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Conservation, management and restoration of potential and existing forest conservation areas under Natura 2000 network

Photo: Sini Savilaakso

The nature and biodiversity policy of European Union is mainly based on two directives, the so-called Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora) and the Birds Directive (2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds). These directives are the main instruments of achieving the EU biodiversity strategy objective to ‘halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the EU and help stop global biodiversity loss by 2020’. Together the Special areas of Conservation (SACs) within Habitats Directive and Special Protection Areas (SPAs) within Birds Directive form a network of protected areas called Natura 2000 (Habitats Directive article 3).

Forests and other wooded lands cover about 42 percent of the EU land area, corresponding to 176 million hectares.  Approximately 21 percent of the total forest area of EU is included in the Natura 2000 network, comprising 50 percent of the total Natura 2000 area. Within European forests there are many forest ecosystems that do not require management and retain their characteristics through natural dynamics. On the other hand, there are also forest types whose typical characteristics are originally man-made and therefore they are management-dependent.  The aim of this systematic map is to review the evidence base on biodiversity conservation within the forest habitats fulfilling the criteria of Natura 2000 network.

This systematic map is part of a joint research project by Metsäteho Oy, University of Helsinki, and University of Jyväskylä funded by The Finnish Forest Foundation.

Research team

Anna Johansson, Metsäteho Oy, Finland
Sini Savilaakso, Metsäteho Oy; Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
Matti Häkkilä, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Anne Uusitalo, Helsinki University Library, Finland
Terhi Sandgren, Helsinki University Library, Finland
Pasi Puttonen, Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
Mikko Mönkkönen, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

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Systematic review and map

What is a Systematic Review?
A Systematic Review collates, critically appraises, and synthesizes all available evidence relevant to a question. Reviewers use pre-defined methods to minimize bias and thus provide more reliable findings that could inform decision making.

What is a Systematic Map?
A Systematic Map collates, codes, and configures all available evidence relevant to a question. Reviewers use pre-defined methods to minimize bias and assess the extent of the evidence to provide a basis that could inform further research and synthesis.

Source: Collaboration for Environmental Evidence.

Reviews

  • Effects of forest management on biodiversity
  • Value of small habitat patches for biodiversity
  • Ecosystem services valuation
  • Forest habitats and Natura
  • Ecosystem services vs. wood sales
  • Barriers for fish passage
  • Water protection and forestry
  • Sustainability image of forestry
  • Water impacts of peatland forestry
  • Drivers of certification
  • Climate change and boreal forest species

News

Updated information concerning the project is posted in the News. In this section you may also find information of the events.

News and events

Hunting for grey literature

1.2.2019

One of the significant differences between a systematic and non-systematic (i.e. traditional) literature review is that during a systematic review process information is searched also within grey literature that has not been peer-reviewed. In … Lue lisää...

Insights from the stakeholder workshop guide the review

9.11.2018

In our second stakeholder workshop we moved from the impacts of different forest management regimes to conservation practices used in production forests. There was a balanced participation from different stakeholder groups, and the discussion around … Lue lisää...

What do we mean when we talk about evidence?

2.10.2018

At the first stakeholder workshop we got a question about the name of the project, specifically on the use of the word evidence. Based on the discussion that followed, evidence and evidence-based are words that are understood in multiple ways. For a … Lue lisää...

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Sini Savilaakso, Metsäteho Oy


The Finnish Forest Foundation is funding the Evidence-Based Forestry in Finland project.

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