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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.

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.

Today’s vote on the Carbon Removals Certification Framework in the European Parliament’s vote underlines forestry’s contribution, while at the same time risks limitations to capitalise on the true potential of sustainably managed multifunctional forests.

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.

European forest owners have strong concerns regarding the known outcomes of the trilogue negotiations. The agreed restoration targets, their implementation, and their weak financing basis make the compromise appear unrealistic.

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.

The European Commission Joint Research Center’s (JRC) latest report “Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2022” was published on 22 November 2023. It highlights 2022 as the second-worst fire season in recent history.

The European Commission’s long-awaited interim Climate Target outlines an ambitious path until 2040, building on sharp reductions of net greenhouse gas emissions, embracing bioeconomy, and involvement of land-based sectors.

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.