Das Projekt "The evaluation of forest usage in Austria using the Helsinki sustainability criteria" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie Österreich. Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Institut für Sozioökonomik der Forst- und Holzwirtschaft.The is-situation of forest management in Austria, measured by using the Pan-European Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management is compared with the be-situation. The latter is either determined by the scientific community or by political agreements. The difference between the is- and be-situation is an indicator for how successful the existing policy means are. It is assumed that no adjustments are necessary if the difference is small, whereas new policy means have to be considered in the case of serious gaps.