Reminder regarding the 74th International Softwood Conference in Dublin (28–29 October). Please note that 90% of the hotel rooms have already been booked. If you are planning to attend and would like to stay at the conference venue, we strongly encourage you to register as soon as possible and book [...]

📘🌲 Fresh off the press! 🌳🪵 The latest edition of the EOS Annual Report is now available for download. HERE EOS would like to express its sincere gratitude to the sponsors of this year's edition: COMACT, Indufor, Incomac, Mayr-Melnhof Holz, MICROTEC and Russ Taylor Global. Their valuable support is highly [...]

On the occasion of the 10th Forest Europe Ministerial Conference, we would like to share with you the joint statement signed by the leading European organisations representing the forest and wood-based sectors. As European Ministers gather in Stockholm for the 10th Forest Europe Ministerial Conference, the European wood industry, represented [...]

Only a few months before the application of the EU Deforestation Regulation on 30 December 2026, the undersigned associations, committed to fighting deforestation and supporting a workable implementation of the EUDR requirements, reiterate their call for addressing the remaining flaws, gaps and artificial constraints affecting the functioning of the Information [...]

📢 Our new Advocacy Focus is out! Read now all relevant updates on key EU initiatives, ongoing policy debates, sector trends, and the most relevant events and milestones for the #Woodworking industries. In this issue, we highlight: ✅ #EUDR: Simplification package ✅ Market analysis: Europe’s #Forestry paradox ✅ Construction: Call [...]

On 12 May, the European Commission launched the public consultation on the “stress test” of the Birds and Habitats Directives. The consultation will remain open from 12 May until 4 August and will feed into the ongoing assessment process. The objective of the “stress test”, whose results are expected by [...]

Forest Tracks: Country-Level Market Insights 2025/2026 is a compilation of national reports submitted by countries to the eighty-third session of the UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry. The document provides a comprehensive overview of forest and forest product-related policies and market trends in Armenia, Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, [...]

The Forest Bioeconomy Investment Accelerator 2026, a joint initiative of the European Investment Bank Group, the European Forest Institute and the Bioregions Facility, has launched its call for projects. Approximately 10 forest and bioeconomy projects will be selected to participate in a closed-door dialogue with EIB Group experts and investment [...]