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FOREST EUROPE High Level Talks meeting took place on 9 November in Berlin, Germany. The meeting was an opportunity to address the increasing risks posed by climate change and biodiversity crises to European forests.

Soil is one of the fundamentals of forest management. European forest owners have at heart to manage and to maintain it. External factors, including changing climate, could significantly decrease possible positive results, so overall objective should fit uncertainty of results.

Within its Forest Restoration Talk’s serie, SUPERB project and IUFRO hosted a panel discussion on “(In)Coherences in EU Forest-Related Policies under the framework of the Nature Restoration Law”. CEPF Secretariat took part of the panel.

On 27th September, Lëtzebuerger Privatbësch (Luxembourgish Private Forest Owners) celebrated its 90th birthday in Lintgen, Luxembourg. CEPF Secretariat was delighted to participate to this high level and successful event.

The 3rd Forest Academy, organized by Finnish Forest Association, took place in Finland from 20-22 September with the primary aim to bring EU policies closer to the reality of forestry in the Nordic region. CEPF representative participated in the event.

In June 2023, CEPF, Copa-Cogeca, EUSTAFOR and CEJA hosted a joint seminar with EU policymakers, FAO and academia to raise political awareness for Bioeconomy’s return to the central stage in the next EU political cycle. Lively discussions led into a set of policy recommendations.