The importance of sustainable management of non-market forest goods and services has increased during the last few years. This is also reflected in a number of policy documents within the EU. The new EU Rural Development Regulation speaks about the “non-productive investments", as investments...

Based on the EU Forestry Strategy, the overall aim of the EU Forest Action Plan is to support and enhance sustainable forest management and the multifunctional role of forests. It provides a framework for the implementation of forest-related actions at Community and Member States level, and...

Implemented by a joint initiative of ARL and DATAR (Délégation à l'Aménagement du Territoire et à l'Action Régionale) an international group of experts elaborated the Vision encompassing the shift from a sectoral, i.e. pure agricultural policy of today, to a territorial policy for rural...