NEWS |

A new joint letter from forestry and agricultural sectors on forest bioenergy
Monday, February 26 , 2018 6533
UEF signed a new joint letter about forest bioenergy, with CEPEF, EUSTAFOR, COPA, COGECA, ELO, CEETTAR, CEJA, EOS and USSE.
Our UEF President, Michael Diemer signed this letter with:
Hubert de Schorlemer
President of Confederation of European Forest Owners – CEPF
Per-Olof Wedin
President of European State Forest Association – EUSTAFOR
Joachim Rukwied
President of European Farmers – COPA
Thomas Magnusson
President of European Agri-Cooperatives – COGECA
Pierre Olivier Drège
President of European Landowners’ Organisation – ELO
Simo Jaakkola
Vice-President of European Organisation of Agricultural, Rural and Forestry Contractors – CEETTAR
Jannes Maes
President of European Council of Young Farmers – CEJA
Sampsa Auvinen
President of European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry – EOS
and Bruno Lafon
President of Union of Foresters of Southern Europe – USSE
This letter is send to:
Temenuzhka Petkova, Ministry of Energy – Republic of Bulgaria
José Blanco López, Member of the European Parliament
Miguel Arias Cañete, European Commissioner for Climate Action & Energy.
This joint letter on behalf of the European forest owners and managers, farmers and their cooperatives, sawmill industry, forest workers, contractors and professionals, is addressing our main concerns in view of the upcoming trilogue negotiations on the recast of the Renewable Energy Directive.
UEF thanks all the foresters for their support in this crucial matter.
The UEF Presidency
Related documents:
20180223 Joint letter on forest bioenergy.pdf
Previous | Next |
LATEST NEWS
Round Table on the Role of Forests Forestry Sector in the future EU Bioeconomy
Thursday, May 15, 2025 723
The Union of European Foresters in cooperation with CEPF, EUSTAFOR and FECOF will organiza a joint Round Table meeting on the on the Role of Forests & Forestry Sector in the future EU Bioec ...
International forest summer camp from 11 to 23 August 2025
Sunday, May 11, 2025 555
The UEF member Polish Association of Foresters and Wood Technologists (SiTLiD) in partnership with the Union of European Foresters and the Polish State Service invite students in forestry to an International Forestry Summer Camp.
The cam ...
UEF Participated in the “Forest and forestry stakeholder platform” meeting in the beginning of April
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 1042
The UEF vice-president Hans Jacobs participated in the meeting of the new EU Expert group on “Forest and forestry stakeholder platform” in April.
Several significant topics w ...
The registration for the XXI UEF Congress is now open!
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 1549
The Union of Bulgarian Foresters - member of the UEF, has the pleasure to invite you to the XXI UEF Congress, that will take place in Ruse town, Bulgaria, from 11-14 September 2025.
The ...
A new policy brief Enhancing climate resilience of forest value chains is compiled by the RESONATE - project
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 1915
A new policy brief "Enhancing climate resilience of forest value chains" i ...