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The 8th FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe will take place on 14 and 15 April. The conference will address issues regarding the current challenges European forests and the forest sector face.

On 24 March, FAFCYLE and COSE, representatives of forest owners in Castilla y Leon and representative of Spanish Forest Owners (and member of CEPF), organised a conference day to exchange on how the future CAP could and should support forest management.

FAO and UNECE have launched a new data and knowledge platform for forests in the UNECE region called INForest. The news platform was created with an aim to present information in a more user-friendly way for users such as media and general public.

On 15 March, Tim Hartl started as our new Junior EU Policy Officer. He will support CEPF with its work on EU forest-related policies, including agricultural and rural development and policies aiming at halting deforestation.

On 24 February 2021, the European Commission adopted the New EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change. With constantly increasing impacts of climate change, the Strategy is a timely tool for the EU in its efforts to make Europe, including its forests, climate resilient.

Joint press release by CEPF, Copa-Cogeca, EUSTAFOR and ELO following the meeting with the Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, to discuss the sector's growing concerns on the way in which the implementation of the EU Green Deal currently addresses forestry issues.