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UEF ATTENDED THE LAST FOREST BASED INDUSTRIES WEBEX MEETING
The UEF Assistent secretary Marten Gustafsson, the UEF representative in the Expert group on forest based industry in Brussels attended the last meeting of the Group. The We ...

FORESTA2021 AND THE EUROPEAN FOREST WEEK
Experts, policy-makers, business leaders and national delegates gather at Foresta2021 and European Forest Week that is taking part from 22 to 25 November 2021. The aim of the forum is to discuss strateg ...

JOINT PRESS RELEASE ON THE NEW EU FOREST STRATEGY FOR 2030
JOINT PRESS RELEASE style ...

UEF PARTICIPATED IN THE “WOOD BE BETTER YOU YUBE SEMINAR
The UEF representative, Marten Gustafsson assistant-secretary participated in the “Wood be Better, Welcome to Nature restoration in forests” YouTube conference s ...

CIVIL DIALOGUE GROUP ON FORESTRY AND CORK DISCUSSED NEW EU FOREST STRATEGY ON 7 OCT 2021
On 7 October the Civil Dialaogue Group on Forestry and Cork met in a short webmeeting and the member of the group had the opportunity to comment the new EU Forest Strategy for 2030 ...

THE FAO PUBLISHED A NEW GUIDE TO FOREST-WATER MANAGEMENT
The FAO just published a new guide to forest-water management.   Many people worldwide lack adequate access to clean water to meet basic needs, and many important economic activities, ...

THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR IN CHARTRES DURING THE XX UEF CONGRESS ON YOU TUBE
In the framework of the XX UEF Congress organized in Chartres, France, from September 29 to October 2, an International seminar will be organized the 30 of September. The topic of this seminar will be : tr ...

UEF ATTENDED THE LAST FOREST BASED INDUSTRIES E-MEETING FROM BRUSSELS
Our UEF representative, Marten Gustafsson assitant secretary, in the FBI expert group in Brussels attended the last meeting at the end of June 2021, in a virtual way, due to the Corana ...

THE NEW EUROPEAN UNION FOREST STRATEGY FOR 2030 IS PUBLISHED!
After a long process, the European Commission published the new European Forest strategy for 2030. It's a 27 pages document.   Even if the result is not perfect, at least we now have ...

A NEW JOINT STATEMENT OF THE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP ON FORESTS
Challenges and  Opportunities in Turning the Tide on Deforestation.   After the International Day of Biological Diversity on 22 May, we must stress that conserv ...

EU GREEN WEEK 2021
The EU organize a new Green week in 2021, from 31st May to 4th June, with an opening event in Lahti Finland . This year the major topic is focused on "Zero pollution - ...

TREE CITIES OF THE WORLD, FROM FAO AND ARBOUR DAY FOUNDATION
The Arbor Day Foundation, along with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), today announced the cities recognised through the Tree Cities of the World prog ...

NEW DATES FOR THE WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS IN SEOUL - KOREA MAY 2022
The XV World Forestry Congress was scheduled in Republic of Korea, from 24 to 28 May 2021 in Seoul. ...

THE STATEMENT PRESENTED BY UEF DURING 8TH FOREST EUROPE CONFERENCE IN BRATISLAVA APRIL 2021
  UEF, fully involved in this process since the begining, attended the 8th Ministerial conference Forest Europe, organized in Bratislava, 14-15 April 2021, in a virtual ...

THE 8TH FOREST EUROPE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE IN BRATISLAVA APRIL 2021
"The Future We Want: The Forests We Need"   The Eighth FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference shall address i ...

UEF XX CONGRESS FRANCE 2021 CHARTRES COVID 19 SPECIAL INFORMATION
Dear foresters all around Europe, We are living an unbelievable period due to the COVID 19 pandemic. In this special time, the UEF Presidency and the organizing committee of the French Congress 202 ...

URBAN FORESTRY DAYS 23-24 MARCH 2021
The European Forest Institute (EFI), the  href= ...

FAO LAUNCHED NEW TOOL FOR FOREST AND WATER CONNECTIONS
FAO in Rome launched a new online tool that will help people better monitor, measure and manage the relationship between forests and water. tron ...

A NEW UEF POSITION PAPER ABOUT THE NEW EU FOREST STRATEGY
The Union of European Foresters adopted a new position paper: " European forestry needs a strong new EU forest strategy to fight Climate Change and support the Green deal s ...

UN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FOREST - 21 MARCH 2021
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests (IDF) in 2012. The Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance o ...

THE UEF PRESIDENCY LETTER N°31 SPECIAL ISSUE IS NOW AVAILABLE!
The UEF Presidency is happy to invite you to download and read the new Presidency letter n°31, February 2021. style=$1 ...

A NEW FAO PUBLICATION ABOUT FOREST-RELATED DISASTERS
 FAO in Rome published in January 2021 a new study on forest-related disasters that will help contribute to the development of effective responses for future incidents. ...

INTERESTING ULTIMATE GUIDE TO HELP PREVENT DEFORESTATION IN THE WORLD
One of the readers of our website sent us an E-mail, asking kindly for a publication on our UEF website of a really interesting document about deforestation in the world.   Th ...

NEW ONLINE PUBLIC CONSULTATION FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION COMMISSION
The European Commission has launched an online public consultation on the development of three important and inter-connected EU biodiversity policy initiatives:   1. D ...

THE STATE OF EUROPE S FORESTS 2020 IS PUBLISHED
The UEF Presidency is pleased to inform you that FOREST EUROPE Liaison Unit Bratislava published the State of Europe’s Forests 2020 report.   The repor ...