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Joint statement COP24: forests and the forest sector should play an active role in climate change mitigation and adaptation
Tuesday, December 04 , 2018
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Union of European Foresters signed at the begining of December 2018 a new joint statement at the opening of the COP24 in Katowice, Poland.
This new joint statement topic is: forests and the forest sector should play an active role in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Our UEF President, Michael Diemer signed this statement in the name of the UEF - Union of European Foresters with:
BIOENERGY Europe
CEETTAR – European Organisation of Agricultural, Rural and Forestry Contractors
CEPI – Confederation of European Paper Industries
CEPF – Confederation of European Forests Owners
CEPI – Confederation of European Paper Industries
COPA COGECA - European Farmers and European Agri-cooperatives
ELO – European Landowners’ Organization
EOS - Euroopean Organisation of the Sawmill Industry
EUSTAFOR – European State Forest Association
FECOF - European Federation of Forest-Owning Communities
USSE – Union des Sylviculteurs du Sud de l’Europe
You can download this statement attached here.
UEF thanks all the profesional foresters for their support and attention.
The UEF Presidency
Related documents:
COP24-joint-statement_final december 2018.pdf
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