Position papers

Forests and the forest sector should play an active role in climate change mitigation and adaptation

03/12/2018
Joint statement of Brussels-based forest sector stakeholders ahead of COP24 in Katowice

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

17/10/2018
Joint Statement by CEETAR, CEI-Bois, CEJA, CEPF, CEPI, Copa-Cogeca, ELO, EUSTAFOR, FECOF, UEF and USSE

Joint Statement on a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe

19/09/2018
CEPF, COPA-COGECA, EUSTAFOR Joint Statement on the occasion of the FOREST EUROPE Roundtable Meeting, 19-20 September 2018 in Bratislava, Slovak Rep.

A bottom-up approach to the use of forest biomass

17/09/2018
Joint statement on the EU Non-Binding Guidance on the Cascading Use of Biomass by Bioenergy Europe, CEPF, COPA & COGECA, EOS, EUSTAFOR, UEF, and USSE.

Open letter to the European Commission: European forest-based industries call on the extension of the scope of the EU Timber Regulation to ensure that wood-based products sold on the European market are safe from illegal logging regardless of their origin

02/07/2018

Joint Statement on a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe

11/04/2018
EUSTAFOR, CEPF, COPA-COGECA Joint Statement on the occasion of the Informal Meeting of EU Forest General Directors in Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria

Sustainable Forestry for Rural Livelihoods – EUSTAFOR’s seven recommendations to further enhance rural development policy post-2020 – for people, climate and the economy

06/03/2018

Sustainable forestry enables the bioeconomy Eight policy messages – European State Forests look ahead to a renewed Bioeconomy Strategy

22/11/2017
EUSTAFOR's Policy Memo

Joint Position Paper on the Renewable Energy Directive (recast)

02/05/2017
Brochures in English, German, French, Italian, Polish, and Spanish at this link: https://goo.gl/UPULxD

EUSTAFOR Position Paper on the LULUCF and ESR Proposals

20/02/2017

Joint letter on the Draft Code of Conduct for Planted Forest and Invasive Alien Trees (Bern Convention)

13/01/2017

Position papers from 2016

12/10/2016 Joint Statement Working Group on the future direction of FOREST EUROPE
08/07/2016 EUSTAFOR Position Paper on the Fitness Check of the Birds and Habitats Directives and Their Implementation in State Forests
05/07/2016 EUSTAFOR Position Paper on the Role of Forests in EU Climate Change Post-2020 Policy
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