It has provoked fierce debate, and the final decision went to the wire, but by the slimmest of margins, on 17 June 2024 EU Environment Ministers threw a lifeline to the continent’s besieged forests and approved the Nature...
21/06/2024
The Commission should outline ways to make Closer-to-Nature Forestry Guidelines operational in a difficult world of competing interests
14/09/2023
Members of the European Parliament narrowly voted in favour of the Nature Restoration Law, which aims to restore Europe’s ecosystems, including protected and managed forests. This came after several Committees initially voted to...
12/07/2023
Europe exported a destructive forestry model around the world but now has the chance to put a stop to it at home, something EU countries must ensure is properly rolled out.
Over the past 50 years, a forestry model that has caused...
04/05/2023
Close to nature forestry is an alternative to intensive forestry, a sustainable way of managing forests.
04/04/2023