The European State Forest Association (EUSTAFOR) represents state forest companies, enterprises and agencies that have sustainable forest management (SFM) and sustainable wood production as major concerns.
EUSTAFOR currently has 39 members in 28 European countries.
Executive Director, Piotr Borkowski, presented at the OECD-Latvia Workshop - Forestry for the Future: Uniting Stakeholders for Climate Action and Sustainable Growth, held on 26-28 May 2025 in Riga, Latvia. LVM regional office in Jelgava was the venue for the 1st day of the conference, where the participants could visit the modern and energy-efficient wood-built building as an excellent illustration of how forests can contribute to the long-term carbon storage in harvested wood construction pr...
On 14 May, EUSTAFOR and members of its Executive Committee were addressed in a letter lead by Fern and co-signed by twenty-one other environmental NGO. The letter articulates criticism regarding the EUSTAFOR's recent position paper “Preserving forests, jobs and local economy - EUSTAFOR’s call for balanced and sound land protection approaches”. In its response EUSTAFOR addresses the principal points raised by Fern and other NGOs, aiming to correct misunderstandings and acknowledge areas ...
The annual State Forest Conference of EUSTAFOR was pleased to invite State foresters from all over Europe to visit Segovia (Spain). The Conference was hosted by Junta de Castilla y León (JCyL), and they set up a splendid program for all participants. The Conference opened up on Tuesday 3 June with and dinner at Candido Hotel and a demonstration of Segovia tradition as “dulzaineros” On Wednesday 4, a demonstration of stone pine shaking and resination of Pinus pinaster was carried out. ...
In March 2025, the Commission launched a Public Consultation for the new Bioeconomy Strategy 2025, of which the deadline is the 23rd of June. EUSTAFOR Office, with the help and feedback of our members, has prepared a response to the questionnaire and developed an accompanying position paper, both of which have now been handed in. ONF provided a response as well, which can together with all other responses be found on the Commission's website. Following the preparatory work, the Commission is ...
