Smaller scale operations, or new types of facilities that can use fuel treatment materials are needed. The role of forests in domestic climate change legislation proposals and progress on international agreements will strongly influence the forest sector. It then reviewed the economic instruments that could bring about the path to a low-carbon economy and the individual building blocks of a green economy. Finally, it looked at the potential role of the forestry sector within a green economy, from the perspective of the UNECE region, identifying some new markets for wood products, and highlighting woody biomass as high potential for the region.