EU27 Environment Ministers meeting in Luxembourg on 6 October stressed the importance of healthy and resilient forests for achieving the EU’s climate objectives and emphasised the horizontal and multifunctional role of forests, during a debate on the new EU forest strategy for 2030, presented by the Commission in July as part of the ‘Fit for 55’ package (see EUROPE B12804A14).
They welcomed the strategy as a good reflection of the conclusions adopted by the Environment Council on the...