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IT IS WITH DEEP SADNESS THAT WE ANNOUNCE THAT ON 05.02.2023 OUR COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND KARLHEINZ STEPHAN PASSED AWAY
It is with deep sorrow that we announce that our colleague and friend Karlheinz Stephan passed away on 5th of February 2023. We have lost a wonderful professional, colleague and person. ...

URBAN GREENERY HELPS AVERT MULTIPLE CRISES FOR DRYLAND CITIES
Quality of life, especially of vulnerable groups in arid zones, can be significantly improved by integrating multipurpose urban trees and shrubs in urban design and urban development initiatives. In this context, urba ...

UEF PRESIDENCY LETTER N°34, DECEMBER 2022
The UEF Presidency is happy to invite you to read the new Presidency letter n°34, December 2022. In the new issue you will find information about the XXIV ...

FOREST EUROPE TO SUPPORT UKRAINE IN REBUILDING ITS FOREST SECTOR: A FIRST MEETING 7 DECEMBER 2022
A Ministerial Decision to support Ukraine in rebuilding its forest sector was adopted at the end of August 2022 by the 44 Member States of FOREST EUROPE at the first High ...

A WORKSHOP FUTURE-PROOF GREEN CITIES MAKE FUTURE-PROOF COUNTRIES - BUILDING URBAN UND PERI-URBAN TREE AND FOREST RESILIENCE ORGANIZED BY UNECE/FAO AT THE END OF NOVEMBER
UNECE/FAO is organizing a workshop in Budapest about Urban Forest and forestry will take place from 27 to 30 November 2022. This seminar will be focused about the resilience of the urban and peri urban fores ...

BUILDING THE BIOECONOMY TOGETHER: HOW RENEWABLE MATERIALS CAN MAKE EUROPE AN INDUSTRIAL LEADER
The UEF member organization SITLiD (Polish Association ...

THE PRESIDENT OF UEF - MICHAEL DIEMER PARTICIPATED IN THE LAST MEETING OF THE CIVIL DIALOGUE GROUP ON FORESTRY AND CORK
On 14th of Octоber 2022 the last meeting of the Civil Dialogue Group on Forestry and Cork was organized by DG Agri. ...

THE UEF VICE-PRESIDENT ILPO PUPUTTI PARTICIPATED AT COFO26
The UEF Vice-president Ilpo Puputty participated at the twenty-sixth Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO26). The forum was held at FAO headquarters i ...

JOINT LETTER ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE DIALOGUE WITH THE FOREST SECTOR- NEW COMMISSION DECISION 2022/1368 OF 3 AUGUST 2022 ON CIVIL DIALOGUE GROUPS
UEF together with the important stakeholders in the forest sector (CEETTAR, CEI-Bois, CEPF, CEPI, Copa-Cogeca, ELO, EUSTAFOR, FECOF, USSE), sent a href=$1 ...

IUFRO WORLD CONGRESS 2024 - CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS
XXVI IUFRO World Congress 2024, S ...

EU PUBLIC CONSULTATION EU FORESTS - NEW EU FRAMEWORK FOR FOREST MONITORING AND STRATEGIC PLANS
Оn 25th of August the the European Commission has launched a public consultation initiative "EU forests - new EU Framework for Forest Monitoring and Strategic Plans". T ...

SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT: KEEPING THE POTENTIAL OF FOREST BIODIVERSITY UNLOCKED
European forest owners and managers are, and always have been, strongly committed to actively pursuing and sustainably managing Europe’s forests to provide a viable home for bi ...

FOREST EUROPE IS WORKING TOWARDS THE PAN-EUROPEAN FOREST RISK KNOWLEDGE MECHANISM FORISK.
Building on the Bratislava Ministerial Resolution “Adapting pan-European fo ...

HIGH-LEVEL POLICY DIALOGUE 2022: “SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT: UNLOCKING FOREST BIODIVERSITY’S POTENTIAL” 30 AUGUST 2022
The High Level Policy Dialogue 2022 is organised in line with the Bratislava Ministerial Declaration 2021 as well as the Forest Europe Work Progra ...

UEF PARTICIPATED IN THE F-BI EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON 5TH JULY 2022
The UEF Presidency member - the assistant secretary Mårten Gustafsson, Sweden participated in the regular F-BI Expert Group Meeting that took place on 5th July 2022. The short meeting was more like a b ...

A NEW FAO REPORT: FORESTS AND TREES CAN HELP US RECOVER FROM MULTIPLE CRISES
With the world facing multiple crises including, COVID-19, conflicts, climate crisis and biodiversity loss, our forests can help us recover from their impact, but only if we step up action t ...

IN GENEVA 30 JUNE 2022 UNECE/FAO ORGANIZES A MEETING ABOUT “CIRCULAR ECONOMY: HOW CAN WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS CONSUMERS”
The dominant consumption models, based on a 'take-make-use-dispose', cannot maintain our current life standards without increasing environmental degradation and incurring economi ...

A MEMBER OF UEF IS ELECTED AT BUREAU OF THE UNITED NATIONS FORUM ON FORESTS UNFF18-19.
The UEF member Ismail Belen, secretary of the Chamber of Forest Engineers (OMO) of Turkey was elected as a member of the Bureau of the eighteenth and nineteenth sessions of the United Nation ...

A SUCCESSFUL SEMINAR TO ”THE FOUR PILLARS OF SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PILLARS IN THE FOCUS”.
This year the members of the Union of the European foresters were welcomed by their Finish colleagues. The UEF member organizations METO and LOIMU organized the XXIV UEF Governing council me ...

BIOECONOMY YOUTH AMBASSADORS COMPETITION
     On 5th of May 2022 the European Commission launched a Bioeconomy Youth Ambassadors competition! &nb ...

ROSEWOOD4.0 FINAL EVENT – FOSTERING INNOVATION TOWARDS A MORE SUSTAINABLE FOREST SECTOR IN EUROPE
Тhe European Forest Institute (EFI) together with Steinbeis Europa Zentrum (SEZ), invite the forestry community to the conference entitled &qu ...

UEF ATTENDED THE THIRD MEETING OF THE CIVIL DIALOGUE GROUP AND FORESTRY AND CORK
The Civil Dialogue Group and Forestry and Cork met on 22.4.2022 for the third time in 2022 in an online meeting. The main discussed topics have been the implementation of th ...

UEF PARTICIPATED IN THE JOINT MEETING OF THE SFC, CDG ON FORESTRY AND CORK, EG ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CAP STRATEGIC PLANS REGULATION AND THE WG ON FOREST AND NATURE
During two consecutive days UEF Presidency members – Michael Diemer – UEF President and Anna Petrakieva – UEF vice-president participated in two European meeting. ...

FAO PUBLISHES REVISED CLASSIFICATION OF FOREST PRODUCTS
On 3rd of March FAO published a revised classification of forest products. The Classification and definitions of forest products 2022 incorporates many new products, including engin ...

CONSIDERATIONS OF THE EU FOREST MANAGERS AND OWNERS ON TWO EU DOCUMENTS
Since the beginning of the year the European forestry actors have prepared and send to the European Parliament two key statements. T ...