03 October 2014
IIASA, Raiffa Room
Workshop on Advances in Forest Management and Forest Protection
IIASA's ESM program is arranging a 5-day workshop for a group of high level forest managers from different regions in Russia along with forestry experts at IIASA and a number of Austrian organizations including: the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, the Austrian Federal Forest Service, the Forestry Agency of the city of Vienna, the University of life sciences Vienna, and the Private forest owners association Waldverband Steiermark. The workshop will consist of four days of visits and field trips which will then summarized in a meeting at IIASA Raiffa room October 3rd.
Agenda for the workshop for Russian forestry expert delegation
September 29th – October 3rd 2014
| Date | Time | Place | Subject |
| 28.09 Su. | 17:15 - | Airport Vienna | Transfer to Vienna Urban Resort Hotel, Sechshauser Strasse 83, 1150 Wien. |
| 29.09 Mo. | Austrian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (BMLFUW) | ||
| 09.00 – 11.00 | BMLFUW Sektion Forstwesen Marxergasse 2 1 Stock, Zimmer 126 (U3 Landstrasse - Wien Mitte) | Visit of the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (www.bmlfuw.gv.at/en.html) | |
| 11.30 – 12.45 | Sechshauserwirt restaurant near the Hotel | Change of clothes and lunch | |
| 13.30 – 14.30 | Austrian Federal Forest Service (ÖBf) | ||
| Headquarter of the Austrian Federal Forest Service (ÖBF), Purkersdorf, Lower Austria (www.bundesforste.at) Pummergasse 10-12 | Presentation of Austrian forest management practice in the forest of state ownership. Forest protection, hunting management, wood harvest technology. | ||
| 14.30 – 17.30 | Wienerwald, Forest site | Field trip to the mixed-species forest around Vienna | |
| 30.09 Tu. | Forestry Agency of the city of Vienna (MA 49) | ||
| 9.30 – 11.00 | Forest district Hirschwang, Forstverwaltung Hirschwang, Emil von Linhartgasse 6, 2651 Hirschwang Hirschwang an der Rax | Welcoming and visit of a small-scale saw mill | |
| 11.00 – 12.30 | Forest district Hirschwang | Hike and excursion of forest management for spring reserve protection | |
| 12.30 – 14.00 | Gasthaus Flackl, Hinterleiten 12, 2651 Reichenau/Rax (www.flackl.at) | Lunch | |
| 14.00 – 15.45/16.00 | Forest district Prein-Sumpfwald | Visit to forest road construction site and wood harvesting (harvester or cable yarder) sites | |
| 1.10 We. | University of life sciences Vienna (BOKU), Department of Silviculture (www.wabo.boku.ac.at/en/waldbau/) | ||
| 09:30 – 13:00 | Wieselburg district, Forest site Meeting point: 09:30 Restaurant “B52” at 1st roundabout after highway exit Wieselburg | Visit of forest calamities in secondary spruce stands (wind storms, bark beetle) and subsequent conversion of secondary spruce stands to mixed-species stands | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Organized by BOKU | Lunch | |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | St. Pölten, Chamber of agriculture and forestry (http://noe.lko.at/) Wiener Strasse 64 3100 St. Poelten | Consultation and labor security for private forest owners and forest workers | |
A complete list of paricipants can be found here.
Collaborating Institute