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The State of the World’s Forests 2024

FAO has published its 2024 report on The State of the World’s Forests. It explores the transformative power of evidence-based innovation in the forest sector, ranging from new technologies to creative and successful policies and institutional changes, to new ways of getting finance to forest owners and managers.

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Parliament and Council adopt their positions on proposal for a Soil Monitoring and Resilience Law

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.

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Statement on the adoption of the Nature Restoration law by the Council

European forest owners take note of the decision of the Council to adopt the NRL. They do so with some concerns and now stand ready to take an active part in the national and regional level implementation, as they are the key partners in its deployment.

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Nature Restoration Law passes its final Stage in the Parliament: a disappointing outcome

On 27 February 2024, the European Parliament adopted the provisional agreement on the Nature Restoration Law with 329 votes in favour, 275 votes against, and 24 abstentions. The tight majority for adoption correlates with the doubts of European forest owners on the agreed text.

CEPF Feedback on the EC proposal for an EU Forest Monitoring Framework

While CEPF supports the general principle of increasing resilience of European forests, the real added value of this proposal and the actual means it offers for resilient of EU forest are tenuous. The question of a need of EU action and real added value of this proposal remains.

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Press Release | EU Forest Monitoring: will this data collection improve forest resilience?

While European forest owners fully support the general principle of increasing resilience of European forests, we have substantial doubts whether the proposed provisions of of the European Commission's proposal might be the right tool for achieving it.