Project: Social perceptions of the forest-based sector and its products towards sustainable society

Over the last few decades, crucial changes have taken place in the views and demands on forests by society at large with the increase in environmental awareness and at the urge to re-orient societies towards ‘sustainable’, ‘green’ and/or ‘bio-based’ economies. the sector’s actual contribution, however, is dependent on policymakers as well as on European citizens and how they perceive, accepts and promote forest-based products and the activities carried out to produce these products. Innovative and cost-efficient ways for communicating the relevance of the European forest-based sector and its products for a sustainable bio-economy towards stakeholders will be demonstrated. this should achieve a general raise in public awareness of the role of biomass and forest-based products towards a sustainable society.

Acronym	W3B – Wood Believe (Reference Number: n/a)
Duration	01/02/2014 - 30/06/2017
Project Topic	Forest production, resource management and logistics
Project Results (after finalisation)	N/A (project still running)
Website	visit project website
Network	WoodWisdom-Net+
Call	WW-NET+ Call for Proposals

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
1	Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH	Coordinator	Austria
2	University of Helsinki	Partner	Finland
3	UNIQUE forestry and land use GmbH	Partner	Germany
4	University of Ljubljana	Partner	Slovenia
5	University of Primorska	Partner	Slovenia
6	Verband der Deutschen Werkstoffindustrie e.V	Partner	Germany
7	Fachverband der Holzindustrie Österreichs	Partner	Austria
8	Österreichische Bundesforste	Partner	Austria
9	Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners	Partner	Finland
10	Suomen Sahat – Finnish Sawmillers Association	Partner	Finland
11	European Network of Forest Entrepreneurs	Partner	Germany
12	Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rohholzverbraucher e.V.	Partner	Germany
13	Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Waldbesitzerverbände e.V.,	Partner	Germany