Report on "Policy maps of national forest ...

This report analyses and discusses to what extent EU forest related biodiversity conservation and restoration policy goals and targets are coherent with the regulations established in national forest policy and legal frameworks. This is based on an in-depth coding of national forest laws and related legislation and preparation of overview forest restoration policy maps for EU-27. The policy maps are developed to provide an overview on how selected forest ecosystem indicators and respective management practices included in the EU forest related biodiversity policy and legal framework are currently regulated in all EU-27 countries. These policy maps summarize to what extent and how national forest laws regulate the forest ecosystem indicators stipulated by EU policy and law. Depending on a policy and legal analysis of the similarities and differences among national forest regulations, country clusters are identified, shortly describedin cross-tables and on geographical maps along key variables and manifestations of their regulations. A comparison between the country clusters and EU policy goals and targets, conclusions are drawn on the status of horizontal and vertical coherence of EU forest restoration policy using the EU policy targets (e.g. EU Nature Restoration Regulation's indicators) as point of reference and assessment benchmark.