In a series of four workshops — the so-called “cupcake workshops” — we worked to define what makes a region a Healthy Forest Region. Subject to further refinement, we reached the following conclusions. Following the HFR Guiding Action Principles, a Healthy Forest Region should:
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- Implement an ecosystem-based, close-to-nature forest management and ecosystem-specific biodiversity conservation.
- Acknowledge the value of the full range of forest ecosystem services for regional human well-being, and their potential to create secondary benefits.
- Support, organise and/or conduct research and monitoring of the health and ecosystem services of the regional forests
- Integrate the education of different stakeholder groups about forest ecosystems and their services.
- Consider regionality, social-ecological transition, forest health and human well-being in the development and adaptation of human infrastructure.
- Provide diverse opportunities for civil society and other relevant actors to participate in the decision-making and implementation process, supporting the idea of an HFR.
- Engage in international cooperation and exchange with other HFRs in a network.