Wood is beautiful - Action plan for the forest-wood chain in Slovenia by 2020

Wood is beautiful - Action plan for the forest-wood chain in Slovenia by 2020

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Action plan “Wood is beautiful” is an operational document for increasing the competitiveness of the entire forest-wood value chain. The document defines wood as a strategic raw material of Slovenia, which has a lot of unexploited potential. The action plan sets out the objectives, measures, indicators and deadlines for intensifying forest management and for the revitalization and development of wood processing and the energy use of its residues. Due to the interdependence between all individual areas, all the measures foreseen should be implemented. This way the document can contribute to the competitiveness of the entire forest-wood chain, job creation and high added value in the Slovenian wood processing industry. Key objectives of the action plan are to create a market for timber products and services, to increase forest management and conservation in line with forest management plans, to increase the amount and processing of timber at higher levels of difficulty with new technologies, to create new jobs and growth in added value per employee in the wood processing industry. The action plan again places Slovene wood processing industry among strategically important and promising industries with a sufficient amount of domestic raw material.

Type of wood
Stemwood
Origin of wood
Forest
Mobilization Potential
5,5 mio m3
Kind of wood concerned
Stemwood / Woody biomass / Waste wood / Recycled wood
Sustainability Potential
Very positive
Impact on environment & biodiversity

Positive on biodiversity and forest resilience enhancement

Ease of implementation
Medium
Economic impact
Enhancement of regionally added value / more efficient working processes /active learning / increase of wood processing / increase of felling / new technologies
Job effect
Better qualified staff / more new job roles
Income effect
Positive / more efficient working processes / cost reduction possibility identification
Specific knowledge needed
Forest - wood value chain
Key prerequisites

Support on a governmental level / inclusion of all important stakeholders

Domain
Forest management, ecosystem, resilience
Innovation management, hubs, clusters
Digital solution
No
Innovation
No
Country of origin
Slovenia
Scale of application
National
Start and end year
2020 -
Contact data
Owner or author
References and Resources
Project under which this factsheet has been created
Rosewood