Through the joint activities, especially the production and the joint marketing of wood by the regional cooperatives the entire Austrian forestry will be promoted. A special concern is the sustainable wood supply of all customers in order to secure Austria as a location for the forestry and wood processing industry. The activities are not for profit.

More than 70 000 forest owners are members of the Austrian cooperatives. This accounts for 48% of the total number of forest owners in Austria in 2018. They represent a forest area of 1.060.000 hectares and supply the market with 3.29 million cubic meters of wood in 2018.

Waldverband Österreich supports its members with the following activities:

• representation of the regional forest cooperatives at state level

• promotion of Austrian forestry - in particular production and sales of wood and biomass

• implementation of Community rules for timber market;

• forest services and logistics;

• implementation of a PEFC certification;

• supply of wood biomass for heating and

• marketing activities for Christmas trees.

Chairman: Rudolf Rosenstatter

Vice-chairman: Paul Lang

Managing Director: Martin Hoebarth

Web site: www.waldverband.at

Mail contact: waldverband@lk-oe.at

Address:

Schauflergasse 6

A-1015 Wien, Austria

Tel number:  +43 1 53 441 8590

Fax number: +43 1 53 441 8529

For more information about the Austrian Forest Owners' Cooperative, please see their presentation below.