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A joint event of SINCERE project and Integrate network debated what does the EU policy framework offer for the provision of forest ecosystem services and how it should be improved.

CEPF's reply to the Roadmap on the new EU Forest Strategy calls for a bigger role for sustainable forest management and forest owners, and finds the scope of the proposed key objectives for the strategy too narrow.

CEPF reply to EC Roadmap on EU nature restoration targets presents the key considerations to be taken into while preparing the announced proposal on legally binding EU nature restoration targets and its impact assessment. 

António Paula Soares, Member of the Board of the Confederation of European Forest Owners and Member of the Board of the Confederation of Portuguese Farmers, was elected as the Chair for the Civil Dialogue Group (CDG) on Forestry and Cork for a second mandate.

European Commission climate experts and national representatives have completed the demanding task of calculating National Forest Reference Levels (FRL) for the period of 2021-2025 for all the EU Member States.

According to the European Commission forest fire report 2019 was the worst-ever year for forest fires around the world in recent history. Over 400,000 hectares of Europe's natural land was burnt and a record high number of nature protection areas were affected by wildfires.