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2008/10/23: Sustainable production of forest biomass

Climate change is one of today’s core challenges and demands urgent solutions. Forests, sustainable forest management and forest products play a vital role in climate change mitigation. Bio-energy from forests will play a major role to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Production of forest biomass has to be sustainable. The Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE) has elaborated the criteria for sustainable forest management in the pan-European region. MCPFE is evaluating the existing tools for sustainable forest management in relation to new demands or sustainable production of biomass.

2008/10/17: European Forest Week

Forests play a key role in mitigating climate change, providing fresh water and protecting the environment. The European Forest Week is devoted to understanding the importance of our forests and the value of using them sustainably. The week was declared by the ministers responsible for forests of 46 European countries. The pan-European initiative takes place 20-24 October 2008 and will be celebrated with activities all over Europe.

2008/07/15: European Forest Policy in Norway

Climate, energy and water will be the focus areas of Europe's key forest co-operation and collaboration process, which Norway is going to chair for the next four years. Norway's Forestry Minister, Lars Peder Brekk, has taken over as Europe's new “forest guardian”, and the Norwegian Secretariat is now in progress,
with a new visual profile and a recent working programme.