Impact of selected structural factors on the forest-based sector in the European Union

This study describes selected driving forces that have affected the forest sector, especially forest management practices in Europe and / or at global level in the past and are likely to affect the sector in the future. The study follows the structure given by the Protocol on agreed conceptual and analytical framework in INTEGRAL and is divided into eight chapters, describing: social developments such as demographic changes and changes of public opinion, BL the European forest policy regime; political coherence and relevant discourses, the main economic and technological developments, changes in the forest ownership structure.