The expert interviews served as a complement to the information from the literature review and the questionnaire, about the overview and application of financing mechanisms. In general, the interviews focused on identifying types and examples of innovative financing mechanisms. The contacted experts were from European Commission (DG Agriculture and Rural Development, DG Environment, EUROSTAT), the Standing Forestry Committee Working Group on Valuation and Compensation Methods of Non-Wood Forest Goods and Services (WG 1), European and national forest owners organisations (CEPF, Nordic Family Forestry, ELO, EUSTAFOR, COPA-COGECA, METO), environmental NGOs, universities, research institutes, and others (for details see Annex.
