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FAO JUST PUBLISHED A NEW BROCHURE ABOUT URBAN AND PERI-URBAN FORESTRY
The UEF Presidency is happy to inform you that FAO published in May 2017 an interesting new brochure:  " Guidelines on urban and peri-urban forestry".​   This topic is ...

THE NEW PRESIDENCY LETTER N°23 APRIL 2017 IS AVAILABLE HERE
  The UEF Presidency is happy to invite you to download and read the new Presidency letter n°23, April 2017. You'll find a lot of information about UEF activities ...

A NEW JOINT POSITION PAPER ABOUT BIOMASS AND ENERGY, INCLUDING UEF
Sustainably managed forests are a proven source of sustainable biomass for bioenergy. You'll find here this new Joi ...

EU GREEN WEEK 2017: GREEN JOBS FOR A BETTER FUTURE
EU Green Week is the EU annual opportunity to debate and discuss European environmental policy. Organised by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment, this key event in t ...

NEXT UEF ROUND TABLE MEETING IN BRUSSELS 20 OF JUNE 2017
UEF will organize a new Round Table Meeting in the European Forestry House in Brussels. This one is organized in cooperation and partnership with Forest Europestro ...

PRESIDENCY MEETING IN ISTANBUL WELCOMED BY OMO, THE UEF TURKISH MEMBER
The last UEF Presidency meeting was welcomed in Istanbul, Turkey from 9 to 11  March 2017. During the first day, 9¨March, an official meeting was organized in the office of the regional directo ...

REGISTRATIONS ARE OVER NOW! XIX UEF CONGRESS IN MAINZ, GERMANY
You can't register anymore to attend our next Congress in Germany! The Presidency and our BDF guest in Germany announce ...

A NEW FAO INTERESTING PUBLICATION ABOUT FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
This FAO new publication aims to provide a broad range of data and statistics on forests. This brochure is focused about the impact and benefits that forestry has on our environment. It also o ...

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FORESTS 21 MARCH 2017: FORESTS AND ENERGY
Every year on the International Day of Forests, 21 March, we celebrate the ways in which forests and trees sustain and protect us. This year we a ...

UEF SEASONS GREETINGS
    Merry Xmas and Happy New Year 2017 !   The UEF Presidency wishes all the UEF members, all the foresters all over Europe and all our v ...

NEWS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION MEETINGS
  At the end of the year forestal matters are discussed in several meetings in Brussel, organized by the EU commission.r ...

HERE IS THE NEW UEF PRESIDENCY LETTER N°22, NOVEMBER 2016.
The UEF Presidency is happy to invite you to download and read the new Presidency letter n°22, November 2016. You'll find a lot of information about UEF activities and actions. Feel free to ...

PEFC FOREST CERTIFICATION WEEK 2016 IN BALI
As the world’s leaders head to Marrakech this November for the latest climate change talks, PEFC is gathering its stakeholders in Bali to explore how we can amplify the essentia ...

SECOND UEF INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FOREST PEDAGOGY IN BULGARIA
UEF in collaboration with UBF and Bulgarian Ministy of Agriculture and Food organized the Second International Workshop on Forest Pedagogy in Bulgaria. style=$1text ...

A FRUITFUL XX UEF GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETING IN DENMARK
The XX Governing Council Meeting of UEF was organized from 22 to 25 September 2016 in Denmark, in the national Danish forest school, at Nørebo, not far fr ...

A NEW TURKISH MEMBER IN THE UEF
During the last Governing Council Meeting of UEF in Nørebo in Denmark (22-25 September 2016), the Turkish Chamber of Forest Engineers was accepted as a new member of the Union of European Foresters. T ...

FAO ORGANIZED IN ROMA THE FIFTH WORLD FOREST WEEK IN JULY
FAO organized in Roma the last edition of the COFO and the 5th World Forest Week in July 2016.   Participants of the 23rd Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO) of the Food and Agricultur ...

UEF ORGANIZED A NEW WORKCAMP EXCURSION IN JULY 2016 IN THE FORESTRY OFFICE OF KASTELLAUN IN GERMANY
The new UEF summer Workcamp for students in forestry was again this year in Germany, in the forest district of Kastellaun (Rheinland-Pfalz). This workcamp was organized by the Fore ...

COFO 23 18-22 JULY 2016, FAO HEADQUARTERS, ROME, ITALY
UEF is happy to remind you that UNECE FAO will organize COFO 23 in Rome, in a few weeks, in July.   pan style=$1font-family:arial, ...

UEF ATTENDED THE LAST FOREST EUROPE EXPERT MEETING IN BRATISLAVA
The last Forest Europe meeting was in May 11 and 12 in Slovakia in Bratislava city. UEF attended this meeting, as usually. Our Secretary, Thomas Baschny, represented UEF as observer. &nbs ...

BUSY SPRING FOR FOREST MATTERS IN EUROPE
At the end of April, the EU Expert Group on Forest Based Industries (FBI) met in Brussels. pan style=$1color:r ...

THE NEW UEF PRESIDENCY LETTER N°21 IS PUBLISHED!
Dear members and visitors, The UEF Presidency is happy to invite you to have a look at our new issue of the Presidency Letter, n°21 April 2016. Please follow this direct link to download i ...

EU POLICY ON BIOENERGY 2020: UEF ANSWERED THE CONSULTATION
The European Commission is seeking about views and opinions on an EU policy for sustainable bioenergy from 2020 to 2030. The move is part of the EU’s  href=$1http://ec.europa.eu/energ ...

SOLIDARITY WITH OUR BELGIAN AND LIVING IN BRUSSELS COLLEAGUES
After the sad events in Brussels, 22th of March 2016, UEF members express their solidarity with our Belgian member, foresters from Belgium and all our colleagues working and living in Brussels, for the EU Commission o ...

UEF WORKCAMP EXCURSION WEEK 09 – 17 JULY 2016 IN THE FORESTRY OFFICE KASTELLAUN GERMANY
The new UEF summer Workcamp for students in forestry will be again this year in Germany, in the forest district of Kastellaun (Rheinland-Pfalz). This workcamp is organized by the Forest serv ...