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European Forest Owners’ Manifesto: Caring for European Forests!

European Forest Owners’ Manifesto is published on 05 December 2023. It encapsulates our achievements, vision, and commitments, but at the same time it puts forth key requests for consideration in the upcoming European mandate.

CEPF's reply to the Commission's call for feedback on the carbon farming methodologies

CEPF welcomes the progress on the afforestation methodology under CRCF but highlights persistent challenges, including disproportionate monitoring burdens, restrictive eligibility criteria, and the need for clearer safeguards against changing legislation, calling for a more practical and inclusive framework for European forest owners.

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Managed forests, lower wildfire risks - Turning proven knowledge into operational practices

Wildfire risks are rising across Europe. CEPF position paper calls for a unified yet flexible EU approach built on active Sustainable Forest Management. By reducing fuel loads, strengthening forest-based bioeconomy, aligning policies, and enhancing preparedness and coordination, Europe can turn proven knowledge into real action on the ground and build landscapes that are more resilient to wildfire.

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CEPF Reflections on the new EU Bioeconomy Strategy

CEPF welcomes the adoption of Commission’s communication the new EU Bioeconomy Strategy, which is regarded as an important step in the right direction. Looking to the further formulation of the EU’s bioeconomy policy framework, European forest owners call on the EU co legislators to:
•Recognize and strengthen the role of family forest owners as central actors in Europe’s bioeconomy and forest based value chains
•Signal strong political commitment to increasing the production of domestic, sustainably sourced renewable biomass, which is essential for Europe’s strategic autonomy
•Prioritize locally adapted Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) as the guiding principle, supported by continued cooperation with Forest Europe
•Shift climate policy emphasis from “sink-only” to “sink-substitution”, with clear recognition in future LULUCF revisions beyond 2030

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Cyprus EU Council Presidency: “An Autonomous Union. Open to the World”

On 21 December 2025, at the Lefkara Conference Centre, the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, presented the programme and the priorities of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) 2026, as well as its logo. Cyprus holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU from 1 January to 30 June 2026.

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Trilogue agreement addresses key challenges of EUDR

EU institutions agreed in Trilogue negotiations to reschedule the EUDR's application and to include several simplifications.