To reap the full benefits of the bio-economy and step up the fight against climate change, the EU should adopt a post-2020 forest strategy with sufficient financial resources in the 2021-2027 budget framework, says the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) in an opinion adopted on 11 April.
This opinion, prepared by Finland's Ossi Martikainen, is the CoR's response to the European Commission's report on the implementation of the 2013 Forest Strategy and the roadmap presented last...