Charter for Wood 2.0

Background and Objective

The Charter for Wood 2.0 builds on the Federal Government’s Forest Strategy 2020. The Charter aims to develop measures that will strengthen the contribution of sustainable wood use to climate change mitigation, value creation and efficient resource utilisation. Sustainable forestry is a fundamental principle of the Charter, because the forest is far more than the sum of its trees and is more than just a source of wood.

1. Using wood in urban and rural construction
2. The potential of wood in the bioeconomy
3. Material and energy efficiency
4. Forests and wood as resources
5. The forestry & wood cluster
6. Forests and wood in society

Moreover, research and development acts as a cross-sectoral issue, which is addressed by all working groups in the context of their respective fields of action. The Thünen Institute accompanies the Charter process scientifically and conducts its evaluation.

Target Group

The Charter for Wood 2.0 is implemented through a dialogue process led by actors from industry, science, governmental and non-givernmental organisations. Strategically, the process is guided by a steering group.

Approach

Six thematic working groups, composed ofrepresentatives of the different actors, develop measures and recommendations in the following fields of action:

1. Using wood in urban and rural construction
2. The potential of wood in the bioeconomy
3. Material and energy efficiency
4. Forests and wood as resources
5. The forestry & wood cluster
6. Forests and wood in society

• Research and development. This boundary theme is dealt with by all working groups.

The Thünen Institute guides and evaluates the Charta process (methodology in Thünen Report 68). The evaluation’s focus is the long-term support of learning and decision processes in the course of the Charter’s implementation. For this purpose, different methods and levels of analysis are combined. The evaluation concept was developed in coordination with the Charter actors and encompasses three elements:

1. An outcome-oriented evaluation, which a) employs monitoring indicators to analyse the development of important variables in the Charter’s fields of action and b) conducts in-depth analyses to examine the causes of developments.
2. A process-oriented evaluation, which a) reflects on results and procedures of the Charter process and b) identifies options for the further development of the process.
3. Short analyses of external framework conditions which may prove relevant for the Charter process in the future, e.g. on the level of EU legislation.

Preliminary Results

All CfH2.0 Publications can be found in the Charta für Holz 2.0 media library.

Outputs related to the evaluation:

• Kennzahlenbericht 2019, 2021, 2023
• Statusbericht 2020, 2022
• In-depth studies: Bauen mit Holz in Deutschland, a sustainable circular bio-economy for the forestry sector

Project Brief

Links and Downloads

https://www.charta-fuer-holz.de