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FTP Call Topics Manual Horizon 2021 - 2022 on forestry
1 July 2021
Forest-based Sector Technology Platform (FTP) has published FTP Call Topics Manual on Horizon Europe funding opportunities 2021-2022 relevant for the forestry sector.
Press release | For the European forest owners and managers, the EC should purely rewrite the draft EU Forest Strategy!
30 June 2021
Joint press release by CEPF, Copa-Cogeca, EUSTAFOR and ELO calling the European Commission to rewrite the draft EU Forest Strategy.
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CEPF delegation participated to the 8th FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe
19 April 2021
CEPF delegation participated to the 8th FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference on 14 - 15 April 2021 and had the honour to present European forest owners’ views in one of the opening panel discussions and to be part of two joint statements.
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Statement | Draft Renewable Energy Directive Revision
5 July 2021
Joint statement by CEPF, Bioenergy Europe, Cepi, Copa-Cogeca, ELO, EOS and EUSTAFOR on draft Renewable Energy Directive revision.
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Press release | The new EU Forest Strategy – putting European forest owners’ commitment at stake
16 July 2021
Joint press release by CEPF, Copa-Cogeca and ELO on the adoption of the EU Forest Strategy for 2030.
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Forests in the spotlight of the Slovenian EU Council Presidency
2 July 2021
On 1 July 2021, Slovenia took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Portugal. In its 6-months Presidency Programme, Slovenia announces several actions regarding forest-related EU policies.
Agreement on CAP reached and Communication “A long-term vision for the EU's rural areas” published
30 June 2021
End of June 2021, two important steps were taken for future Rural Development. On 25 June, the Council and the EU Parliament reached an agreement on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and on 30 June, the Commission published its Long-term Vision for Rural Areas.
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Fit for 55 Package published
15 July 2021
On 14 July, the Commission published the Fit for 55 Package, a set of 12 revisions and initiatives linked to the EU Green Deal’s 55 % emission reduction target by 2030 compared to 1990.
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CEPF feedback on the European Commission Roadmap: Report on the EU Bioeconomy Strategy
30 August 2021
CEPF feedback focuses on how EU forests contribute to the deployment of a sustainable bioeconomy as well as to the need for coherence and synergies between the Bioeconomy Strategy and other EU policy developments, in particular the European Green Deal.
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EURACTIV event debated the impacts of forest restoration and tree-planting to climate change mitigation
9 September 2021
CEPF Policy Advisor, Hélène Koch, presented European forest owners' views in the EURACTIV event on forest restoration and tree-planting on 7 September 2021.