European timber industry associations demand course corrections in EU Forest Policy

-Associations from Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia demand a clear commitment to sustainable forest management -Impact assessment of EU policies and their interactions for forests and the forestry and timber value chain -Better framework conditions for sustainable forest management and the use of wood The interest groups of the wood industry from seven member states of the European Union are committed to climate protection, employment and value creation through the use of wood from sustainable forest management. Mag. Herbert Jöbstl, Chairman of the Association of the Austrian Timber Industry, explains: “The ...