Forests & Climate: The impact of forests and forestry on the EU Climate and Energy policy
24 January 2017 – 08.00-09.30 Members Salon European Parliament, Brussels
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Hosted by Elisabeth Köstinger MEP – Chair of the “Sustainable Forest Management” Working Group
Keynote Speech by Artur Runge-Metzger – Director for “Climate Strategy, Governance and Emissions from non-trading sectors”, DG Climate Action, European Commission
Scientific presentation on the contribution of Forests to Climate Change mitigation – Professor Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Wageningen University
Sustainable Forest Management and its contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation – The case of Estonia: Aigar Kallas, CEO Estonian State Forest Enterprise (RMK)/ European State Forests Association (EUSTAFOR)
Sustainable Forest Management and its contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation – The case of Croatia: Zdenko Bogovic, President of the Croatian Union of Private Forest Owners’ Associations/ Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF)
Sini Eräjää, EU Bioenergy Policy Officer, Birdlife International
