Le rôle des forêts dans les stratégies bioéconomie à l'échelle de l'union européenne et à l'échelle nationale

Abstract

International audienceThe European forest-based bioeconomy is affected by a huge number of policy instruments. Different policies affect distinct stages of the forest-based value chain (and its respective sub-sectors) in different ways. Diversification processes, as part of a cross-sectoral bioeconomy, increase this complexity. (i) Several policies address trade-offs between economic profitability/competitiveness and social and environmental sustainability. The latter is of particular importance as the forest-based bioeconomy is dependent on forest ecosystem goods and services produced on one third of the territory of the EU where many of these areas are subject to contradicting societal demands. This raises the general question in how far policies can transform trade-offs into synergies. (ii) Implementation (and related impacts) of policies affecting the European forest based bioeconomy are not necessarily straightforward. Many EU policies represent conflicting goals where priorities are only defined during the transposition, implementation and enforcement by Member States