Bavarian exhibit at the EUSTAFOR Forest Exhibition in the European Parliament

Forestry News from 2024

11/01/2024

EUSTAFOR welcomes its newest member Moldsilva

15/01/2024

consultation on the proposal for updated eu forest governance structure still open

08/02/2024

EUSTAFOR continues to expand its member base

21/02/2024

EUSTAFOR’s involvement in SUPERB and EUFORE projects

07/03/2024

EU’s Deforestation Information System is in need of significant improvement!

11/03/2024

Council and Parliament provisional agreement on EU carbon removals certification framework made available

27/03/2024

EUSTAFOR position paper: Policy makers urged to respect subsidiarity principle and build on existing forest monitoring systems

10/04/2024

How forestry forms the basis for the New European Bauhaus

18/04/2024

EUSTAFOR welcomes new associate

25/04/2024

Parliament adopts its position on Forest Reproductive Material

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Forestry News from 2023

03/02/2023

Job opening – Communications and Policy Officer to join the EUSTAFOR team

08/02/2023

EUSTAFOR observations on the newly agreed EU Deforestation Law

27/02/2023

EU carbon removals certification should incentivize long-term climate benefits over short-term carbon offsets

02/03/2023

Rich discussions on the EU Forest Strategy

09/03/2023

General Assembly appoints Juha Niemelä from Metsähallitus, Finland, as new President of EUSTAFOR

24/03/2023

EUSTAFOR contributes to the Commission public consultation on the EU Carbon certification proposal

26/04/2023

Swedish Presidency of the Council is rightly putting Bioeconomy back at the top of EU agenda

03/05/2023

EUSTAFOR attends HoliSoils meeting in Barcelona

09/05/2023

SUPERB project visits Europe’s largest planted forests

17/05/2023

Natura 2000 Award 2024

22/05/2023

Share your restoration practices to the EU project SUPERB

20/06/2023

EUSTAFOR welcomes new team member

22/06/2023

Changes in EUSTAFOR Communications team

01/07/2023

A guide to EU funding 2023 edition

03/07/2023

The Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU

05/07/2023

The EU Nature Restoration Law: No Majority Reached in COM ENVI – next vote is in plenary

05/07/2023

European State Forest Conference 2023 in Scotland was a success!

14/09/2023

The recommendations of the Joint Bioeconomy seminar have been published

06/10/2023

EUSTAFOR’s Executive Director Visits Lesy Slovenskej Republiky

06/10/2023

Executive Director’s visit to Srbijasume Headquartes in Belgrade

09/10/2023

The continuous challenge of demining the Bosnian forests

11/10/2023

EUSTAFOR position paper: Too many uncertainties for forests in the EU carbon removals certification proposal

18/10/2023

EUSTAFOR co-hosts Round Table discussions on European Forest Monitoring

30/11/2023

EUSTAFOR PRESIDENT SPEAKS AT FOREST EUROPE HIGH LEVEL TALKS ON HOW TO GROW HEALTHIER FORESTS

05/12/2023

Hercegbosanske Šume presents demining project at SUPERB Restoration Festival

08/12/2023

FAO underlines the positive side of planted forests

14/12/2023

Council and Com AGRI take next steps in Forest Reproductive Material file

22/12/2023

Ukrainian Foresters and Communities Collaborate in the Forest Recovery Program

Forestry News from 2022

23/02/2022

How “Close-to-Nature” Is the Management of the European Forests?

07/03/2022

JOINT POSITION: European Forest Owners and Managers’ considerations on the EC Proposal for a Deforestation and Forest Degradation Regulation

09/03/2022

New EUSTAFOR Strategy 2022-2026 adopted by General Assembly

10/03/2022

How “Close-to-Nature” Is the Management of European Forests?

17/03/2022

#ResponsibleForestry campaign – Responsibly managing Europe’s most precious resource

29/05/2022

Job Opening: Office Manager EUSTAFOR and the European Forestry House

03/06/2022

The SUPERB project has been launched in Romania

23/06/2022

EU Restoration Law must be an opportunity to support the health and resilience of EU forests without hindering their sustainable management

30/06/2022

The SINCERE project has come to an end – Final results and findings

11/07/2022

COM ENVI Report on Deforestation and Forest Degradation risks excluding most forest management measures, including those for climate adaptation

29/08/2022

#ResponsibleForestry is the solution to today’s challenges to forests: How do European foresters implement forest management on the ground?

05/09/2022

Public consultation: Commission seeks views on possible EU Soil Health Law

28/10/2022

EUSTAFOR welcomes a new Office Manager

17/11/2022

EUSTAFOR contributes to the public consultation on forest monitoring

Forestry News from 2021

29/01/2021

EUSTAFOR publishes its position paper on the new EU Forest Strategy post-2020

03/02/2021

EUSTAFOR and other stakeholders meet with the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski

17/02/2021

EUSTAFOR welcomes its new Communications Officer

19/03/2021

Sustainably managed and multifunctional European forests provide solutions for recovery and well-being

15/04/2021

EUSTAFOR contributes to the 8th FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference

14/06/2021

EUSTAFOR’s General Assembly appoints new Executive Committee and re-elects President and Vice-President

24/06/2021

Joint statement: Draft new EU Forest Strategy: time to consider the opinion of EU forest and forest-based sector

30/06/2021

For the European forest owners and managers, the European Commission should purely rewrite the draft EU Forest Strategy!

06/07/2021

Joint statement: Draft Renewable Energy Directive Revision: Improper Sustainability Framework for Forest Biomass Could Challenge the EU’s Renewable Energy Ambitions and Harm the Rural Economy

30/08/2021

Germany and Austria take action on the new EU Forest Strategy

15/09/2021

MEPs criticize the new EU Forest Strategy

01/10/2021

New report on non-wood forest products for people, nature and the green economy

05/10/2021

European forest owners and managers call for major clarifications on the new EU Forest Strategy

06/10/2021

Auditors investigates EU fundings for biodiversity and climate change in EU forests

11/10/2021

EUSTAFOR speaks in Warsaw on EU Forestry and Biodiversity policy objectives 2030

05/11/2021

Leaders commit to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030

15/11/2021

Member States express significant concerns and request for clarifications of the new EU Forest Strategy for 2030

16/11/2021

Council Conclusions on new EU Forest Strategy for 2030

15/12/2021

Commission adopts new proposal to stop deforestation

17/12/2021

RENEWABLE ENERGY DIRECTIVE (RED) – STATE OF PLAY

21/12/2021

Call on topics for biodiversity in Horizon Europe Work Programme 2022

21/12/2021

Best Wishes for a Warm Holiday Season and a Happy New Year 2022!

Forestry News from 2020

31/01/2020

Wood Be Better – a new initiative launched in Brussels

10/02/2020

EUSTAFOR President speaks at the International Conference on Forests for Biodiversity and Climate

02/03/2020

ROSEWOOD Final Conference and Forestry Innovation Workshop 2020

05/03/2020

EU Commission proposes European Climate Law and consults on the European Climate Pact

15/03/2020

How to manage European forests in the 21st Century?

21/03/2020

Forests, biodiversity and sustainable forest management – an inseparable trio thriving together

01/04/2020

European Commission adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan for a Cleaner and More Competitive Europe

02/04/2020

European Commission launched its 2020 call for project proposals under the LIFE programme

02/04/2020

European Commission launched consultations on EU sustainable finance, Climate Law and 2030 Climate Target Plan

03/04/2020

NEW MTK BIODIVERSITY PROGRAMME ON BIODIVERSITY

10/04/2020

EUSTAFOR input to the Inception Impact Assessment of the 2030 Climate Target Plan

17/04/2020

State Forests in the Baltic Sea Region: Where experience meets challenges and future opportunities

20/04/2020

Forest ownership in the ECE region – The organisation of public forest ownership

21/04/2020

EUSTAFOR input to the inception impact assessment of the Commission Delegated Regulation on Sustainable Finance – EU classification system for green investments

05/05/2020

The European forestry sector must be part of the future EU COVID-19 recovery plan

15/05/2020

Joint statement: The EU forest sector’s role in ensuring sustainable forest management and conserving biodiversity

17/05/2020

The European Forest-based Industries Ecosystem calls to be eligible for support by the European Recovery Plan and Industrial Strategy

19/05/2020

EU Biodiversity Targets 2030 must be balanced, realistic and feasible – 5 policy recommendations from EU state forests

20/05/2020

The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 must be balanced, realistic and feasible

22/05/2020

Forests, Biodiversity and Sustainable Forest Management – an inseparable trio thriving together

01/07/2020

EUSTAFOR’s input to the roadmap for the EU strategy on adaptation to climate change

03/07/2020

SINCERE – Mapping innovation across Europe

10/07/2020

Initial reactions by key stakeholders to the Farm-to-Fork & EU Biodiversity Strategies

17/07/2020

#ForestBiodiversity video series: The contribution of Sustainable Forest Management in preserving forest biodiversity

07/09/2020

[Virtual conference] European Forests: Hotspots of Biodiversity

09/09/2020

Hotspots of biodiversity: The role of sustainable forest management in Europe

25/09/2020

2030 EU Climate Target Plan must better recognize the role of forests in climate change mitigation and adaptation

28/09/2020

Joint statement: The New EU Forest Strategy: 3 reasons to endorse the committee report

29/09/2020

EUSTAFOR’s input to the EC Roadmap on EU renewable energy rules – review

06/10/2020

EU forest-based Industries for a sustainable future

08/10/2020

European Parliament paves the way for the Commission to propose an ambitious and self-standing EU Forest Strategy

12/10/2020

#ForestBiodiversity – A new platform to show how sustainable forest management supports biodiversity preservation

22/10/2020

European Commission adopted its 2021 work programme

29/10/2020

LULUCF Forest Reference Levels for 2021-2025 set by the European Commission

02/11/2020

FORSTZEITUNG ABOUT EUSTAFOR – STATE FORESTS IN BRUSSELS: MISSION POSSIBLE

16/11/2020

We are hiring a Forestry and Forest-Based Sector Communications Officer

25/11/2020

Webinar: EU Forest Strategy post-2020 in the context of post-EU Green Deal future-fit Europe

07/12/2020

SINCERE Talks#2: Towards an EU policy framework for forest ecosystem services

07/12/2020

GenRes Bridge project develops a European Genetic Resources Strategy

08/12/2020

WEBINAR: EU FOREST STRATEGY POST-2020 IN THE CONTEXT OF THE POST-EU GREEN DEAL FUTURE-FIT EUROPE

18/12/2020

FOREST EUROPE published the State of Europe’s Forests 2020 Report

19/12/2020

More Work on the EU Taxonomy is Needed – Nine Recommendations for Further Steps from EUSTAFOR

22/12/2020

What’s new about forests and trees around Brussels? A new book of Geographical Arboretum Tervuren takes you for a journey through the trees of the world

Forestry News from 2019

15/01/2019

EUSTAFOR starts work on the SINCERE Project

16/01/2019

Round table Event at the European Forestry House: THE COHERENCE BETWEEN FOREST-RELATED POLICIES IN THE EU: THE ROLE OF THE EU FOREST STRATEGY

19/02/2019

Joint Statement on the role of forest management in the upcoming taxonomy regulation for sustainable investments

12/03/2019

JOINT PRESS RELEASE: European Parliament Committees’ report taxonomy for Sustainable Investment – some improvements made to the draft report but still not satisfactory

13/03/2019

EUSTAFOR’s General Assembly Appoints New President and Executive Committee and Decides Its Strategy 2019-2021

14/03/2019

EU Parliament’s debate: Climate Change and Forest Fires in Europe

19/03/2019

Forests and Education! – International Day of Forests 2019

21/03/2019

Joint Statement: Climate change and forest fires in Europe – Downward circle must be avoided!

16/04/2019

OPEN POSITION: EUSTAFOR and FTP are together hiring a Communications & Administrative Officer

09/05/2019

Kupres Conference 2019: Staffing and demining are key challenges in the forestry value chain of the Balkans

12/05/2019

Debate About Future of EU Forests in Brussels

12/09/2019

EUSTAFOR WELCOMES ITS NEW POLICY AND COMUNICATIONS ADVISOR

16/09/2019

Natura 2000 Award Call

16/09/2019

TEG Report on Taxonomy – draft technical screening criteria create legal uncertainty and ignore the long-term characteristics of forests

17/09/2019

The European Commission released a new publication about the LIFE programme

27/09/2019

What values do forests create for their owners and society?

11/10/2019

Enhanced EU Forest Strategy is needed to enable multifunctional forests’ input to the objectives of a European Green Deal

23/10/2019

EUSTAFOR welcomes its new Communications Officer

08/11/2019

What values do forests create for their owners and society?

16/11/2019

Challenges and best practices of forest innovation in EU regions

18/11/2019

European Forest-Based stakeholders team up to empower consumers for a carbon-neutral European society

12/12/2019

The European Green Deal sets out how to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050

18/12/2019

Forest dieback in Europe and measures to combat it

20/12/2019

Let’s build a future-fit Europe together! – EUSTAFOR’s Messages to European Policymakers

Forestry News from 2018

15/01/2018

“The awakening of the forest” just published by Veneto Agricoltura with an EUSTAFOR contribution on European forests

16/01/2018

Towards a more sustainable future – Metsähallitus has launched an extensive corporate responsibility programme

16/01/2018

Key ways to maximize potential of forest bioenergy to decarbonize Europe underlined

17/01/2018

European Parliament adopts balanced position on forest bioenergy in EU legislation on promotion of renewable energy

01/03/2018

Value Forestry Values

06/03/2018

Why forests should stay at the core of EU Rural Development Policy

09/03/2018

How to deal with MegaFires in Europe

21/03/2018

International Day of Forests 2018: European forests can deliver even more benefits to society

01/05/2018

Confirmed: State Forest managers are frontrunners in Forest Innovation

11/06/2018

2018 Forest Innovation Workshop: report and presentations now available!

14/06/2018

Feasibility of implementation of the sustainability criteria for forest bioenergy questioned

29/06/2018

Enhancing Long-Term Competitiveness of the Forest Sector in a Green Economy

12/07/2018

Sustainable forestry should stay at the very core of the new CAP

18/07/2018

What a tree can do?

07/09/2018

LULUCF: practical consequences for the forest-based sector

17/09/2018

A bottom-up approach to the use of forest biomass

11/10/2018

EU Bioeconomy Strategy seeks for a systematic approach to address the bioeconomy value chain

12/10/2018

What are the practical consequences of LULUCF Regulation for the forest-based sector?

17/10/2018

Joint statement prior to the publication of the mid-term review of the EU Forest Strategy

30/11/2018

FTP launches Vision 2040 to discuss the future of the sector

14/12/2018

Who owns European Forests?

15/12/2018

The FAO-Plan Bleu Report “The state of Mediterranean forests 2018” has been released

17/12/2018

COP-24 in Katowice set an Implementation Agenda for the Paris Agreement

Forestry News from 2017

13/01/2017

The Role of the Bioeconomy in the Circular Economy

16/01/2017

State Forests of Saxony joins EUSTAFOR!

17/01/2017

Don’t miss Kupres 2017 Conference

25/01/2017

Forest Management is solution to Climate Change

20/02/2017

Does the EU 2030 Climate Policy Reflect the Benefits of Forest Management?

01/03/2017

Forestry and the need for sectorial education on the European path of Bosnia and Herzegovina – KUPRES

22/03/2017

State Foresters Gathered in Brussels for the International Day of Forests Dedicated to Forest and Energy

04/04/2017

EUSTAFOR is a strategic partner of Forest City Project 2017 which kicked off at the Value of Wood Forum on 21 March 2017 where EUSTAFOR’s President gave a keynote address

11/04/2017

Sustainably managed forests are a proven source of sustainable biomass for bioenergy

13/04/2017

PEFC Standard Revision – public consultation

25/04/2017

How to afforest for the future?

05/05/2017

ONF Seminar “Forest Fires, a growing risk due to Climate Change” – Follow-up

08/05/2017

Evaluation of the instruments applicable to State aid in agriculture and forestry – a roadmap open for consultation

08/05/2017

EUSTAFOR views presented at opening of National Conference “Forests and Landscape” organized by EUSTAFOR’s members ANARF and FORESTAS

09/05/2017

EU Action Plan for nature, people and the economy

06/06/2017

Forest Managers Play a Key Role in Natura 2000 Directives Implementation

09/06/2017

EU Bioeconomy Strategy to be reviewed

12/06/2017

Europe´s forest owners and managers deeply concerned about draft European Parliament forest biomass report

03/07/2017

Active forest management is needed to prevent devastating forest fires

11/07/2017

LULUCF: Forestry, paper and agricultural sectors team up in favor of a dynamic forest reference level

18/07/2017

The forest sector has a vast potential to provide climate benefits – Press Breakfast at the European Forestry House

19/07/2017

The European Forestry House Celebrates 10 Years of Existence

20/07/2017

Welcome to the Forest Service of Catalonia!

28/07/2017

EUSTAFOR Appointed as Member of the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials (DG GROW)

13/09/2017

European Parliament votes in favour of a LULUCF regulation better fit for purpose

22/09/2017

Wood U Believe in Growth – Finnish forest sector events in Brussels

22/09/2017

New study on economic impacts of potential EU forest carbon sink policies on the forest-based sectors

25/09/2017

Follow-up: EUSTAFOR’s WG Bioeconomy – 11/12 September 2017 #forestBioeconomy

01/10/2017

Wood U Believe in Growth – Finnish forest sector events in Brussels

03/10/2017

Implementing Natura 2000 in forests: lessons learned and looking ahead

06/10/2017

EUSTAFOR HAS A NEW ASSOCIATE!

09/10/2017

European forest owners and managers welcome the 4th European Forest Week and underline the key role of sustainable forest management for providing solutions to societal challenges

16/10/2017

State forests’ perspectives on wood mobilization presented at the final conference of SIMWOOD project

24/10/2017

More work is still needed on forestry issues in Renewable Energy Directive (recast) after European Parliament’s Environment Committee vote

01/11/2017

EUSTAFOR contributes to the AEBIOM Statistical Report 2017

06/11/2017

Forestry contributes to Sustainable Development Goals. Highlights from global meeting Sustainable Wood for a Sustainable World

13/11/2017

Sustainable Forest Management in the face of climate change discussed at COP23-related event

17/11/2017

Sustainable forestry enables the bioeconomy. EUSTAFOR looks ahead to a renewed Bioeconomy Strategy

17/11/2017

Global challenges need a strong forest bioeconomy: Looking ahead to a renewed Bioeconomy Strategy – EUSTAFOR contributes 8 policy messages

20/11/2017

EUSTAFOR supports the European Bioenergy Day on 21 November

05/12/2017

Swedish forestry and bioeconomy seminar

05/12/2017

Seeking momentum on the European Union’s Forest Strategy

14/12/2017

Growing the Irish Forest Bioeconomy

19/12/2017

2017 – A year of anniversary celebrations

Forestry News from 2016

02/02/2016

Inform-Prioritize-Collaborate on Forestry related Innovation

03/03/2016

EUSTAFOR In The Scope Of Discussions On The Future Of Forestry And Wood Processing In Bosnia & Herzegovina

18/03/2016

Forests can help meeting the EU climate policy targets through bio-economy

21/03/2016

On 21 March the forest will be a step closer to you!

22/03/2016

Sustainable management of state forests highly promoted this spring

02/04/2016

Is it possible to take a seat on CO2?

03/04/2016

EUSTAFOR-publication: Managing European Forests Responsibly – for People, Climate and Nature

06/04/2016

All information about EUSTAFOR’s 10-years Anniversary events

06/04/2016

“Wood is all around you!” and the European Parliament…

08/04/2016

Managing European Forests Responsibly – for People, Climate and Nature

26/04/2016

European State Forests Boost the Bioeconomy

17/05/2016

FOREST EUROPE discussed its new Work Programme in Bratislava

29/06/2016

EUSTAFOR Signed Joint Letter to Commissioner Vella

29/06/2016

EUSTAFOR Bench Takes up Residence at the Flemish Ministry

05/07/2016

EUSTAFOR Publishes Position Paper on the Role of Forests and Forest Products in the Post-2020 EU Climate Change Policy Framework: How can European state forests contribute to post-2020 EU climate policy targets?

06/07/2016

European State Forest Conference 2016: “Forest Management for People, Nature and Economy”

08/07/2016

EUSTAFOR Publishes Position Paper on the Fitness Check of the Birds and Habitats Directives and Their Implementation in State Forests

15/07/2016

Joint Press Release: World Forest Week 2016

29/07/2016

CASCADES Study (Study on the optimised cascading use of wood ) published

07/09/2016

EUSTAFOR’s Policy and Communications Advisor Appointed!

08/09/2016

Executive Director visited Coillte in Wicklow

09/09/2016

A Better Life in Rural Areas

10/10/2016

Sustainable Forest Management can ensure both biodiversity conservation and biomass production

12/10/2016

Key elements to be included in the review of the FOREST EUROPE process to ensure Sustainable Forest Management

26/10/2016

Forest Europe discusses its future direction

27/10/2016

SiDG, the new Slovenian state-owned company joins EUSTAFOR!

31/10/2016

More Slovenian Forestry in EUSTAFOR

16/11/2016

New value chains from multifunctional forests now on the EU agenda

21/11/2016

Metsähallitus’ cultural heritage survey project nominated for the Europa Nostra Award

24/11/2016

EU Forest Strategy supports Sustainable Forest Management

30/11/2016

European Commission proposes to assess sustainability of forest biomass through risk-based approach

01/12/2016

Evidence of sustainability of forest biomass presented today by State Forest Managers

10/12/2016

EU Nature Directives declared “Fit for Purpose” – Strengthen implementation but no revision of Natura 2000 legislation foreseen

15/12/2016

Forest Stakeholders discuss LULUCF proposal and the Clean Energy package

Bavarian exhibit at the EUSTAFOR Forest Exhibition in the European Parliament

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