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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 ...

NEW FAO FOREST PUBLICATIONS
The FAO just published two interesting documents about forest.   The first one is the new issue of the famous "Global Forests resources assessmen ...

8TH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON THE PROTECTION OF FORESTS IN EUROPE IN BRATISLAVA
The 8th Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe, was planed  in Bratislava (Slovakia) from 28 to 29 October 2020. Due to the ...

SEASONS GREETINGS 2020 FROM UEF
The whole UEF Presidency, Michael Diemer, Anna Petrakieva, Hervé Némoz-Rajot, Tomasz Markiewicz, Ilpo Puputti, Thomas Baschny and Marten Gustafsson wish you and your kin a tr ...

TOMASZ MARKIEWICZ, UEF VICE PRESIDENT, ELECTED IN THE UNFF BUREAU
The UEF is happy to announce that our Vice president, Tomasz Markiewicz, was elected as a member of the bureau of the United Nations Forum on Forestry. &nbs ...

THE EU COMMISSION PRESIDENT LETTER TO UEF!
In September 8th, Michael Diemer, president of UEF, sent an E-mail to Mrs Ursula von der Leyen, president of t ...

THE XXTH UEF CONGRESS WILL BE IN FRANCE NEXT YEAR 2021
EFA-CGC, the French member of UEF and the UEF Presidency have the pleasure to inform you that the next UEF statutory XX Congress will be next year 2021 in France in the c ...

THE UEF PRESIDENCY LETTER N°30 IN NOW AVAILABLE!
The UEF Presidency is happy to invite you to download and read the new Presidency letter n°30, November 2020. style=$1 ...

NEW MEETING OF THE FOREST PEDAGOGIC SUB-GROUP IN NOVEMBER 2020
This regular Forest pedagogy sub-group meeting took place on 5th and 6th of November in a new and unusual virtual way. Similar to all other meetings around Europe this one was al ...

WEBINAR ABOUT WHO ARE THE FOREST WORKERS OF TODAY
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EUROPEAN UNION ROADMAP FOR THE NEW EUROPEAN FOREST STRATEGY
The European Commission just published the roadmap of the new European Union Forest Strategy.   Roadmaps aim to inform citizens and stakeholders about the Com ...

NEXT MEETING OF THE CDG FORESTRY AND CORK
The European Union Commission DG Agriculture and Rural Development will organize a new meeting of the Civilian Dialogue Group (CDG) on Forestry and Cork on 24 November, in a virtual way, due to the si ...

A NEW EUROPEAN UNION SURVEY ABOUT LONG-VISION FOR RURAL AREAS
The EU Commission decided to organize a public consultation on the Long-term vision for rural areas. To achieve such a vision, it is necessary to assess what li ...

A NEW IMPORTANT STEP IN BRUSSELS FOR A NEW EUROPEAN FOREST STRATEGY
After a long work, some common position papers from the Forest organizations and a UEF position paper, the European Parliament voted a resolution for a new Forest Strategy on 8 October 2020, incl ...

NEXT COFO 25 IN ROME 5-9 OCTOBER 2020 IN A VIRTUAL WAY
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THE NEW EU FOREST STRATEGY IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: WE SUPPORT!
Next week, the European Parliament will vote on the report “The European Forest Strategy – The way forward".   17 EU forest and ...

A NEW UEF POSITION PAPER ABOUT EU BIODIVERSITY AND FOREST STRATEGIES
During the Governing Council Meeting held in Puszczykowo, near Poznan in Poland, on 5 Septembre 2020, the Union of European Foresters adopted a position paper: "Euro ...

NEXT XV WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS IN MAY 2021 IN REPUBLIC OF KOREA: NEW DATES!
The XV World Forestry Congress was scheduled in Republic of Korea, from 24 to 28 May 2021 in Seoul. pan styl ...

URGENT: END OF THE REGISTRATION: XXIII UEF GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETING IN POLAND 5 9 2020
The registration is going to close very soon! Please, register yourself as a representative of one of our member organizations.   Due to the corona ...