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EU GREEN WEEK 20-22 OCTOBER 2020
EU Green Week 2020 is now scheduled in Brussels, ...

THE CONFERENCE FORESTRY-BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE IN SOFIA BULGARIA POSTPONED!
UEF announced you the International conference " Forestry - Bridge to the future" in Sofia Bulgaria, scheduled on May 2020. Please have a look at our "News" about it usin ...

INVITATION TO AN EUROPEAN UNION SURVEY ABOUT INFORMATION ON THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY
The EU Commission decided to start an evaluation of the CAP (Common Agricultural Policy), including forest aspects.   The PPMI institute, choosen by DG AGRI, is managing this ...

THE NEW UEF PRESIDENCY LETTER N°29 IS AVAILABLE
The UEF Presidency is happy to invite you to download and read the new Presidency letter n°29, April 2020.. st ...

NEW INFORMATION: UEF INTERNATIONAL SUMMER FORESTRY CAMP IN POLAND 2020 IS CANCELED
Last minute news: The next edition of the UEF International summer forestry camp  in Poland from 24 August to 6 September 2020 is ...

8TH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON THE PROTECTION OF FORESTS IN EUROPE IN BRATISLAVA OCTOBER 2020
The 8th Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe, will be in Bratislava (Slovakia) from 28 to 29 October 2020. After Strasbourg ...

22 MARCH IS WORLD WATER DAY
22 March is World Water Day. This year, the topic of World Water Day is water and climate change – and how they are inextricabl ...

NEW INFORMATION: XXIII UEF GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETING IN POLAND 5 SEPTEMBER 2020 WILL BE VIRTUAL
Due to the Coronas virus and the sanitarian situation, the UEF Presidency and the Polish member of UEF SITLiD decided that the XXIII UEF Governing council meeting will be virtual, by E-confere ...

FCN SUBGROUP FOREST PEDAGOGY MEETS IN LJUBLJANA!
From 25th – 26th November 2019, the Subgroup Forest Pedagogy held the annual meeting in Ljubljana, hosted by the Slovenian Forestry Institute. 17 persons from 13 different Europ ...

NEW: UEF ROUND TABLE MEETING IN BRUSSELS 10 03 2020 CANCELLED
UEF wanted to organize its new Round Table Meeting in the European Forestry House in Brussels, on 1 ...

TODAY, JANUARY 31 IS BREXIT !
Dear British colleagues,   The UEF members send our British foresters colleagues a special thought because the UK is leaving the EU today. For a long time, the British foresters asso ...

ABOUT BUSHFIRES IN AUSTRALIA
UEF Presidency forwards you interesting information about bushfires in Australia, published on the FAO web site. ...

UP TO DATE: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FORESTS 21TH MARCH 2020: FORESTS AND BIODIVERSITY
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests (IDF) in 2012. The Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all type ...

UEF SEASONS GREETINGS
The whole UEF Presidency, Michael Diemer, Anna Petrakieva, Hervé Némoz-Rajot, Tomasz Markiewicz, Ilpo Puputti, Thomas Baschny and Marten Gustafsson wish you and y ...

A NEW EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL ANNOUNCED BY THE NEW EU COMMISSION IN BRUSSELS 11 DECEMBER 2019
The new European Commission, directed by President Ursula Von der Leyen, presented in Brussels on 11 December 2019 an tron ...

A NEW FOREST SECTOR JOINT LETTER ON WORKING GROUP ON FORESTS AND NATURE DECEMBER 2019
UEF is directly associated in a new joint letter from the European forests and forest-based sector’s representatives.   This lette ...

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FORESTS FOR BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE IN BRUSSELS 4-5 FEBRUARY 2020
The European Commission will organize in Brussels 4-5 February 2020 an International Conference on Forests for Biodiversity and Climate on th ...

THE NEW UEF PRESIDENCY LETTER N°28 IS AVAILABLE HERE
The UEF Presidency is happy to invite you to download and read the new Presidency letter n°28, November 2019. style=$1margin-lef ...

NEW MEETING OF THE EXPERT GROUP ON F-BI FOREST BASED INDUSTRY IN BRUSSELS 16 OCTOBER 2019
As full member of the Expert group on Forest based Industry of the European Union Commission, UEF attended the last meeting in Brussels, represented by Måtron ...

FORESTERS 4 FUTURE, A NEW NGO IN GERMANY
A new NGO is born in Germany: FORESTERS 4 FUTURE. ...

FOREST IS THE NATURAL SOLUTION TO PROVIDE CLEAN WATER FOR ALL
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) juts published a new guide based on the idea that forests are a nat ...

UEF SUPPORTS OUR ROMANIAN COLLEAGUES AFTER TWO OTHER MURDERS OF ROMANIAN STATE FORESTERS IN OCTOBER 2019
The Romanian forests are really important and more of half part of the European primeval and old-growth forests are in Romania. Some organized crime syndicates are specialized in illegal logging. R ...

FORÊT 2019 JOINT SESSION OF THE ECE COMITEE ON FORESTS AND THE FOREST INDUSTRY IN GENEVA 4-7 NOVEMBER 201
UEF attended the last "Forêt 2019", joint session of the 77th session of ECE commitee on forests and the forest industry and the 40th session of the FAO European Fores ...

FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BULGARIAN FOREST PEDAGOGUES IN YUNDOLA BULGARIA 18-19 OCTOBER 2019
UEF Presidency was  invited by UBF, the Bulgarian member of UEF, to attend the first National conference of Bulgarian pedagogues in Yundola, in the forest traini ...

A NEW JOINT STATEMENT INVOLVING UEF: MULTIFUNCTIONAL EUROPEAN FORESTS ARE CRUCIAL TO REACH THE OBJECTIVES OF AN EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL
UEF is associated in a joint statement of the European forests and forest-based sector’s representatives on the multifunctional role of European fores ...