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Statement | The EESC calls for coherence, certainty and clarity from the new EU Forest Strategy for 2030
8 December 2021
Joint statement by CEPF, Copa-Cogeca, ELO, EUSTAFOR, FECOF, UEF and USSE on the European Economic and Social Committee Opinion the new EU Forest Strategy for 2030.
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Deforestation in the spotlight of COP26
18 November 2021
Between 31 October and 12 November 2021, around 200 world leaders and thousands of negotiators, businesses, and NGOs gathered at the 26th Conference of the Parties of the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) in Glasgow to agree on international climate action.
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Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act approved by EU Council
9 December 2021
The Sustainable Finance´s Taxonomy Climate Change Delegated Act has been approved by EU Council on 9 December and will come into force on 1 January 2022.
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Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking established
6 December 2021
The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU), is a new €2 billion public-private partnership between the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) building on the success of its predecessor BBI JU.
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CEPF’s speaker engagement in forest-related events
20 December 2021
During the last months of 2021, European forest owners were represented in several forest-related events by CEPF.
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European Commission published Deforestation Regulation
19 November 2021
The European Commission published on 17 November 2021 a proposal for a Deforestation and Forest Degradation Regulation.
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Conference on property rights in private forests
27 January 2022
On 14 December 2021, the Slovenian Association of Forest Owners organised a conference “Property rights in private forests in the light of EU forest-related policies” with a support of CEPF, Copa-Cogeca, ELO and Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry of Slovenia.
Position | Forest Owners' & Managers' considerations on EC Proposal for Deforestation and Forest Degradation Regulation
7 March 2022
Joint position of European forest owners and managers presenting key considerations on the EC proposal for a Deforestation and Forest Degradation Regulation.
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Press release | How "Close-to-Nature" Is the Management of European Forests?
10 March 2022
Joint press release on the expert webinar "How "Close-to-Nature" Is the Management of European Forests?" organised on 10 March by EUSTAFOR and CEPF.
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CEPF Feedback on the revised State Aid rules for the Agricultural and Forestry Sectors and in Rural Areas
11 March 2022
CEPF welcomes the publication of the draft State Aid Rules for the Agricultural and Forestry Sectors. We see the revision of State Aid Rules as a great opportunity to align them better with the needs of European forest owners and the new CAP.
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SUPERB project – upscaling forest restoration
18 March 2022
SUPERB “Systemic solutions for upscaling of urgent ecosystem restoration for forest-related biodiversity and ecosystem services” is a 4-year EU-funded Horizon 2020 project that was kicked off in December 2021 and is coordinated by the European Forest Institute.