Community forests in NRW and legal framework

Community forests in NRW and legal framework

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The ownership of the forests is shared by the stockholders as an historically rooted legal framework. Due to different backgrounds in formation, there is no relation between the size of community forests and the number of stockholders.
The four cornerstones of the community forest law from 1975 are:
All stockholders are part of a public corporation, the forest cooperative
It is forbidden so dissolve forest areas which are part of a community forest
Consistent management policies for all kinds of community forests
The possibility to merge forest cooperatives or create new ones

For the creation of the community forest law in 1975, an advisory board with participants from all existing forms of community forests was formed. Because if this involvement the framework is well accepted and has proved its practicability. Since the implementation of the community forest law until 2002 only two new forest cooperatives have been founded. It is not easy to convince private forest owners to make this step

There are several advantages of community forests compared to small private forests:  
a chairman can decide for all members how to manage the forest, especially after calamities such as a storm
merger of forest cooperatives and newly founded cooperatives improve the forest ownership structure

Regiunea de origine
2861876
Tipul de lemn
Lemn masiv
Sursa de lemn
Pădure
Potențialul de mobilizare
1 - 2 m³/ha in region of NRW
Tipul de lemn în cauză
Stemwood
Potențial de sustenabilitate
Positive
Impactul asupra mediului și biodiversității

Positive - depending on management decisions

Facilitatea de implementare
high
Impact economic
Estimated up to 50€/ ha
Efect asupra locurilor de muncă
More efficient forest operations and thinnings possible with higher forest work force
Efect asupra veniturilor
Positive
Cunoștințe specifice necesare
Medium; need for specific regional structure knowledge and also administrative expertise
Condiții cheie prealabile

Regional ownership structures and legal frameworks need to be suitable; participation processes needed in the implementation

Domeniu 1 (principal)
Proprietate, cooperare
Soluție digitală
Nu
Inovație
Nu
Țara de origine
Germania
Regiunea de origine
2861876
Scara de aplicare
Regional/ sub-național
Anul de început și de sfârșit
-
References and Resources
Proiectul în cadrul căruia a fost creată această fișă informativă
Rosewood