El papel del hogar, la escuela, la empresa, las entidades financieras y el estado

When the market and sector disruption is extremely high there is a need to limit the cascading effects that follow. As an example, to avoid price collapse it is necessary to de- velop methods for salvaging the blown timber and ensure a financial return to the for- est owners. Certain marketing measures p _{that can help include:}

(i) collective agreements between purchasers and sellers on minimum prices, (ii) grants for round wood transportation or additional logging costs of wind dam-

aged timber,

(iii) financial guarantees for roundwood buyers,

(iv) limiting the import of timber into the region and the harvesting of non damaged stands,

(v) promoting the use of wood products,

(vi) initiating local and regional fund-raising to support the sector.

Examples of incentive measures p _{to limit the harvesting of non-damaged stands and to}

support the revenues of forest owners or enterprises directly affected by the storm in- clude direct support of both damaged and undamaged forests by a reduction of capital, wealth, income or value added taxes.

In addition to these measures, risk mitigation measures should be considered to avoid additional outbreaks by bark beetles or fire. This can be done by recommending or im- posing bark removal or chemical treatment of log piles and increasing the fire fighting capacity and fire patrols in the years following the storm.

As ecosystems are always affected by such events, certain environmental services might be disrupted including soil erosion protection, water quality and biodiversity. They can be helped to recover by defining priority areas for harvesting and restoration of for- est cover. Conversely, game numbers might increase as a consequence of lowered hunt- ing pressure (due to difficulty of access) and an increase in food availability and quiet areas. However, game damage to trees should be anticipated before restoration starts by using appropriate fencing or encouraging an increase in hunting. Another risk, which is related to rot diseases and the increased movement of timber over long distances, is the spread of diseases to soils and stands both within and outside the affected forests. Prevention methods must be advertised or made mandatory.

In most of cases, during the months following a storm, forest sector activity will be unusually high and operators should be allowed to benefit from temporary and accel- erated depreciation of their logging equipment, and temporary derogation of working hours legislation to extract wood as fast as possible, especially in countries with climat- ic restrictions on harvesting activities in part of the year.

When considering the ability to restore the forest it is important to determine wheth- er the stand regeneration capacity and seedling production is still functional p _{and that}

mature seed trees, seed orchards and nurseries were not critically affected by the storm. In addition, if wood prices fall too much forest owners might be reluctant to invest again in forestry. Incentives to restore and regenerate forests at no cost to the owners will lim- it the chance of deforestation or forest abandonment. When restoration of forests is granted directly to the land owner, monitoring of regenerated areas is recommended to be sure that forests will be managed over the long-term and the wood resource prop- erly re-established. The best options have to be selected to reduce the future suscepti- bility of the restored forest to storms (Chapter 4.2) or to mitigate the impact of storms on the forest sector (Chapter 4.1), taking into consideration forest owners’ behaviour to risk (Chapter 4.4).

The final requirement after the crisis management period is a retrospective analysis on what happened. From this analysis, improvement in the procedures, in the data collection, and in the previous risk management options selected will be of benefit to the whole sec- tor. Gaps in knowledge can be identified, and required research programmes can be ini- tiated. In this way, the main procedure and contingency plan for the crisis management of future storms can be significantly improved. This process forms a key component of the overall risk management of forests, which is described in further detail in Chapter 4.1.

Recommended reading

Forestry Commission Scotland. 2010. Interim Scottish Windblow Contingency Plan, http://www. forestry.gov.uk/pdf/ScottishWindblowContingencyPlan.pdf/$FILE/ScottishWindblowContin- gencyPlan.pdf

Gardiner, B., Blennow, K., Carnus, J-M, Fleischer, P., Ingemarson, F., Landmann, G., Lindner, M., Marzano, M., Nicoll, B., Orazio, C., Peyron, J-L., Reviron, M-P., Schelhaas, M-J., Schuck, A., Spielmann, M., and Usbeck, T. 2010. Destructive Storms in European Forests: Past and Forth- coming Impacts. Final Report to EC DG Environment. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/for- ests/fprotection.htm

Gardiner, B., Schelhaas, M-J. and Nicoll, B. 2012. Mapping current and projected key Europe- an forest risks. Report FP7-226544-MOTIVE / D4.1B. http://motive-project.net/deliverables. php?P=35&SP=45

Grigaut, G. Deuffic, P., and Orazio, C. 2010. Expertise sur l’avenir du massif des landes de Gas- cogne, rapport de synthèse du groupe de travail 1 : retour sur la gestion de crise suite à la tempête Klaus et éléments d’anticipation, Gip-ECOFOR. 48p

Mochan, S. 2002. The effect of windblow on timber quality in Sitka spruce. MSc, University of Edinburgh. http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/Effect_of_windblow_on_timber_quality_in_Sitka_ spruce.pdf/$file/Effect_of_windblow_on_timber_quality_in_Sitka_spruce.pdf

Webber, J.F. and Gibbs, J.N. 1996. Water storage of timber: experience in Britain. Forestry Com- mission Bulletin117. London: HMSO.

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