Peter Van Gossum

• Research Institute for Nature and Forest

Het NARA-2020 is een naslagwerk met feiten en cijfers voor het beleid. Het beantwoordt vragen als: hoe is het gesteld met de biodiversiteit in Vlaanderen? Wat zijn de belangrijkste drukfactoren? Heeft Vlaanderen de regionale en Europese beleidsdoelen voor 2020 behaald? En welke aanbevelingen kunnen we daaruit afleiden?

The indicators in this Nature Report give an idea of the state of and trends in biodiversity in Flanders, describing the pressures involved and their effects on our ecosystems. The six targets of the EU biodiversity strategy are evaluated. Recommendations are based on the EU biodiversity strategy 2030.

This annual report provides a summary of the status of the indicators concerning the European Biodiversity Strategy targets. For Target 1, the conclusions at the Flemish level are in line with the EU Mid Term Review. For example, a small number of habitats and species of the Habitat Directive are improving slightly, but the majority are still in...

Vlaanderen onderschreef de Europese doelstelling om tegen 2020 het verlies van biodiversiteit te stoppen. Al in 2001 engageerde de Europese Unie zich om op haar grondgebied het verlies van biodiversiteit tegen 2010 te stoppen. Deze doelstelling werd evenwel niet gehaald (EEA, 2010). Bijna een kwart van de wilde soorten is met uitsterven bedreigd in...

Maarten Stevens, Heidi Demolder, Sander Jacobs, Helen Michels, Johan Peymen, Anik Schneiders, Ilse Simoens, Toon Spanhove, Peter Van Gossum, Wouter Van Reeth (2014). Hoofdstuk 1 - Inleiding. (INBO.R.2014.5945128). In Stevens, M. et al. (eds.), Natuurrapport - Toestand en trend van ecosystemen en ecosysteemdiensten in Vlaanderen. Technisch rapport....

Wouter Van Reeth, Maarten Stevens, Heidi Demolder, Sander Jacobs, Johan Peymen, Anik Schneiders, Ilse Simoens, Toon Spanhove, Peter Van Gossum (2014). Hoofdstuk 2 - Conceptueel Raamwerk. (INBO.R.2014.6000094). In Stevens, M. et al. (eds.), Natuurrapport - Toestand en trend van ecosystemen en ecosysteemdiensten in Vlaanderen. Technisch rapport. Mede...

Stevens, M., Demolder, H., Jacobs, S., Michels, H., Schneiders, A., Simoens, I., Spanhove, T., Van Gossum, P., Van Reeth, W., Peymen, J. (red.) (2014). Natuurrapport - Toestand en trend van ecosystemen en ecosysteemdiensten in Vlaanderen. Syntheserapport. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, INBO.M. 2014.1988666, Brussel.

European agri-environment programmes are based on the common principle that farmers deliver environmental services for which society pays. Due to the voluntary nature of agri-environment measures (AEM), the issue of farmers' motives or reasons for participation has been an important topic of investigation in past years. The present paper examines f...

This document reports on the intermediary results of an expert survey conducted among 105 experts to assess the ecosystem service (ES) supply capacity of land use categories. The survey is one of the explorative steps taken in the NARA (Nature Report) project of the institute for nature and forest research (INBO), which has to report on the state o...

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the existing Flemish institutional framework of sustainable forest management (SFM). The evaluation was performed using criteria and indicators that were based on the four-dimensional structure (discourse, rules, power and actors) of the policy arrangement approach. The data collection and analysis were done usi...

The current study explains why Dutch forest expansion policy is at risk of failure. To study the forest expansion implementation process we have chosen to further operationalize Matland's policy type implementation model to an extended and comprehensive typology of relevant implementation characteristics. In addition, a case study methodology with...

When regulators are faced with practical challenges, policy instrument choice theories can help them find the best solution. However, not all such theories are equally helpful. This paper aims to offer regulators a better alternative to the current policy instrument choice theories. We will specifically address the shortcomings of "smart regulation...

When regulators are faced with practical challenges, policy instrument choice theories can help them find the best solution. However, not all such theories are equally helpful. This paper aims to offer regulators a better alternative to the current policy instrument choice theories. We will specifically address the shortcomings of “smart regulation...

The current study investigates with a multiple case study the relation between instrument design and policy success. The conclusion is that the instrument mix matters. The Flemish interventionist approach, which focuses more on traditional instruments, was not as effective as the Dutch stimulating approach, which uses a broad pallet of social and e...

The current study investigates with a multiple case study the relation between instrument design and policy success. The conclusion is that the instrument mix matters. The Flemish interventionist approach, which focuses more on traditional instruments, was not as effective as the Dutch stimulating approach, which uses a broad pallet of social and e...

This paper evaluates the current instrument mix, designs options for smart regulation and estimates the support base of new instruments for the forest expansion policy in Flanders (northern Belgium). The framework applied is a combination of theories on instrument choice (ICT), policy transfer and legitimacy. The ICT points out that there is a need...

The conversion of secondary pine plantations into mixed broadleaf stands is considered to be an important mechanism in the process of sustainable forest management. The silvicultural process of forest conversion in ageing pine plantations is associated with active management aimed at inducing, steering or accelerating stand development. The aim of...

The current study is an illustrative example of intersectoral land conflicts in a highly populated region that resulted in the non-implementation of an already agreed-upon policy. More specifically, it evaluates the implementation of the forest expansion policy in Flanders (Northern Belgium) and assesses the potential to adjust current policy. The...

The research described in this paper attempted to identify approaches likely to be most effective for encouraging owners of small pine plantations to engage in conversion management. We started from the recognition of the evolving heterogeneity of forest ownership and the subsequent need to tailor policies and communications to the various types of...

In dit artikel volgt een weerslag van de belangrijkste bevindingen van de studiedag ‘Van dennenplantages naar een beloofd land?!’. De studiedag werd georganiseerd door het Laboratorium voor Bosbouw (UGent) met steun van het Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos en vond plaats te Hasselt op 23 november 2006. Het doel was beheeropties voor de dennenplantages...

The conversion of secondary conifer plantations into well-structured native broadleaf forests is a growing issue in both the academic and policy arenas of today. One crucial factor necessary for the implementation of any strategy or program is the readiness of countless small landowners to engage in forest conversion. This paper examines the emergi...

The forest group is a new policy instrument in Flanders (northern Belgium) to realise multifunctional forest management. This group was introduced in 1995 and organises the various kinds of forest owners, private as well as public, on a local basis (mean working area 751 km2), with voluntary participation (as in all forest owner organisations). Thi...

To meet public expectations in densely populated regions, forest management should be multifunctional, not solely in public but also in private forests. Governments could induce private forest owners to manage their properties multifunctionally. ‘Traditional’ policy instruments do not achieve this objective sufficiently and therefore the potential...