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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.

The Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) is recruiting a Junior EU Policy Officer to support its work. Deadline for applications is 15 January 2021.

On 17 December 2020, FOREST EUROPE published the State of Europe’s Forests 2020 report (SoEF 2020) which presents recent official figures and information on European forests, their management, policies, institutional and legal frameworks in the FOREST EUROPE signatory countries.

CEPF shared European forest owners' views on the Renewable Energy Directive and the needed revisions in a stakeholder consultation seminar organised by the European Commission.

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.

This autumn, two reports focusing on the status of European ecosystems were published. The “State of Nature in the EU”, and the “MAES: an EU-wide ecosystem assessment” both provide insights on current trends and challenges faced by European ecosystems, including forest.

CEPF feedback on the Delegated Act addressing Climate Change in Taxonomy Regulation: "The Delegated Act discards the core of the forest sector - the Sustainable Forest Management, and it´s lacking reality of the actions on the field."

Joint press release of CEPF, Cepi, EUSTAFOR, Copa-Cogeca, CEI-Bois and ELO on the launch of the new awareness campaign on forest biodiversity and sustainable forest management.

Joint press release of CEPF, Copa-Cogeca and EUSTAFOR on the European Parliament AGRI Committee report "European Forest Strategy - the way forward".

Joint statement of 17 organisations representing European forest sector calling European Parliament to endorse and confirm the report on the new EU Forest Strategy ahead of the plenary vote.

Joint press release of CEPF and EUSTAFOR on the conference "European Forests: Hotspots of Biodiversity".

Joint press release of the Rural Coalition (CEPF, CEJA, CIC, Copa-Cogeca, ELO, Euromontana, FACE and UECBV) under the event "Amplifying local voices: Addressing rural development in the CAP post 2020".