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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.

Joint statement of the European Forest-based Sector ahead of the Forest Europe 10th Ministerial Conference

European forest based sector highly welcomes the upcoming 10th Forest Europe Ministerial Conference and support the Stockholm Ministerial Declaration “FOREST EUROPE – Sustainable Forests for Resilient Societies” and its Annex, to be adopted by the European Ministers responsible for forests and forestry.

EC Communication on "Simplifying for Sustainable Competitiveness"

The Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) welcomes the eighth environmental omnibus as a
step to reduce compliance burdens while preserving environmental ambitions. European forest owners
are natural allies in the green transition, but only if the regulatory framework supports rather than
burdens them. The Communication references farmers and SMEs explicitly: forest owners deserve equal
attention; and a cumulative impact assessment on their sector is long overdue.

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Statement | EUDR Simplification Review: the case for further legislative action remains

The Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) takes note of the publication, on 4 May 2026, of the European Commission's package for the simplification review of the EU Deforestation Regulation (‘EUDR package’), four days after the statutory deadline of 30 April. A thorough analysis of the full package is currently underway, and CEPF will share a comprehensive position in due course. However, first analysis of the package is already pointing to significant shortcomings.

CEPF's reply to the Commission's call for evidence on ‘National targets and flexibilities in the EU climate policy framework after 2030 – review’

CEPF welcomes the opportunity to contribute the ongoing call for evidence around the role of forestry and forests in the EU climate policy framework beyond 2030. National targets and flexibilities set strong links with the ongoing evaluation of the LULUCF Regulation: the main component of the EU climate policy architecture setting the role of forests and forestry in climate change mitigation on the road to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Joint Statement | European forest owners and managers statement on the review of the EU Forest Strategy for 2030

In this joint statement on the EUDR simplification review, farming and forest organisations stress that further efforts are needed to make the Regulation workable in practice, putting forward concrete proposals on declarations, reporting obligations and implementation timelines.