explore the requirements for disseminating spatial information for the development of business models and innovative policies for the provision of FES. In NOBEL three types of business models will be considered a) private households or businesses companies directly pay providers for the provision of FES , b) Business companies pay providers for the FES and pass the costs to their clients, and b) government pays providers for the FES and pass the costs to consumers via taxes or fees. In implementing these business models, alternative mechanisms for the payments (e.g. voluntary payments, natural capital markets) will be explored. A web-based auctioning platform and a spatial information platform will be developed to support the design of business models. For the prediction and optimization of multiple FES a framework of indicators will be designed and available forest ecosystem models will be applied in pilot demonstrations. Management practices, stakeholder attitudes and consumer behaviour will be discussed at European and regional level with policy makers, providers and beneficiaries. The demands for the provision of FES resulting from existing policies will be identified and the governance settings of successful business models will be analysed.
- Keywords
- Forestry; Renewable resources;
- maps; methods; models; ecosystem services; quantification;
- Publications
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Winkel, G; Lovrić, M; Muys, B; Katila, P; Lundhede, T; Pecurul, M; Pettenella, D; Pipart, N; Plieninger, T; Prokofieva, I; Parra, C; Pülzl, H; Roitsch, D; Roux, J; Jellesmark Thorsen, B; Tyrväinen, L; Torralba, M; Vacik, H; Weiss, G; Wunder S (2023): How to govern Europe’s forests for multiple Forest Ecosystem Services? Policy Brief 3 .
, European Forestry Institute, https://doi.org/10.36333/pb3, 2; ISBN: 978-952-7426-42-5 FullText -
Vacik, H; Dorfstetter, Y; Nazari, M; Grima Lira, N; Hinterberger, J; Lexer, MJ; Pülzl, H; Weiß, G (2022): ERA-NET Forest Value Projekt NOBEL - Innovative Geschäftsmodelle und Mechanismen für eine nachhaltige Bereitstellung und Abgeltung von forstlichen Ökosystemleistungen - Endbericht.
Finanziert von: Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Regionen und Wasserwirtschaft, 63 FullText -
Vacik, H; Lexer, MJ; Dorfstetter, Y; Grima-Lira, N; Nazari, M; Pülzl, H; Wolfslehner, B; Weiss, G (2021): ERA-NET ForestValue Projekt NOBEL Innovative Geschäftsmodelle und Mechanismen für eine nachhaltige Bereitstellung und Abgeltung von forstlichen Ökosystemleistungen - 2. Zwischenbericht.
BMLRT & Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme grant agreement N°773324, 37, 35 -
Vacik, H (2021): Tools and methods in supporting forest management for multiple ecosystem services.
In: Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Bioecosys final conference - E-book of abstracts FullText
[Bioecosys - Forest ecosystem management decision making methods: an integrated bioeconomic approach to sustainability, Lisbon, Portugal, 06.12.2021] -
Vacik H; Lexer MJ; Dorfstetter Y; Grima-Lira N; Nazari M; Pülzl H; Wolfslehner B (2020): ERA-NET ForestValue Projekt NOBEL Innovative Geschäftsmodelle und Mechanismen für eine nachhaltige Bereitstellung und Abgeltung von forstlichen Ökosystemleistungen - 1. Zwischenbericht.
BMLRT & Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme grant agreement N°773324, 37 -
Nazari, M; Pülzl, H; Vacik, H (2020): Identifying successful mechanisms for the implementation of payment for ecosystem services in forest management . [Poster]
In: Silvia Abruscato, Bettina Joa, Georg Winkel (Eds.), Governing and managing forests for multiple ecosystem services across the globe. Book of abstracts.; ISBN: 978-952-5980-82
[Governing and managing forests for multiple ecosystem services across the globe 2020, Bonn, Germany, 26.02.2020 - 28.02.2020] -
Vacik, H; Stenger-Letheux, A; Knoke, T; Lämås, T; Gobakken, T; Garcia-Gonzalo, J; Borges, J (2019): Novel business models and mechanisms for the sustainable supply of and payment for forest ecosystem services.
[25th IUFRO World Congress 2019 - Forest Research and Cooperation for Sustainable Development, Curitiba, Brazil, 29.09.2019 - 05.10.2019]
, Pesquisa Florestal Brasileira, 39 e201902043, 532-532
- Vorträge
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Vacik, H (2022): NOBEL - Novel business models and mechanisms for the sustainable supply of and payment for forest ecosystem services Project results from Joint Call 2017 in Session II “Forest management from various perspectives”.
ForestValue Final Conference, 28.09.2022, Madrid, Spanien -
Vacik, H (2021): Pathways for the challenges and opportunities for multiple forest ecosystem services provision .
Aligning multiple demands: Policy approaches for forest ecosystem services in Europe - SINCERE-NOBEL-Science-Policy Forum, Dec 10, 2021, online -
Vacik, H; Muys, B (2021): Role of forest management in innovations supporting forest ecosystem services.
Incentives for Forest Ecosystem Services in Europe: connecting science, practice and policy, SINCERE – NOBEL Final Conference , Sept. 28 – 29, 2021, online -
Winkel, G; Vacik, H (2021): Introducing SINCERE and NOBEL .
Incentives for Forest Ecosystem Services in Europe: connecting science, practice and policy, SINCERE – NOBEL Final Conference, Sept. 28 – 29, 2021 , online -
Vacik, H; Abildtrup, J; Borges, J; Dorfstetter, Y; Eggers, J; Garcia, J; Gobakken, T; Kindu, M; Knoke, T; Lexer, MJ; Pülzl, H; Sandström, P; Stenger-Letheux, A; Wolfslehner, B; (2019): NOBEL - Novel business models and mechanisms for the sustainable supply of and payment for forest ecosystem services.
ForestValue Research Programme, Kick-Off Seminar , May, 23-24, The National Museum of Finland (Helsinki)