Forest-Based Value Chains in Transition – Innovation, Employment, Diversity, and Inclusion for Sustainable Futures

Sustainability transitions and bioeconomy are fundamentally reconfiguring the forest sector, driving shifts from timber-centric models toward integrated, multifunctional concepts that recognise diverse forest values. Understanding the interplay between value chains, employment dynamics, accounting systems, innovation strategies, and supply chain governance, all grounded in robust data and methods, is essential for equitable and sustainable outcomes.

The Annual IUFRO Conference of Research Group 4.05 (Managerial Economics and Accounting) and its Working Parties will directly respond to this development by addressing how multifunctional forest management, wood-processing systems, and the strategic integration of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) contribute to building resilient, diverse, inclusive, and transparent forest-based economies.