248 Acknowledgements

This report is the result of work of numerous specialists from countries and international

organisations, whose contribution is briefly described and acknowledged below. However,

we wish to express our particular thanks to hundreds of forest inventory and policy experts

involved in data collection. It is impossible to mention them here by name, but this report

would not have been possible without their hard work over many years.

Project leader, coordination and guidanceThe preparation of the State of Europe's Forests 2011 report was coordinated and led by

Roman Michalak, at the ECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section in Geneva. The process was

guided by an Advisory Group to the FOREST EUROPE/UNECE/FAO, consisting of Simon

Gillam, Mette Løyche Wilkie, Alexander Korotkov, Michael Köhl, Piotr Paschalis-Jakubowicz,

Kit Prins, Ewald Rametsteiner, Aljoscha Requardt and Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz. The UNECE/

FAO Team of Specialists on “Monitoring SFM” led by Ewald Rametsteiner and Simon Gillam,

guided the work, advised on methods and supported the review process for both data and

drafting.

EnquiriesThe work on preparation of enquiries on quantitative and qualitative indicators was led by

Roman Michalak, Eve Charles, Franziska Hirsch and Marion Briens supported by thematic

experts. We would like to highlight the support from Simon Gillam, Berit Hauger Lindstad,

Alexander Korotkov, Ewald Rametsteiner, Aljoscha Requardt and Stein Tomter in the finalisa-

tion of terms, classifications and definitions for these reporting. Örjan Jonsson (FAO Rome)

provided significant input, also by developing the electronic format for quantitative data

reporting and review.

Data pre-filling, collection and International Data Providers (IDP)Data in response to the enquiry on quantitative indicators were supplied by the FAO FRA

national correspondents, whose names are presented in Annex 5. The correspondents to

the FOREST EUROPE process who supplied the information on qualitative indicators; are

presented in Annex 6. We would like to thank all of the correspondents for their exemplary

work, dedication and patience in providing and reviewing thousands of pieces of information

that laid the basis for the report.

For certain indicators, information was also supplied by international organisations.

We are indebted to all of them, in particular to Michael Köhl and Richard Fischer from the

International Cooperative Programme on Forests under the ECE Convention on Long-Range

Transboundary Air Pollution (ICP Forest), Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz and Christine Estreguil

from the European Commission Joint Research Centre at Ispra, Jarkko Koskela from the

International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (Bioversity International) and Marilise Wolf-

Crowther and Csaba Mózes from the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) for

facilitating the provision of this information. Communication and the verification process

of data gathered from international providers was led by the UNECE/FAO team, together with

Stein Tomter.

Data review, compilation and analysisThe teams of experts worked closely together to collect and review the data on the quantitative

indicators. Reports on quantitative indicators were reviewed by a team consisting of Karl

Duvemo, Matti Katila, Alexander Korotkov, Roman Michalak and Stein Tomter. Compilation

of collected data was done by Örjan Jonsson (FAO Rome) with support of Eve Charles, Alex

McCusker, Felix Seidel and Elisa Asmelash (UNECE/FAO Geneva).

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The responses on the qualitative indicators were collected, reviewed and compiled jointly

by UNECE/FAO and European Forest Institute (EFI) by Marion Briens and Tania Baycheva,

supported by David Ellul.

Writing and review of the report The report was drafted by the team of authors. This work was coordinated by Michael

Köhl, Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz, Ewald Rametsteiner, Aljoscha Requardt and Kit Prins.

A large number of authors worked together with national respondents to transform an

immense data set into a coherent and meaningful analytical report. The thorough review

was completed by the team of reviewers, which was composed of Andrey Filipchuk,

Mette Løyche Wilkie, Andy Moffat, Jan Oldenburger, Hans Verkerk, Gerhard Weiss,

Christoph Wildburger and Andreas Zingg. The list of authors, reviewers and editors is

presented in Annex 7.

European Forest TypesThe report includes results of pilot implementation of European Forest Types; we would

like to recognise the contribution of the authors of the classification of forest types,

notably Marco Marchetti and Anna Barbati. We are grateful to national correspondents,

national forest inventory experts, in particular to Claude Vidal, for their magnificent

cooperation in providing data and developing the classification. The participation of

Tor Björn Larsson, Stein Tomter and the support received from Josef Herkendell and

European Environment Agency were vital for successful completion of the process.

Finalization and layoutArnaud Brizay, Eve Charles, Remi d’Annunzio, Matt Fonseca, Kristin Dawes, Berit Hauger

Lindstad and Roman Michalak did exemplary work on compilation and finalization of the

whole report. Douglas Clark and Karen Sturges-Vera provided a major contribution to the

report as language editors. The report was designed by Tank, Oslo. Administrative support

to the whole process was provided by Karen Taylor.

Special thanksExtraordinary financial support was provided by the Governments of Finland,

Norway and Switzerland. In addition, we would like to acknowledge the support of the

Government of France which made possible the contributions of Marion Briens, and

Arnaud Brizay. The European Forest Institute made substantial contributions to the

report. The Government of the United Kingdom provided the services of Simon Gillam,

Karl Duvemo was delegated by the Swedish Forestry Agency and Matti Katila was sup-

ported by the Finnish Forest Research Institute. We are grateful to national respondents,

experts and authors for dedicating their time and their Governments and organisations

for supporting their involvement.

Our sincere thanks go to Roman Michalak, UNECE/FAO Geneva and to Berit Hauger

Lindstad, FOREST EUROPE Liaison Unit Oslo, for successful coordination of the preparation

of the report. We also wish to thank Eve Charles, Simon Gillam, Alexander Korotkov, Kit

Prins and Stein Tomter for their continuous, conscientious and effective work through

the whole period of preparation of this report. Their personal involvement and dedication

were a precondition for completing the report in expected time and shape.

Finally, special thanks should be addressed to the team from FAO Rome, led by

Mette Løyche Wilkie with Örjan Jonsson, Arvydas Lebedys, Adrian Whiteman and Remi

d'Annunzio for outstanding cooperation, assisting the process, providing support and

advice during all stages of the report’s preparations.

Paola Deda and Arne Ivar Sletnes