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The European Parliament re-elected Ursula von der Leyen as Commission President for the upcoming political mandate by 401 votes in support. The re-elected President guided MEPs through her policy guidelines in her candidacy speech, addressing wide range of policy asks from the political spectrum.

With the primary goal of enhancing research and innovation funding and governance within the forestry sector, EUFORE aims to establish a sustainable, transnational, co-creative environment for defining, implementing, and evaluating a comprehensive research and innovation (R&I) agenda. EUFORE is actively conducting three important surveys to gather insights from stakeholders within the forestry sector.

SUPERB Practical Knowledge questionnaire on restoration and biodiversity-friendly forest management practices is still open for contributions. The questionnaire represents a great opportunity for restoration initiatives to be heard and seen and to learn about the success and failures from similar initiatives.

European forest owners welcome the Commission’s initiative to evaluate the LULUCF Regulation. The future LULUCF needs to steer EU climate policy where meaningful climate change mitigation is a driver and enabler of both the rural economy as well as a circular and forest-based bioeconomy.

Following the proposal of the European Commission for a Directive on Soil Monitoring and Resilience, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU have settled their positions. Trilogue negotiations can be expected to begin under the new legislative cycle.

Small4Good is an EU-funded Horizon Europe project, running from January 2024 to December 2027 which aims to equip small forest owners with digital and AI tools to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services. The goal of Small4Good is to understand the motivations of small forest owners and to help them creating business and management models tailored to local conditions.