EFI welcomes its Member Organisations contributions in response to the Commission Green Paper
The EU public consultation on the Commission Green Paper “Forest Protection and Information in the EU: Preparing forests for climate change” is running from 1 March to 31 July 2010. EFI has compiled a concept note on the Green Paper, with the aim to motivate the EFI Associate Members to participate in the consultation. We also invite the Member Organisations to contribute in finalising the EFI response. The EFI concept note does not provide “model responses” to the consultation. Rather, it provides elements and viewpoints to defining of a response either to an individual question, to several or to all of the questions raised in the Green Paper.
In this EU public consultation on the Commission Green Paper, the Commission invites Member States’, organisations’ and citizens’ feedback to questions how climate change is modifying forest management and protection in Europe, and how EU policy should evolve to enhance its contribution to Member State initiatives.
As part of the consultation the Commission organised a workshop and stakeholder meeting in Brussels as part of the Green Week on 3 June. EFI participated in the Green Week “Forest Protection” stakeholder sessions in Brussels on Thursday 3 June 2010 with Dr. Marcus Lindner giving a presentation on “Options for adaptation of EU forests”.
Further information on the Green Paper at
European Commission Directorate General for Environment .
See also EFI Concept Note.
If you are interested in contributing to the EFI response, please contact Ms. Päivi Pelli, paivi.pelli
efi.int by the end of June.