Scope and objective

Based on the MCPFE Warsaw Resolution 2: Forests and Water and the work under the UNECE Water Convention on ecosystem services, the workshop will examine the complex interrelations and mutual influences of forests and water, how countries approach these topics, and how this is and could be reflected in forest and water policies in the pan-European and UNECE region and neighbouring states.

The objectives of the workshop are:

• exchange of experiences on forest and water management tools and policies that contribute to realize water related forest ecosystem services
• explore cross-sectorial work and how the coordination of forest and water policies could be conducted:

-at national level
-at regional level

• explore payment for ecosystem services schemes (PES) and other measures that broaden and diversify the financial basis for sustainable forest management and help maintaining the protective functions of forests