Lviv Forum "Forest in the Green Economy"

In Ukraine (Lviv), 11-14 September 2012 held Lviv Forum "Forest in the Green Economy," which was attended by FBI Director VNIILM AA Martyniuk.

The main objective of the forum was:

• discussion of the existing international and national experience, including regional initiatives to implement the concept of a green economy and its needs in the forestry sector;


• improved understanding of the key trends and emerging hot topics, in particular, forest products and services, generate income from forestry, energy needs of the wood raw material, the role of forests in the low-carbon economy, biodiversity conservation, sustainable management of forests, etc.;


• strengthening mutual cooperation between the two countries, as well as key individuals interested in developments;


• make recommendations to enhance forest policy, forest institutions and work towards a green economy, identifying discrepancies between theory and practice, the search for solutions.

This article has been translated by machine translation.