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Florian Kraxner - Curriculum Vitae

April 2010 - Scientific Page 1

Personal Information Date of Birth 12 June 1973 Nationality Austrian

Address International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Forestry Program, Schlossplatz 1 A-2361 Laxenburg, AUSTRIA Tel.: +43-2236-807-233 Fax: +43-2236-807-599 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Web: www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/FOR/index.html

Current Positions Deputy Program Leader, Research Scholar Forestry Program, IIASA University Lecturer Various universities in Austria and abroad Consultant United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Short Profile Florian Kraxner is acting as Deputy Program Leader since July 2009. Within the same year he was appointed IIASA’s official representative to the International Environmental Science Initiative SCOPE and IIASA Coordinator of the UK Policy-Science Activity FORESIGHT. Mr. Kraxner joined the IIASA Forestry Program in 2004 to work on LULUCF - modeling. He is Coordinator of IIASA’s EU Projects INSEA for Carbon Sequestration Potentials, GEO-BENE for Benefits through Global Earth Observation and CC-TAME for Climate Change – Terrestrial Adaptation & Mitigation in Europe.

Mr. Kraxner graduated from the BOKU-University in Vienna in Forestry, where he specialized in Mountain Risk Engineering and Watershed Management. He is currently finalizing his PhD dissertation on Forest Bioenergy at the Institute for Marketing and Innovation for Forest Sector Policy and Economics of BOKU-University and NIES in Japan. Since 2006 he has been a visiting researcher at NIES where he is working on integrated forest bioenergy and rural development concepts in the Eco-Model Cities of Yusuhara Town, Shikoku, and Shimokawa Town, Hokkaido, Japan.

From 2000-2004 Mr. Kraxner was employed at BOKU–University, Vienna, as coordinator for the international master courses as well as being responsible for the development of higher education courses in the Forestry and Natural Resources Management Sector.

Since 2000 he has further been working in the fields of forest products certification and public opinion on the forest sector inter alia for the EFI Project Centre Innoforce, as well as for the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE) and as a consultant for FAO and UNECE. As a university lecturer at various international universities, Mr. Kraxner has gathered distinctive skills in teaching subjects linked to socio-economics in forestry, forest policy, bioenergy and forest fires.

Field of Expertise and Research Interests Socio-economics in the forest sector with special emphasis on public opinion and market research; Forest and environmental Policies i.e. related to Bioenergy, sustainable resources and potentials; Certification of innovative forest products and biofuels – Market Statistics and Economic Evaluation; REDD and (Forest) Ecosystems Services, Rural Development and Climate Change;

Social Skills and Competences High intercultural and excellent communication skills acquired through working in multi-cultural environments, frequent travelling, working for various international organizations and institutions, multicultural colleagues, students and clients; good sense of humor and responsibility;

Organizational Skills and Competences Experienced team work and team management skills achieved through project work in various organizations, institutions and courses; proven leadership and coordination skills obtained through project management at work and university; Strong and creative problem solving skills, elaborated through logical analysis of problems at work, in classroom and outside;

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Professional Career

2009 – Deputy Leader, Forestry Program International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

2004 – Research Scholar, Coordinator for EU Projects International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

2004 – University Lecturer Various national and international universities (see teaching section)

2005 - 2006 Consulting - Expert for Higher Education and Master Program Design Developing an International Masters Degree Program in combination with a Professional Training Program on Forest Policy and Economics for the Western Balkan Region (Forest Policy and Economics Education and Research Project, FOPER); http://foper.unu.edu/, http://foper.dvopivar.com/contacts.htm EFI – Project Center Innoforce, www.efi-innoforce.org, – Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship

2001 – Consulting - Expert for Certified Forest Products Markets United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Forestry Commission / United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

1996 – Expert/Consultant/Research Assistant on different forestry related topics FAO, UNECE, MCPFE, EFI – Innoforce, Austrian Federal Forests, Austrian Technical Forest Service for Torrent and Avalanche Control, Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), E-NGOs, etc.

2002 – 2004 International BOKU Study Programmes Coordinator for Master Programs (1) Mountain Forestry, www.mountainforestry.boku.ac.at/ (2) Natural Resources Management and Ecological Engineering (BOKU - Lincoln New Zealand),

www.boku.ac.at/narmee/ (3) Mountain Risk Engineering, www.baunat.boku.ac.at/mre.html Centre for International Relations, www.boku.ac.at/zi, BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Research Project Coordination (Selected)

2008 – Coordinator, Climate Change – Terrestrial Adaptation and Mitigation in Europe (CC-TAME, www.cctame.eu), EU FP7 Project; € 4.5 Mio budget; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

2006 – Visiting Researcher, Project Officer, Forest-based Bioenergy Development Project “Yusuhara Town”, Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku Island, Japan (3/2005, 10/2006-4/2007, 1-3/2008, 1-3/2009); € 500.000 budget

National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan

2006 – 2009 Coordinator, Global Earth Observation – Benefit Estimation: Now, Next and Emerging (GEO-BENE, www.geo-bene.eu), EU FP6 Project; € 4.5 Mio budget International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

2004 – 2006 Coordinator, Integrated Sink Enhancement Assessment (INSEA), www.insea-eu.info, EU FP6 Project; € 3.5 Mio budget International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria



Education

2004 – PhD – Candidate, Forestry, Markets for Forest Products and Services, Dissertation Title: Policy Design for Bioenergy Systems – A Comparative Study between Austria and Japan Department of Economics and Social Sciences; Institute of Marketing and Innovation, www.wiso.boku.ac.at/mi.html, BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

2004 MSc. / Dipl.-Ing., Forestry, Specialized in Watershed Management and Mountain Risk Engineering, Markets for Forest Products and Services; Master Thesis Title: Public Opinion on Forest, Forestry, and Wood – An International Comparison Institute of Forest Sector Policy and Economics, www.wiso.boku.ac.at/infer.html, BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

09/1998 – 09/1999 Erasmus / Socrates Student in Spain, Exams on a range of subject areas related to Forest Engineering and Forest Fire Behavior/Fire Fighting/Fire Management Universidad de Córdoba / University of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain

1991 – 1997 University Student, Land Management and Civil Engineering, Exams on a range of subject areas (e.g. remote sensing, geology, hydrology, etc.) BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

1996 – 1997 University Student, Languages and Economics, Exams on a range of subject areas (e.g. Spanish, micro economics, etc.) Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, www.wu-wien.ac.at, Austria

1983 – 1991 High School Student, Specialization in Natural Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics), Thesis title: Michail S. Gorbatschow - Glasnost und Perestroika Bundesrealgymnasium BRG Klagenfurt / Viktring, Austria

Special Courses and Further International Experience

27. – 28.07/2009 EU – FP7 Project Proposal Development and Submission (Certified) EIP Academy of the Austrian Research Fund Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), Vienna, Austria

01. – 02.10/2008 EU – FP7 Project Management (Certified) EIP Academy of the Austrian Research Fund Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), Vienna, Austria

15. – 16.09/2005 Present Well and Chair Effectively (Certified) Charles La Fond & Co KEG, Business Language Center, Vienna, Austria

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria

16. – 27.05/2005 Integrating Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Forestry Education (Certified), SOCRATES Programme Inno-Forest, www.inno-forest.org/ Savonia Polytechnic University IIsalmi, Finland, and BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

07. – 09.04/2005 Fire Ecology and Fire Management (Certified), Annual Seminar/Workshop Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC), Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, University Freiburg, Germany



07 – 08/2003 Sustainable Rural Development (Certified), Summer School – Main Principles and Practical Application on the Region of Mount Igman and Bjielasnica, EC-Tempus Program

University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

08 – 09/2002 Mountain Forests for Production and Protection (Certified), Summer School / Socrates Intensive Programme in Tirol, Austria BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria, in collaboration with 8 European partner institutions within the SILVA-Network

09/2001 Explosives Expert for Forest Road Constructions and Special Forest Management Applications (Certified), Course to obtain the degree of a Certified Explosives Expert “Sprengbefugter” BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

06 – 08/2001 Carbon Sequestration Modeling (Certified), Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) Forestry Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

07 – 09/1999 Forest Fire Fighting in Southern Spain (Certified), Practical Course in the Sierra of Córdoba, Diploma. Governmental Plan“INFOCA” for Combating Wild Land Fires Government of Andalusia, Seville, Spain

Language Skills Mother tongue(s) German

Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level

Computer Skills

Text processing MS-Office Package; Data processing Excel, Access, SPSS, ArcView/GIS, Gams (basics); Presentation Powerpoint, Adobe, Dreamweaver, Frontpage, Internet;

Scholarships/Grants

2006 – 2007 PhD Grant, KUWI, for short-term scientific stay abroad BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

05/2002 Support for Excellent Research, Grant for presenting the diploma thesis at the 10th Meeting of the FAO-ECE Forest Communicators Network, Riga, Latvia Austrian Research Society (Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft, FFG), Vienna, Austria

06 – 08/2001 Scholarship for Young Scientist Summer Program at IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria

2000 Special BOKU Grant for development and writing of special master thesis’ BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

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Other Scientific Interests

Biomass for Bioenergy and Sustainable Biofuels Certified (Non-Wood) Forest Products and their Markets Forest-related Policies for the Environment, Climate Change and Energy Forest Governance Forest Management and Innovation Public Opinion Research and Socio-Economics of the Forestry Sector Avoiding Deforestation and REDD Higher Education in Forestry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Environmental Sciences Sustainable (Rural) Development and Natural Resources Management Forest Fire Behavior/Fire Management/Fire Fighting

Hobbies and Skills Handyman Cooking Classical Ballroom Dancing Bicycle Touring

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Appointments

05/2009 IIASA Coordinator of Foresight – UK-based Science-Policy Maker Interface Activity, http://www.foresight.gov.uk Government Office for Science, Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills, Kingsgate House, 66-74 Victoria Street, London ,SW1E 6SW

07/2009 Deputy Leader, Forestry Program International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

05/2009 IIASA Representative to SCOPE – Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment; established by the International Council for Science (ICSU), http://www.icsu-scope.org/ SCOPE - 5, Rue Auguste Vacquerie - 75116 Paris - France

2008 Austrian Delegate to the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Communication/Communicators Network FCN, http://timber.unece.org/ Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management

2008 Austrian Delegate to the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Products, Markets and Marketing, http://timber.unece.org/ Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management

Memberships

2009 – Greenhouse Gas Expert Group Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB), http://energycenter.epfl.ch/biofuels, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - Energy Center, Lausanne, Switzerland

2006 – Team of Specialists on Forest Products Markets and Marketing FAO-UNECE Timber Committee, http://timber.unece.org/, Geneva, Switzerland

2004 – Nordic Network for Carbon Dynamics in Managed Terrestrial Ecosystems http://www-carbonsweden.slu.se/norfa/index_en.html Department of Ecology and Environmental Research, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden

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2002 – Team of Specialists on Forest Communication (UNECE – Forest Communicators Network) FAO-UNECE Timber Committee, http://timber.unece.org/, Geneva, Switzerland

1993 – Arge Naturschutz, Local/Regional E-NGO for Nature Conservation www.arge-naturschutz.at, Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria

Relevant Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles in Scientific Journals

McCallum I., Fritz S., Schill C., Perger C., Achard F., Grillmayer R., Koch B., Kraxner F., Obersteiner M., Quinten M. (2010): Geo-Wiki.org: Harnessing the power of volunteers, the internet and Google Earth to collect and validate global spatial information. Original Article, IEEE Committee on Earth Observation (ICEO), Earthzine, Fostering Earth Observation and Global Awareness, www.earthzine.org, 02/2010.

Havlík, P., Schneider, A.U., Schmid, E., Böttcher, H., Fritz, S., Skalský, R., Aoki, K., de Cara, S., Kindermann, G., Kraxner, F., Leduc, S., McCallum, I., Mosnier, A, Sauer, T., Obersteiner, M. (2009). Global land-use implications of first and second generation biofuel targets. Energy Policy (in press).

Obersteiner M, Huettner M, Kraxner F, McCallum I, Aoki K, Böttcher H, Fritz S, Gusti M, Havlik P, Kindermann G, Rametsteiner E, Reyers B (2009) : On fair, effective and efficient REDD mechanism design. Carbon Balance and Management, 4:11 [2009], “HIGHLY ACCESSED”;

Schepaschenko, D., McCallum, I., Shvidenko, A., Fritz, S., Kraxner, F., Obersteiner, M. (2009): A new hybrid land cover dataset for Russia: a methodology for integrating statistics, remote sensing and in-situ information. Journal of Land-Use Science and Policy. 2009, (in press).

Böttcher, H., Eisbrenner, K., Fritz, S., Kindermann, G., Kraxner, F., McCallum, I., Obersteiner, M. (2009): An assessment of monitoring requirements and costs of Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation. Carbon Balance and Management. 4:7 [2009], “HIGHLY ACCESSED”;

Fritz, S., McCallum, I., Schill, C., Perger, C., Grillmayer, R., Achard, F., Kraxner, F., Obersteiner, M. Geo-Wiki.Org: The Use of Crowdsourcing to Improve Global Land Cover. Remote Sens. 2009, 1, 345-354.

Franklin, O., E. Moltchanova, M. Obersteiner, F. Kraxner, R. Seidl, H. Böttcher and D. Rokityiansky (2009): A European scale forest growth and thinning model -deducing productivity and stand density from inventory data. Annals of Forest Science (in press).

Kraxner, F., Yang, J., Yamagata, Y. (2009): Attitudes towards forest, biomass and certification – A case study approach to integrate public opinion in Japan. Bioresource Technology, 100 (2009): 4058-4061.

Kraxner F. and Y. Yamagata (2007): Biomass for Bioenergy – An Austrian Real Case Compared to the Biomass for Bioenergy Environment in Japan. (In Japanese Language). The Japanese Quarterly Journal for Bioenergy. 32 (4): 12-15.

Rokityanskiy, D., P.C. Benítez, F. Kraxner, I. McCallum, M. Obersteiner, E. Rametsteiner and Y. Yamagata (2007): Geographically explicit global modeling of land-use change, carbon sequestration, and biomass supply. Technological Forecasting & Social Change (Special Issue: Greenhouse Gases – Integrated Assessment), 74(7): 1057-1082.

Obersteiner M., G. Alexandrov, Pablo C. Benítez, I. McCallum, F. Kraxner, K. Riahi, D. Rokityanskiy, Y. Yamagata (2006): Global Supply of Biomass for Energy and Carbon Sequestration from Afforestation/Reforestation Activities, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 11(5-6):1003-1021.

Kraxner F., Nilsson S., Obersteiner M. (2002): Negative Emissions from BioEnergy Use, Carbon Capture and Sequestration (BECS): The Case of Biomass Production by Sustainable Forest Management from Semi-natural Temperate Forests. Biomass and Bioenergy, 24(4-5):285-296.

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Articles Under Review

Rydzak F., Obersteiner M., Kraxner F. (2010): Impact of Global Earth Observation – Systemic view across GEOSS Societal Benefit Areas, International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research (IJSDIR), JRC, Vol 4 (2009), under review.

Kraxner, F., Yang, J., Yamagata, Y. (2010): A study on the Potential Woody Biomass Use in Rural Japan: A Household Survey in the Eco-Model-City Yusuhara Town. Applied Energy Journal (submitted).

Kraxner, F., Yang, J., Yamagata, Y. (2010): How does a Japanese “Eco-Model City” Think About the Use of Biomass for Bioenergy? A Household Survey in Hokkaido. International Conference for Applied Energy 2010, Applied Energy Journal (submitted).

Kraxner, F., Leduc S., Aoki K., Yang, J., Yamagata, Y. (2009): Forest Bioenergy in Japan: an Integrated Engineering and Socio-Economic Approach. Renewable Energy Conference 2010, Bioresource Technology (submitted).

Kraxner, F., Yang, J., Aoki K., Yamagata, Y. (2009): How Bioenergy Can Drive Sustainable Forest Management and Regional Green Economy – A Synergetic Assessment Approach Based on Field Studies in Japan and Austria. IUFRO 5.10.00 – Forest Products Marketing and Business Management, Pre-Conference to the IUFRO World Congress in Seoul, Korea, 2010 (submitted).

Kraxner, F., Leduc S., Tak K.-I., Aoki K., Yang, J., Yamagata, Y. (2009): Forest Bioenergy in the Koreas: An Integrated Techno-Biophysical and Socio-Economic Approach. IUFRO World Congress 2010 (submitted).

Kraxner, F., Obersteiner M., Fritz S., Havlik P., Böttcher H., McCallum I., Aoki K., Yang, J., Yamagata, Y. (2009): Forests and Forestry Beyond 2012: Integrated Management and Policy as an Adaptation and Mitigation Tool. IUFRO World Congress 2010 (submitted).

Books

Rametsteiner E. and F. Kraxner (2003): Europeans and Their Forests. What Do Europeans Think About Forests and Sustainable Forest Management? A Review of Representative Public Opinion Surveys in Europe. Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE), www.mcpfe.org/, Liaison Unit Vienna, Austria.

Book Chapters, Articles in Books

Yamgata Y., Kraxner F., Aoki K. (2010): Forest biomass for regional energy supply in Austria. Chapter 5.1 in: Designing Our Future: Perspectives on Bioproduction, Ecosystems and Humanity. Mitsuru Osaki, Ademola Braimoh and Kenichi Nakagami (Eds). Sustainability Science 4, ISBN 978-92-808-1183-4, 425p, April 2010 (in press).

Obersteiner M., Rametsteiner E., Kraxner F., McCallum I.,Aoki K., Boettcher H., Fritz S., Gusti M., Havlik P., Kindermann G., Reyers B. (2009): Towards a sound REDD – ensuring globally consistent reference scenarios and safeguarding sustainability co- benefits. In: Deforestation and Climate Change:Reducing Carbon Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation. V. Bosetti and R. Lubowski (Eds). Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Italy, 2009 (in press).

Oliver R., Kraxner F. (2009): Concern for climate change and illegal logging creates new challenges for forest certification: Certified forest products markets, 2008-2009. Geneva Timber and Forest Study Paper 24, ECE/TIM/SP/24, UNECE/FAO Publications, available at: http://timber.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/publications/Final_FPAMR2009.pdf

Obersteiner M., Kraxner F., et al. (2009): Avoiding REDD Hot Air. The IIASA Proposal - revised. In: The Little REDD+ Book, An updated guide to governmental and non-governmental proposals for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation, The Global Canopy Program (GCP, Eds.). Available at: http://www.globalcanopy.org

Fritz S., McCallum I., Williams M., Kraxner F., Obersteiner M. (2009): Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). In: Encyclopedia of Remote Sensing, E. Njoku (ed.), Springer US, New York, USA.



Obersteiner M., Kraxner F., et al. (2008): Avoiding REDD Hot Air. The IIASA Proposal. In: The Little REDD Book, The Global Canopy Program (GCP, Eds.). Available at: http://www.elaw.org/system/files/lrb_en.pdf

Kraxner F., Mater C. and T. Owari (2008): Green building drives construction market and forest certification: Certified forest products markets, 2007-2008. Geneva Timber and Forest Study Paper 23, ECE/TIM/SP/23, UNECE/FAO Publications, available at: www.unece.org/timber/docs/fpama/2008/fpamr2008.htm

Kraxner F., Mater C. and T. Owari (2007): Biomass for energy and plantations – new certification driver: Certified forest products markets, 2006-2007. UNECE/FAO Publications. Geneva Timber and Forest. Study Paper 22, UNECE/FAO Publications, available at: www.unece.org/trade/timber/docs/fpama/2007/fpamr2007.htm

Kraxner, F. and Obersteiner, M. (2007). Aspekte einer globalen und nachhaltigen Biokraftstoffproduktion (Aspects of a global and sustainable biofuels production). In: econsense. Forum Nachhaltige Entwicklung der Deutschen Wirtschaft e.V. (Eds.). Klimafaktor Biokraftstoff. Experten zur Nachhaltigkeitszertifizierung. Schriftenreihe zu Nachhaltigkeit und CSR. Band 1. (In German Language). Berlin, Germany pp. 19-28, 125p. ISBN: 978-3-9811786-0-9.

Kraxner F., Hansen E. and T. Owari (2006): Public procurement policies driving certification: Certified forest products markets, 2005-2006. Chapter 10 in: UNECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Market Review. 2005 – 2006. UNECE/FAO Publications. Timber Bulletin Volume LVIII (2006), No.3. http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/tc-publ.htm

Kraxner F. and E. Rametsteiner (2005): Western Europe certifies 50%, and North America 30%, of their forests: Certified forest products markets, 2004-2005. Chapter 9 in: UNECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Market Review. 2004 – 2005. UNECE/FAO Publications. Timber Bulletin Volume LVIII (2005), No.3., United Nations Publication, ISSN 0259-4323, http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/tc-publ.htm

Kraxner F. and E. Rametsteiner (2004): Public Procurement Policies Boost Demand. Chapter 9 in: UNECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Market Review. 2003 – 2004. UNECE/FAO Publications. Timber Bulletin Volume LVII (2004), No.3. http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/tc-publ.htm

Rametsteiner E. and F. Kraxner (2003): Markets for Certified Forest Products. Chapter 9 in: UNECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Markets Analysis. 2002 – 2003. UNECE/FAO Publications. Timber Bulletin. Volume LVI (2003), No.3. http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/tc-publ.htm

Rametsteiner E. and F. Kraxner (2002): Markets for Certified Forest Products. Chapter 9 in: UNECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Markets Analysis. 2001 – 2002. UNECE/FAO Publications. Timber Bulletin. Volume LV (2002), No.3. http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/tc-publ.htm

Rametsteiner E. and F. Kraxner (2001): Markets for Certified Forest Products. Chapter 9 in: UNECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Markets Analysis. 2000 – 2001. UNECE/FAO Publications. Timber Bulletin. Volume LIV (2001), No.3. http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/tc-publ.htm

Conference Proceedings

Kraxner, F., Yang, J., Yamagata, Y. (2010): How does a Japanese “Eco-Model City” Think About the Use of Biomass for Bioenergy? A Household Survey in Hokkaido. Proceedings of the International Conference for Applied Energy (ICAE 2010), 21-23 April 2010, Singapore.

Kraxner F., Obersteiner M., Fritz S., Havlik P., Böttcher H. and McCallum I. (2009): Global forests and forestry beyond 2012 – carbon and nitrogen Management as a adaptation and mitigation tool. Extended Abstract. IIASA Side Event: Global Forests: Impacts on Major Biogeochemical Cycles, XIII World Forest Congress 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Fritz S., Obersteiner O., Achard F., Kraxner F., Böttcher H., Kindermann G. and McCallum I. (2009): Tropical forests and the GHG budget: monitoring, deforestation, current uncertainties and future outlook. Extended Abstract. IIASA Side Event: Global Forests: Impacts on Major Biogeochemical Cycles, XIII World Forest Congress 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Schepaschenko, D., McCallum, I., Shvidenko, A., Fritz, S., Kraxner, F., Obersteiner, M. (2009): A new hybrid land cover dataset for Russia: a methodology for integrating statistics, remote sensing and in-situ information. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol.11:EGU2009-6977, EGU General Assembly 19-24 April 2009, Vienna, Austria [2009]

Kraxner F., Yang J., Yamagata Y. (2009): A Study on the Potential Woody Biomass Use in Rural Regions of Japan: A Household Survey in Yusuhara Town. Proceedings, The First International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE09), 5-7 January 2009, Hong Kong, China.

Kraxner F., Yang J., Yamagata Y. (2008): Perceived barriers to an increased forest use for bioenergy by the public and forest owners in rural Japan. Proceedings, International Conference of Renewable Energy 2008 (RE2008), 13-17 October 2008, Busan, Korea.

Umeya C., Rametsteiner E., Kraxner F. (2008): Quantifying impacts of governance on deforestation. Tropical Forestry Change in a Changing World, November 2008, Bangkok, Thailand.

Schneider U.A., J. Balkovic, S. De Cara, O. Franklin, S. Fritz, P. Havlik, I. Huck, K. Jantke, A.M.I. Kallio, F. Kraxner, A. Moiseyev, M. Obersteiner, C.I. Ramos, C. Schleupner, E. Schmid, D. Schwab, R. Skalsky (2008): The European Forest and Agricultural Sector Optimization Model EUFASOM. Paper prepared for the 16th annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), http://www.eaere2008.org/

Kraxner F. (2007): Biomass for bioenergy: Potentials for production and supply. Proceedings of the Expert Consultation, EU Forest-based Biomass for Energy: Cost/supply relations and constraints, M.Szabo, R. Edwards (eds), 18-19 September 2007, Joensuu, Finland pp.63-76.

Kraxner F. (2005): (Tropical) Forests Beyond 2012? In: Bertrand Fort and Sol Iglesias (Eds.). Proceedings of the Jakarta 12. Asia-Europe Agendas for Sustainable Development. Environment Forum

Conference “1/3 of Our Planet: What Can Asia and Europe Do for Sustainable Development”. 23-25 November 2005, Jakarta, Indonesia. Workshop 12, pp 106-112.

Master’s Thesis

Kraxner F. (2004): Public Opinion on Forest, Forestry, and Wood – An International Comparison; Diploma Thesis at Institute of Forest Sector Policy and Economics. BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria. The thesis was published by the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE) and served as an institute’s contribution to the UNECE/FAO Geneva Timber and Forest Study Paper 20, European Forest Sector Outlook Study (EFSOS), Main Report, United Nations, Geneva, 2005.

Working Papers, Research Manuscripts, IIASA Interim Reports and Consultancy Studies

Kraxner F., Yang J., Aoki K., Yamagata Y. (2010): Public Opinion on Bioenergy – Eco-Model Cities’ new strategies for Reaching a Low-Carbon Society in Japan. Abstract submitted to VENICE 2010, Third International Symposium on Energy from Biomass and Waste, Venice, Italy, 8 - 11 November, 2010.

Fritz S., Obersteiner M., Achard F., Kraxner F., Boettcher H., Kindermann G. and McCallum I. (2009): Tropical forests and the GHG budget: Monitoring, deforestation, current uncertainties and future outlook. Paper presented at the WFC 2009.

Kraxner F., Obersteiner M., Fritz S., Havlik P., Böttcher H. and McCallum I. (2009): Global forests and forestry beyond 2012 – carbon and nitrogen management as an adaptation and mitigation tool. Paper presented at the WFC 2009.

Kraxner F., Obersteiner M., Fritz S., Havlik P., Böttcher H. and McCallum I. (2009): Global forests and forestry beyond 2012 – carbon and nitrogen Management as a adaptation and mitigation tool. Research Manuscript presented at the IIASA Side Event: Global Forests: Impacts on Major Biogeochemical Cycles, XIII World Forest Congress 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina, available at: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/FOR/conferences.html



Fritz S., Obersteiner O., Achard F., Kraxner F., Böttcher H., Kindermann G. and McCallum I. (2009): Tropical forests and the GHG budget: monitoring, deforestation, current uncertainties and future outlook. Research Manuscript presented at the IIASA Side Event: Global Forests: Impacts on Major Biogeochemical Cycles, XIII World Forest Congress 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina, available at: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/FOR/conferences.html

Kidd R., McCallum I., Fritz S., Kraxner F., Obersteiner M. (2009): GEO Information For Disaster Recovery - Case Study: The use of Orthophotos in Aceh, Indonesia. IIASA Interim Report IR-09-011 [September 2009, 49 pp].

Paatela H., Pepke E., edts. (2009): Certified forest products markets in the UNECE region. Article drawn for the WIN Journal from 2 year’s CFP market chapters in the UNECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Market Review, written by Mr. Florian Kraxner and Mr. Rupert Oliver. UNECE/FAO Timber Section, Geneva. See http://timber.unece.org/index.php?id=136

Obersteiner M., Rametsteiner E., Kraxner F., McCallum I., Aoki K., Boettcher H., Fritz S., Gusti M., Havlik P., Kindermann G., Reyers B. (2009): Towards a sound REDD – ensuring globally consistent reference scenarios and safeguarding sustainability co- benefits. Article in Press. Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei. FEEM, Italy.

Havlík P., Schneider A. U., Schmid E., Böttcher H., Aoki K., de Cara S., Fritz S., Kindermann G., Kraxner F., Leduc S., McCallum I., Mosnier A., Sauer T., Skalský R., and Obersteiner M. (2009): Linking GLOBIOM and POLES: Global land-use implications of first and second generation biofuel targets. Interim Report. EC Service Tender: Model Application for Post-2012 Regime Global Policies and EU-27 Action (Post 2012). International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Forestry Program, Austria.

Kraxner F. and E. Pepke (2009): Review of UNECE/FAO analyses of developments in certification of sustainable forest management and certified forest products. UNECE Working Papers. Geneva.

McCallum I., Kidd R., Fritz S., Kraxner F., Obersteiner M. (2008): Banda Aceh-The Value of Earth Observation Data in Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction: A Case Study. IIASA Interim Report IR-08-048 [November 2008, 24 pp].

Januarti T., Havlik P., Kraxner F. (2008). Palm Oil Sector Analysis for Indonesia. GLOBIOM Input Data Set. IIASA Interim Report. Under Review.

Natarayan K., Leduc S., Obersteiner M., Kraxner F. (2008): An Indian Economic Model to Calculate Feed-In Costs to the BEWHERE Model (IIASA). Applied Period Report. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria, and BOKU – University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria.

Schneider U.A., J. Balkovic, S. De Cara, O. Franklin, S. Fritz, P. Havlik, I. Huck, K. Jantke, A.M.I. Kallio, F. Kraxner, A. Moiseyev, M. Obersteiner, C.I. Ramos, C. Schleupner, E. Schmid, D. Schwab, R. Skalsky (2008): The European Forest and Agricultural Sector Optimization Model EUFASOM, FNU-156, Hamburg University and Centre for Marine and Atmospheric Science, Hamburg, Germany. http://www.fnu.zmaw.de/Working-papers.5675.0.html

Kraxner F., et al. (2007). Integrated Sink Enhancement Assessment (INSEA) - Main Achievements and Results. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.

Salzmann A., Biscaia A., Kindermann G., Boettcher H., and F. Kraxner (2007). Forest plantations for climate change mitigation – development of maps of potential NPP. IIASA Interim Report. Under Review.

Rametsteiner E., Nilsson S., Boettcher H., Havlik P., Kraxner F., Leduc S., Obersteiner M., Rydzak F., Schneider U. A., Schwab D., Willmore L. (2007). Study of the Effects of Globalization on the Economic Viability of EU Forestry. Final Report of the EC - AGRI Tender Project: AGRI-G4-2006-06.

Kraxner F. and Yamagata Y. (2007): The Japanese Forest – A (Lost) Key to Many Doors. How Forest Management Linked to Biomass for Bioenergy Might Provide Multiple Solutions to Local, National and Global Problems - An Analytical Essay. Draft paper prepared for the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, and the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japanese Ministry of Environment, Tsukuba, Japan.

http://www.fnu.zmaw.de/Working-papers.5675.0.html�



Kraxner F. and Yamagata Y. (2007): Yusuhara Town – A Forest-Based Sustainable Development Vision. Conceptual Ideas Related to Regional Carbon Management. Draft background paper for the Yusuhara Town Bioenergy Study by NIES, Japan.

Kraxner F. (2007): Forest Certification and Certified Forest Products: A Market Overview for Identifying Tools to Curb Illegal Forest Actions Background Paper Prepared for the International Experts Meeting on Illegal Logging, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 5-6 March 2007, Tokyo, Japan.

Obersteiner M., Kraxner F., Boettcher H. (2007): The Global Potential of Sustainable Forestry for Bioenergy Supply and Climate Change Mitigation: Phase I - Definitions, Characterizations. Final Report, for the study "Forest Conservation and Landscapes" submitted to WWF International, Switzerland.

Rametsteiner E., Kraxner F., Weiss G. (2006): FOPER - International Master’s Program (MSc) in Forest Policy and Economics (FPE). International Master’s Program for South-Eastern Europe. Course Concept and Curriculum. University of Belgrade, University of Sarajevo. July 2006.

Rokityanskiy D., Kraxner F., McCallum I., Obersteiner M., Rametsteiner E. (2005): DIMA – Model Comparison with Other Studies Using IPCC-SRES Scenarios. In: Integrated Sink Enhancement Assessment (INSEA) Deliverable D 13 (T24), 3.6, Annex VI. IIASA, Austria.

Alexandrov G. A., Franklin O., Fritz S., Hönninger K., Jäger D., Kraxner F., Lexer M. J., Moltchanova E., Obersteiner M., Rammer W., Rokityanskiy D., and R. Seidl (2005): Comparison of the Stand Level Model PICUS and the Grid Based Forest Model TsuBiMo. In: Integrated Sink Enhancement Assessment (INSEA) Deliverable D 9 (T9), 4.3, Annex III. IIASA, Austria.

Obersteiner M. and F. Kraxner (2000): Environmental Policies in OECD countries: A Benchmarking Study. Research Report prepared for Arthur Andersen Business Consulting.

Mayer E. (2000): Climate Change and Avalanches. Risks and Trends in the Alpine Region (Klimawandel und Lawinen. Risiken und Trends im Alpenraum). Greenpeace Austria Report. http://www.greenpeace.at/uploads/media/klimawandel.pdf

Articles in Practical Journals / Popular Science / Press

Kraxner F., Obersteiner M., Fritz S. (2009): Stopping deforestation and degradation of forests. IIASA foresters advise the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. In: IIASA’s Options Journal; Global threats. Golden opportunities for change; p10-11; Summer 2009. Available at: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/INF/OPT/Summer09/opt09sum.pdf

Tak K. I., Kraxner F. (2009): A Forest Tale of Two Koreas. In: IIASA’s Options Journal; Scientific Bridge Building: Connecting Countries, Building Knowledge, Bridging Disciplines; pp16-17; Winter 2008/2009. Available at: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/INF/OPT/Winter08/opt-0809wint.pdf

Obersteiner M., Kraxner F. (2008): IIASA researchers propose new international body and method to cut deforestation greenhouse gases. Media advisory, IIASA Communications Department. Available at: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/INF/PR/2008/2008-12-01.html

Obersteiner M., Kraxner F. (2008): CC-TAME for Change. In: IIASA’s Options Journal; Directions for Africa: The Paths Research Reveals; p6; Summer 2008. Available at: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/INF/OPT/Summer08/opt-08sum.pdf

ENBOTS (2007): The Political Economy of Avoided Deforestation. Summary of the IIASA – Forestry Program Side Event statements by F. Kraxner, P. Havlik and M. Obersteiner, given at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, 6 December 2007. In: Earth Negotiation Bulletin on the Side (ENBOTS), published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) in cooperation with UNDP and UNEP. Available at: http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cop13/enbots



Obersteiner M., Kraxner F. (2006): Stopping Deforestation. Conserving Forests through Financial Incentives. In: IIASA’s Options Journal; A Secure World: How Science Can Help; p26; Summer 2006. Available at: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/INF/OPT/Summer06/opt-06sum.pdf

Rukmantara Arie Tb. (2005): Incentives urged to stop deforestation. Expert Interview with F. Kraxner, published in: The Jakarta Post, National News, Jakarta, Indonesia; Friday, November 25, 2005.

Gossow H., Hafellner R., Kraxner F. und L. Ziehaus (2005): Forest Fires in Austria - Topic or Tick (Waldbrand in Österreich – Thema oder Tick). In German language. Österreichische Forstzeitung; 08/2005.

Kraxner F. (2005): Biomass for Bioenergy – The Forest Biomass Power Plant Vienna/Simmering. Inno-Forest Final Report, Vienna, Austria, July 2005.

Kraxner F. (2003): Die Mountain Forestry Masters aus 8 Nationen. Österreichische Forstzeitung; 11/2003, Austria.

Kraxner F. and Obersteiner M. (2002): Removing carbon from the atmosphere by nature-oriented forest management and bioenergy use. International Energy Agency, Task 31 Bioenergy Newsletter, Information and Activities, August 2002, p. 4.

External Reviewer

1. Holz als Roh- und Werkstoff. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products. Springer Berlin, Heidelberg (http://www.springer.com)

2. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), Energy. Thomas Telford Journals, UK (http://www.thomastelford.com/journals/)

3. Carbon Balance and Management Journal (CBM). Biomed Central. The open access publisher (http://www.cbmjournal.com/)

4. Society & Natural Resources, Official Journal of the International Association for Society and Natural Resources, Taylor & Francis Publishers, London, UK. (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/)

Teaching

16.09/2009 Land-Use, Biomass and Forest Products Certification, guest lecture Hokkaido University (Hokdai), Sapporo, Japan, 16 September 2009

15.06/2009 Bio-Energieressourcen - Konkurrierende Anforderungen, guest lecture, workshop/conference on Alternative Fuels (Alternative Kraftstoffe)

AutoUni, Volkswagen Headquarters Wolfsburg, MobileLifeCampus, Wolfsburg, Germany

01. – 02.12/2008 Land-use Change and Deforestation, guest lecturer, Course / Workshop on Carbon – Climate – Society

CUIMPB, Centre Ernest Lluch, International University Menendez Pelayo, Center for Contemporary Culture (CCCB), Barcelona, Spain

17. – 21.10/2008 Deforestation and REDD, guest lecturer Forest Science College, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea

02. – 06.06/2008 Utilization of Forest Biomass, guest lecturer, MSc. Course of the Forest Policy and Economics Education and Research Project (FOPER)

Forestry Faculty, Univ ersity of Belgrade, Serbia

02. – 03.07/2007 The Role of the Biosphere in Low Carbon Concentration Scenarios, guest lecturer, Course / Workshop on Climate Change: Towards a de-carbonized society

CUIMPB, Centre Ernest Lluch, International University Menendez Pelayo, Center for Contemporary Culture (CCCB, Barcelona, Spain



2003 – 2007 Fire Management in Mountain Forest Ecosystems – Prophylaxis and Control; Fire Ecology and Management for Mountain Forest Ecosystems, University Lecturer, International Mountain Forestry Master Programme Institute for Wildlife Biology and Game Management, www.iwj.at, BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

10/2005 – 2/2006 Data collection (secondary and primary data, empirical methods), University Lecturer, Bachelors Programme for Management of Environment and Bio Resources Institution; Institute of Marketing and Innovation, www.wiso.boku.ac.at/mi/index.html, BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

29.05 – 14.06/2006 Forest Certification / (Avoiding) Deforestation, University Lecturer and co- and organization, IP/POC for Integrated Mountain Forest Management, 02. – 14.05/2005 Erasmus Intensive Programme, www.boku.ac.at/ip2006.html, www.boku.ac.at/ip2005.html,

Rosalia, Austria BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria, together with other partner universities

2001 – 2003 English for Science and Technology, Tutor Centre for International Relations, http://www.boku.ac.at/zib, BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Scientific Supervision

10 – 12/2009 IIASA-Forestry Program - Internship (Applied Period in Forest Institutions, AP) Supervisor, Development of a Tropical Forest Management Database. Ms. Pabitra Jha (Nepal) and Mr.Mario Guevara Bonilla (Costa Rica) Erasmus Mundus MSc European Forestry Programme (2008-2010). University of Joensuu, Finland, www.joensuu.fi/metsatdk/mscef/home.htm, and BOKU, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

06 – 08/2009 IIASA-YSSP Supervisor, Ms. Constanze Haug (Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands), Designing a Policy Exercise on REDD

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

10 – 12/2008 IIASA-Forestry Program - Internship (Applied Period in Forest Institutions, AP) Supervisor, The Indonesian Palm Oil Sector. Ms. Januarti Tjajadi (Indonesia) Erasmus Mundus MSc European Forestry Programme (2008-2010). University of Joensuu, Finland, www.joensuu.fi/metsatdk/mscef/home.htm, and BOKU, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

10 – 12/2008 IIASA-Forestry Program - Internship (Applied Period in Forest Institutions , AP) Supervisor, BEWHERE Modeling in India. Mr. Karthikeyan Natarajan (India) Erasmus Mundus MSc European Forestry Programme (2008-2010). University of Joensuu, Finland, www.joensuu.fi/metsatdk/mscef/home.htm, and BOKU, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

06 – 08/2008 IIASA-YSSP Supervisor, Ms. Chisa Umemiya (Waseda University Japan/Thailand), Forest Governance for Avoiding Deforestation in Thailand

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

10 – 12/2007 IIASA-Forestry Program - Internship (Applied Period in Forest Institutions , AP) Supervisor, Forest plantations for climate change mitigation – development of maps of potential NPP. Ms. Anke Salzmann (Brazil)



Erasmus Mundus MSc European Forestry Programme (2007-2009). University of Joensuu, Finland, www.joensuu.fi/metsatdk/mscef/home.htm, and BOKU, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

10 – 12/2007 IIASA-Forestry Program - Internship (Applied Period in Forest Institutions , AP) Supervisor, Forest plantations for climate change mitigation – development of maps of potential NPP. Mr. Alberto Biscaia (Brazil) Erasmus Mundus MSc European Forestry Programme (2007-2009). University of Joensuu, Finland, www.joensuu.fi/metsatdk/mscef/home.htm, and BOKU, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

06-08/2007 IIASA-YSSP Supervisor, Mr. Thomas Buchholz (Columbia University (NY) US/Germany), Biomass for Bioenergy in Africa International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

2004 - 2007 IIASA-YSSP Supervisor, various students of the IIASA – Young Scientist Summer Program (YSSP) and Applied Period in Forest Institutions, hosted by the IIASA Forestry Program International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

Selected Invited Lectures and Paper Presentations

21.-23.04/2010 F. Kraxner, J. Yang and Y. Yamagata (2010): How does a Japanese “Eco-Model City” Think About the Use of Biomass for Bioenergy? A Household Survey in Hokkaido. Presented by Y. Yamagata. Special Session: Low Carbon Societies (Chair Y. Yamagata). International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE10), http://www.icae2010.org/, Singapore.

22.10/2009 F. Kraxner et al (2009): Global Forests and Forestry Beyond 2012 – Carbon and Nitrogen Management as an Adaptation and Mitigation Tool IIASA Side Event: Global Forests: Impacts on Major Biogeochemical Cycles, XIII World Forest Congress 2009 WFC09, Buenos Aires, Argentina

16.09/2009 F. Kraxner et al (2009): Land-Use, Biomass and Forest Products Certification, Hokkaido University (Hokdai), Sapporo, Japan

14.09/2009 F. Kraxner et al (2009): The IIASA Forestry Program and its Integrated Land-use Change Model Cluster Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), Incorporated Administrative Agency, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

10.09/2009 F. Kraxner (2009): Global Overview on Forest Products Certification Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Tokyo, Japan

28.08/2009 F. Kraxner, S. Leduc, X. Xiangyang et al. (2009): Bioenergy Modeling for NE Asia, 2009 Northeast Asian Regional Forum on Ecology

28-29 August 2009, Yichun, Heilongjiang Province, China

10.07/2009 F. Kraxner and the IIASA FOR Program Team (2009): The IIASA Strategic Plan and the Forestry Program. Forestry Program Team presentation for the IIASA Director International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

15.06/2009 F. Kraxner et al. (2009): Bio-Energieressourcen - Konkurrierende Anforderungen Conference on Alternative Fuels (Alternative Kraftstoffe)

AutoUni, Volkswagen Headquaters Wolfsburg, MobileLifeCampus, Wolfsburg, Germany



10.06/2009 F. Kraxner et al. (2009): The Land-use behind Food and Water- Global Insight and Future Needs IIASA Days Workshop on the IIASA Strategic Plan, 10 June 2009 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

09.06/2009 F. Kraxner et al. (2009): Stressfaktoren für Wald und Landnutzung aus globaler Sicht Roundtable on "Biomasse - Potenziale" Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Environmental Protection and Water (BMLFUW), Stubenring 12, Vienna, Austria

30.05/2009 F. Kraxner et al. (2009): The IIASA-FOR Model approaches as possible contributions to IoEE China Workshop on "Joint Research project IIASA-FOR – IoEE China. GIS based Forest Inventory and policy Simulation for the State Forest Regions in NE China" College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Peking, China

26. – 27.02/2009 F. Kraxner et al. (2009): Fondsbasierte REDD Lösungen (Fond –based solutions for REDD) Workshop on "Kann der Klimaschutz den Regenwald retten" - Positionsbestimmung zum REDD -Mechanusmus. Can Climate Protection Safeguard the Rain Forest - Positioning towards the REDD Mechanisms Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung, Bonn, Germany

27.01/2009 F. Kraxner and Y. Yamagata (2009). Linking Green building to Bioenergy Use in Japan Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Meeting, Tokyo, Japan

03. – 10.01/2009 F. Kraxner, J. Yang, Y. Yamagata (2009): A study on the potential woody biomass use in rural regions of Japan: A household survey in Yusuhara Town International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE09), www.hku.hk/icae09, Hong Kong, China

04. – 07.12/2008 F. Kraxner et al. (2008): The IIASA modeling tool box for REDD applications IIASA side event, Title: Avoiding REDD Hot Air United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC - COP 14), Poznan, Poland

01. – 02.12/2008 F. Kraxner (2008): Landuse-Change and Deforestation Workshop on Carbon – Climate – Society, Global Carbon Project (GCP), CUIMPB. Centre Ernest Lluch. International University Menendez Pelayo, Barcelona, Spain

13.11/2008 F. Kraxner (2008): Scientific activities and potential input to a FP7 project under the integrated forest research call Workshop on "Environmental aspects of forestry topic" Polish Academy of Sciencies/PolSCA Polish Science Contact Agency, www.polsca.eu, Brussels, Belgium

17. – 21.10/2008 F. Kraxner (2008): Deforestation and REDD Guest lecture, Kookmin University, Forest Science College Seoul, Korea

11. – 17.10/2008 F. Kraxner, J. Yang, Y. Yamagata (2008): Perceived Barriers to an Increased Forest Use for Bioenergy by the Public and Forest Owners Renewable Energy Conference 2008, www.re2008.org/, Busan, South Korea

09.10/2008 F. Kraxner et al. (2008): Energy & Competition of Resources Press Tour for Japanese Science Journalists, EEE Guessing Austrian Business Agency (ABA), Austria

26.08/2008 F. Kraxner (2008): IIASA’s Forestry Program and YSSP research IIASA – YSSP Late Summer Workshop 2008 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria



19. – 20.06/2008 F. Kraxner et al. (2006): CC-TAME – Coordinative Overview Climate Change – Adaptation and Mitigation in Europe (CC-TAME, www.cctame.eu). EU FP7 Project Kick-Off Workshop International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

14. – 16.05/2008 F. Kraxner et al. (2008): Resources and competition between different uses International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Committee (ExCo62) Bioenergy Meeting , Oslo, Norway

25.01/2008 F. Kraxner (2007): The IIASA-FOR REDD-DIP Project FP7 Proposal and Possible Links to Forest Carbon Monitoring NIES/JAXA/IIS Initiative for REDD and FCMS, 2nd Meeting National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tokyo, Japan

16.01/2008 F. Kraxner et al. (2008): Summary of the IIASA-FOR Side Event at COP 13 / Bali. The Political Economy of Avoided Deforestation Lecture at NIES – GCP Seminar National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan

03. – 14.12/2007 F. Kraxner et al. (2007): The IIASA long-term scenarios on avoided deforestation and afforestation IIASA side event, Title: The political Economy of Avoided Deforestation United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC - COP 13), Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia

06. – 07.11/2007 F. Kraxner et al. (2007): Global and Regional Potentials of Biofuels and Sustainability Aspects United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) - AIDE-MEMOIRE - Regional Workshop on Promoting Sustainable Biofuels Production and Use in Central & Eastern Europe Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship of the Republic of Croatia and Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Slovenia, Energy Institute Hrvoje Pozar, Cavtat-Dubrovnik, Croatia

29. – 30.10/2007 F. Kraxner et al. (2007): BeWhere - Geographically Explicit Global Siting and Scaling of Biomass Plants Quest / Quatermass Kick-off Meeting Imperial College London, Center for Environmental Policy, Faculty of Natural Sciences, http://www.imperial.ac.uk, London, UK

24. – 28.10/2007 F. Kraxner et al. (2007): Biofuels certification and global potentials http://www.ieabioenergy-task38.org/Final_Announcement_Dubrovnik.pdf Joint IEA Bioenergy Task 29, Task 38 and Task 40 Expert Consultation, Dubrovnik, Croatia

09. – 12.10/2007 F. Kraxner (2007): The Food-Fibre-Fuel Conflict 15th Meeting of the Forest Communicators Network jointly organized by FAO and UN/ECE Timber Commission Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food of Slovenia / Slovenia Forest Service, www.zgs.gov.si, Bled, Slovenia

17. – 20.09/2007 F. Kraxner (2007): European and global bioenergy potentials Expert consultation workshop "EU Forest-based biomass for energy: cost/supply relations and constraints" METLA, EFI (EC/JRC-IES), www. metla.fi, Joensuu, Finland

03. – 04.09/2007 F. Kraxner et al. (2007): GEO-BENE Tools and Models GEO-BENE Meeting at GEO Secretary Geneva GEO Secretariat, www. earthobservation.org, Geneva, Switzerland



03.07/2007 F. Kraxner et al. (2007): The Role of the Biosphere in Low Carbon Concentration Scenarios Course / Workshop on Climate Change: Towards a de-carbonized society

CUIMPB, Centre Ernest Lluch, International University Menendez Pelayo, Center for Contemporary Culture (CCCB, Barcelona, Spain

26.06/2007 F. Kraxner et al. (2007): BEWHERE - Bioenergy Plant Locations Workshop for the preparation of a joint research proposal for FFG, “Energiesysteme der Zukunft"; working title: A regional concept for biomass inventory and -use in Eastern Styria Joanneum Research - Institut für Digitale Bildverarbeitung, Graz, Austria

08.06/2007 F. Kraxner (2007): IIASA’s Forestry Program IIASA – YSSP Inauguration Meeting 2007 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

28.05/2007 F. Kraxner et al. (2007): The EU Project INSEA - Main Achievements and Results Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China

20. – 26.05/2007 F. Kraxner et al. (2007): Integrated Sink Enhancement Assessment Sino-German Workshop on Study of Eurasian Forest as a Pool of Carbon Dioxide, Hangzhou, China

28. – 30.03/2007 F. Kraxner and Y. Yamagata (2007): Linking Biomass for Bioenergy with Sustainable Forest Management Global Carbon Project (GCP) – Urban and Regional Carbon Management Initiative (URCM) Workshop: Urbanization, Development Pathways and Carbon Implication National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan

19.03/2007 F. Kraxner (2007): Forest Certification as a Multi-Optional Tool for Forest and Carbon Management, A Forest-Based Sustainable Development Vision - Conceptual Ideas for Regional Carbon Management Benefits Lecture at AMITA, Institute for Sustainable Economics, Kyoto, Japan

13.03/2007 F. Kraxner (2007): Linking Biomass for Bioenergy with Sustainable Forest Management. A Forest-Based Sustainable Development Vision - Conceptual Ideas for Regional Carbon Management Benefits Lecture at the Japanese Biomass Industrial Society Network, Tokyo, Japan

05. – 06.03/2007 F. Kraxner (2007): International Market of Certified Forest Products - Possible Links to Illegal Logging International Experts Meeting on Illegal Logging Japanese Government, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo, Japan

09.02/2007 F. Kraxner (2007): Aspects of Global Biofuels Production Woorkshop on Sustainable Biofuels - How to Certify Them econsense - Forum Nachhaltige Entwicklung der Deutschen Wirtschaft, www.econsense.de, Berlin, Germany

11.01/2007 F. Kraxner (2007): Yusuhara Town: Biomass for Bioenergy - A Forest-Based Sustainable Development Vision - Conceptual Ideas for Regional Carbon Management Lecture/Project Presentation at Yusuhara Town City Office, Kochi, Japan

19.10/2006 F. Kraxner (2006): Biomass for Bioenergy, Case Study Experiences - Research at IIASA in Cooperation with the National Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (NIES), Japan Lecture at the Mitsubishi Research Institute (MRI), Tokyo, Japan



18.10/2006 F. Kraxner (2006): Biomass for Bioenergy Research at IIASA in Cooperation with the National Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (NIES), Japan Lecture/Project Presentation at Toyota Central Research & Development Labs., Inc., Think Tank Section, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan

02. – 05.10/2006 F. Kraxner (2006): Forest Certification and Certified Forest Products Markets with Special Emphasis on China FAO/UNECE Team of Specialists on Forest Products Markets and Marketing Meeting, and UNECE Timber Committee Meeting, and Joint UNECE-FAO Policy Forum UNECE, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

25. – 27.09/2006 F. Kraxner (2006): FOPER Master Programme in Forest Policy and Economics. Latest developments, state of implementation, administrative issues FOPER Training Programme Design Team Final Meeting, Tirana, Albania

21. – 22.09/2006 F. Kraxner (2006): IIASA (FOR) – Partner and Coordinator for GEO-BENE Global Earth Observation – Benefit Estimation: Now, Next and Emerging (GEO-BENE, www.geo-bene.eu), EU FP6 Project Kick-Off Workshop International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

06. – 08.09/2006 F. Kraxner (2006):Biomass Potentials Rametsteiner E., Kraxner F. (2006): Special Forest Products Market

FAO/UNECE Forest Communicators Network Meeting, Valsain, Spain

16.08/2006 F. Kraxner et al. (2006): Global Impacts of Forest Sector Development - IIASA’S Forestry Program in Collaboration with Chinese Institutions IIASA – China Day International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

21. – 22.06/2006 Leduc S. and F. Kraxner (2006): Spatially Explicit Analysis of Bioenergy Systems INSEA Final Workshop, DG Research/DG Agriculture European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

23. – 24.05/2006 Kraxner F. (2006): FOPER Forest Policy and Economics Master Program for South East Europe – Overview Presentation FOPER Stakeholder Meeting/Workshop, Brač Island, Croatia

29.05 – 14.06/2006 Kraxner F. (2006): (Avoiding) Deforestation – Linking Policy with Economic Tools Kraxner F. (2006): Certified Forest Products Market 2005-2006 International IP on Mountain Forest Management 2006, Rosalia, Austria

23. – 25.11/2005 Kraxner F. (2005): (Tropical) Forest Beyond 2012 (?) Workshop 12: The Roles of Improved Tropical Forest Management in Climate Changes Mitigation and Sustainable Development Asia-Europe Environment Forum Conference “1/3 of Our Planet: What Can Asia and Europe Do for Sustainable Development?”, Jakarta, Indonesia

20.07/2005 F. Kraxner (2005): IIASA’s Forestry Program IIASA – YSSP Midsummer Workshop 2005 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria

16.05/2005 Kraxner F. (2005): Biomass for Bioenergy – the Biomass Powerplant Vienna/Simmering IP on Integrating Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Forestry Education Inno-Forest. Savonia Polytechnic University IIsalmi, Finland



02. – 14.05/2005 Kraxner F. (2005): The Certified Forest Products Market 2004-2005 Kraxner F. (2005): The Sustainable FMBECS Market – A Japanese Case Study. Kraxner F. (2005): The MCPFE Process International IP on Mountain Forest Management 2005, Rosalia, Austria

27.03/2005 Kraxner F. (2005): Sustainable FMBECS Market in Hokkaido – Forest Management Biomass Energy Carbon Sequestration FMBECS Workshop. Hokkaido University Graduate School for Agriculture, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

17.03/2005 Kraxner F. (2005): Integrated Sink Assessment Enhancement and Willingness to Pay for Carbon Sequestration Lecture at the NIES - Global Carbon Project (GCP) Seminar National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan

21. – 22.10/2004 Kraxner F. (2004): Certified Forest Products Market 2004 European Softwood Conference, Vienna, Austria

06. – 09.05/2002 Kraxner F. (2002): Public Opinion and Consumer Attitudes related to Forests and Forest Based Products in the ECE Region 10th Meeting of the FAO-UNECE Forest Communicators Network, Riga, Latvia

30.08/2001 Kraxner F. (2001): Carbon Sequestration and Sustainable Forest Management IIASA-YSSP Mid Summer Workshop, Laxenburg, Austria

Further Relevant International Conference / Workshop Participation

07. – 18.12/2009 UNFCCC Climate Change Conference 2009 (COP15) Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

03.09/2009 European Forest Institute (EFI) Annual Conference and Scientific Seminar Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland

15. – 16.06/2009 Aktiver Klimaschutz und Anpassung an den Klimawandel – Beiträge der Agrar- und Forstwirtschaft (Active Climate Protection and Climate Change Adaptation – Contribution by the Agriculture and Forest Sectors), 16-16 June 2009, German Federal Research Institute for Rural Space, Forest and Fisheries, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut Forum Braunschweig, Germany

04. – 08.05/2009 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE-33), Technical Session (TS 6) 11.1: Societal Benefits of Earth Observations: Assessment Methodologies, Palazzo dei Congressi di Stresa; Co-Organizer Stresa, Italy

03.05/2009 GEO-BENE Final Meeting & Pre-Conference Workshop “Assessing the Socio-Economic Benefits of GEOSS”; Co-Organizer, Co-Chair; Regina Palace Hotel Stresa, Italy

16.02/2009 EIT Conference (European Institute of Information and Technology) on “Shaping the Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) - Sustainable Energy” in order to identify future EC topics and needs for sustainable Energy Vienna, Austria

06.11/2008 Utilization of Biomass and Biodiversity - Chances and Contradictions, Seminar, Austrian Federal Forest Agency, OeBF AG, www.oebf.at Purkersdorf, Austria



25.01/2008 Forest Carbon Monitoring Systems (FCMS) Workshop; JAXA/NIES Tokyo, Japan

21.01/2008 ALOS Kyoto & Carbon Initiative, 9th Science Team Meeting Tokyo, Japan

22.08/2007 WWF Project Coordination Meeting, WWF Hungary http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/europe/where/hungary/index.cfm Budapest, Hungary

09.08/2007 Workshop on Biofuel production issues for Modeling Tasks of GEO-BENE, European Center for Renewable Energy (EEE), www.eee-info.net Guessing, Austria Meeting on Biofuel production (Biomass gasification) issues for Modeling Tasks of GEO-BENE, Institute of Thermal Engineering at Graz University of Technology, www.iwt.tugraz.at Graz, Austria

07.08/2007 Cooperation Workshop DLR / GEO-BENE, German Aerospace Center (DLR), German Remote Sensing Data Center Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

09. – 13.10/2006 Renewable Energy, 2006. International conference on “advanced technology paths to global sustainability” held 9–13 October 2006 Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan

13. – 14.09/2006 European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EOVOX) / European Space Agency (ESA) / EARSC Stakeholder Meeting on Earth Observation; ESA/ESRIN premises, Frascati, Italy

11. – 13.05/2005 Fifth Meeting of the Global Forum on Sustainable Energy, GFSE-V Vienna, Austria

07. – 09.04/ 2005 Fire Ecology and Fire Management 2004, Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, University Freiburg, Germany

25.11/2004 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) – Practical Application (Naturverträglichkeitsprüfung in der Praxis) Vienna, Austria

02.07/2004 Dynamics of Conservation, Regional Protection in Austria, Dynamik des Bewahrens, Gebietsschutz in Österreich Laxenburg, Austria

19. – 22.04/2004 International Conference on Modeling Forest Production Vienna, Austria

08. – 09.03/2004 Biophysical Modeling of Land Use Change with respect to INSEA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria

15. – 17.01/2004 INSEA Kick-off Meeting International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria

19. – 21.11/2003 Water and Society - Needs, Challenges and Restrictions, Conference on Water and Society - Needs, Challenges, and Restrictions Vienna, Austria

05. – 09.10/2003 Austro2003 - High Tech Forest Operations for Mountainous Terrain Schlägl, Austria

17. – 18.02/2003 Forest-Based and Related Industries (FBI) Forum Brussels, Belgium



18. – 21.11/2001 BOKU Congress, BOKU – University for Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna Hofburg, Vienna, Austria

For updates and more details see: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/~kraxner/Kraxner_CV.pdf

Documents

Florian Kraxner - Curriculum Vitaeuser.iiasa.ac.at/~kraxner/Kraxner_CV.pdfFlorian Kraxner - Curriculum Vitae April 2010 - Scientific Page 3 Education 2004 – PhD – Candidate, Forestry,