Forest owners call for increased use of wood, including for the use of biofuel production
17.05.2013
In reaction to the Commission’s proposal to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources as adopted in October 2012 and responding to the draft report of the European Parliament published in May 2013. Read more »

Forest owners reject Commission’s proposals to create a common seed law
13.05.2013
The Commission is currently reviewing EU legislation on the marketing of seed and plant propagating material consisting of 12 basic acts. The plan is to create a common seed law, including the Council Directive 1999/105/EC on the marketing of Forest Reproductive Material (FRM). The draft Regulation together with a new 'Official Controls Regulation' has been adopted by the Commission on 6 May 2013. Read more »

European forest owners family steadily growing
03.05.2013
The 2013 CEPF General Assembly (GA) welcomed Croatia as a new CEPF member, as well as Norway and Switzerland to become ordinary members. The terms of Algis Gaizutis (LT), Juha Marttila (FIN), Josef Barton-Dobenin (CZ) and Felix Montecuccoli (AUT) were prolonged for another 2 years period in the CEPF Board. Furthermore, Juha Marttila (FIN), Philipp zu Guttenberg (DE) and Olivier Bertrand (FR) were officially nominated as CEPF Vice-Presidents. Read more »

New map on forest ownership structures in Europe available
23.04.2013
The European Forest Institute (EFI) has published a detailed report with a new map illustrating the private forest ownership in Europe. Besides the visualization of the spatial ownership distribution, the report provides information on the availability of geo-referenced maps on forest properties throughout Europe. Read more »

CEPF together with UNECE/FAO promotes the this years European Forest Week at UNFF
18.04.2013
On 10 April, CEPF hosted a side-event at the 10th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFFF) in Istanbul, Turkey. The event was organized in close cooperation with the UNECE/FAO to promote the upcoming European Forest Week (9-13 December 2013) and in particular the METSÄ 2013-event in Rovaniemi, Finland. Read more »