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Just a month after the publication of the Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests, thousands of fires are burning in the world's biggest rainforest and in Central Africa. Implementation actions against deforestation are now the key.

Following the EU elections in May, the new European Parliament has held its first two plenary sessions in Strasbourg. The coming months will be important to introduce European Forest Owners and explain their main messages to EU policy makers.

CEPF General Assembly 2019 took place in Lisbon, Portugal on 3 – 5 June. The annual meeting gathered together CEPF members from all over Europe and was hosted by CEPF’s Portuguese member CAP – The Portuguese Farmers’ Confederation.

The EU Conference on “Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services" took place on 23-24 May 2019 in Brussels. It launched the stakeholder consultation for the evaluation of the Biodiversity Strategy to 2020.

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On 25 - 26 April 2019, the European Commission organised a conference “Our Forests, Our Future” to analyse and discuss opportunities and challenges for enhancing the contribution of the forest sector to the main EU priorities.