forestry
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Forestry

EU forests provide multiple benefits for biodiverse ecosystems and climate resilience, prosperous rural areas and a sustainable forest bioeconomy.

Latest news

Visual showing by-products from forestry, set in the circular economy, picturing pinecones and pineneedles.
26 Nov 2024

Apply to the EU CAP Network workshop ‘Circular bioeconomy – valorisation of forest by-products’

The EU CAP Network workshop ‘Circular bioeconomy – valorisation of forest by-products’ will take place from Wednesday 26 to Thursday 27 March 2025. The call for expression of interest is now open, please apply before 9 December 2024, 23:59 CET.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Aerial satellite view of cultivated agricultural farming land fields
18 Oct 2024

Water efficiency benefits flow from CAP Strategic Plans

Water efficiency is the topic of a new Policy Insights article which highlights how the CAP can help rural Europe use water wisely by better protecting the quality and quantity of EU water reserves.

  • CAP Implementation
people on the field listening to an explanation
03 May 2024

Inspirational idea: Sustainable bee forest

Operational Group develops a concept for ‘forests of the future’ that can adapt to the changing climatic and ecological conditions thanks to specifically selected tree species.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

Upcoming events

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Latest publications

Factsheet - Circular bioeconomy - valorisation of forest by-products
Factsheets |

Factsheet Circular bioeconomy: valorisation of forest by-products

This factsheet presents the main outcomes of the EU CAP Network workshop 'Circular bioeconomy - valorisation of forest by-products' at a glance.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Event report - EU CAP Network workshop ‘Circular bioeconomy – valorisation of forest by-products’
Event Reports |

EU CAP Network workshop 'Circular bioeconomy: valorisation of forest by-products'

This report presents the main outcomes from the EU CAP Network workshop 'Circular bioeconomy: valorisation of forest by-products', held in Kouvola, Finland, on 26-27 March 2025.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Timber Business Investment Scheme Evaluation
Member State Evaluation |

Timber Business Investment Scheme Evaluation

The Timber Business Investment Scheme (TBIS) aimed to boost the timber sector in Wales by providing targeted investments to grow timber businesses, improve woodland conditions and bring inaccessible woodlands into sustainable management.

  • Evaluation

Latest projects

Research and innovation | Ongoing

Environmental Analysis and Resilience for Transformative Human-Optimised Natural Environments

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
EIP-AGRI Operational Group | Completed

Shared PRIvate FORest MANagement in Eastern Alps

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

Latest good practice

Sunny autumn landscape with meadows and colourful trees in Flemish Ardennes, Belgium
Project | 14 Oct 2025

Advancing with agroforestry carbon credits in Belgium

  • CAP Implementation
Bieley Rock at sunset (Wallonia, Liège, Belgium)
Pine forest in Kalmthout heath nature reserve, Flanders, Belgium
Project | 14 Oct 2025

Networking small forest owners in Belgium’s Waasland

  • CAP Implementation