FME 2008

FME 2008 was held in Bulgaria in the foothills of Rila National Park. It was hosted by the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (http://bspb.org/index.php).

The main issues discussed during the meeting included:

• Europe’s forests (concentrating on Bulgaria)
• Pulp, paper and the Shrink campaign (www.shrink.org)
• Bioenergy – problems with agrofuels and alternative visions
• Carbon trading
• Avoided deforestation, a new and upcoming issue
• The battle to save FSC from itself
• Illegal logging and forest governance

Many of the organisations present signed-on to the European paper vision.

FME Consumption declaration

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