Policy brief: Innovative Governance and Financing for Forest Resilience

Assessment of promising models & methods

Forest ecosystem services (FES), such as carbon sequestration and mitigation of extreme weather events like drought and floods, are essential for climate change mitigation and adaptation. At the same time, there is a lack of economic incentives for innovations relating to other FES than wood and biomass provision. Innovations in forestry governance and financing are needed to meet the demand for the wide range of ecosystem services that forests provide, while also addressing increasing climate-related pressures, such as drought and forest fires.

The delivery of FES is influenced by the specific local context, including climate, forest conditions, and management decisions. In the same way, innovations are shaped and affected by internal and external factors. For an innovation to be successful, it must be adapted to address local challenges and conditions. No one solution fits all. Within the Horizon Europe project eco2adapt, innovative models and methods concerning forest resilience and ecosystem-based adaptation have been analyzed with the goal to create a portfolio of successful innovations.

Figure 1. Overview of the two frameworks suggested to be used in analysing innovations, and their subcategories, with PAA being used as a descriptive framework and SETFIS as a more analytical ‘lens’. 

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