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European Forestry Pulse #79
April 21st, 2026 - Friday we published the Expectations Gap theory. Sunday the invoice arrived.
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European Forestry Pulse # 76
April 9th, 2026 - The EU's carbon farming methodology is in consultation.
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European Forestry Pulse #75
April 7th, 2026 - Brussels just published its first integrated wildfire strategy.
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European Forestry Pulse #74
2026. április 2. - Hello, Last week I was in Brussels for a PEFC policy event. The title asked whether forest-based bioeconomy and ecosystem services are friends or foes.
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European Forestry Pulse #67
March 10th, 2026 - Ingka Group paid So?dra €720 million for 153,000 hectares in Latvia and Estonia.
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ForestryBrief Professional #8
March 6th, 2026 - A $100 billion asset class with no price benchmark, no fee transparency, and no way to tell the barons from the hustlers. Here's what you need to know before writing a cheque. The Big Short in the Forest: What Nobody Tells You Before You Invest in European Timber Hello, If you haven't seen The Big Short, stop reading and watch it first. I'll wait. The 2015 film tells the story of the 2008 financial crisis. A handful of outsiders realised that the US housing market was built on toxic mortgages — packaged into complex instruments that nobody understood, rated AAA by agencies that never checked, and sold to investors who trusted the brochure. Everyone was making money. Nobody was asking questions. The few who did were called crazy. Until the whole thing collapsed. I've been thinking about that film a lot lately. Because European forest investment — an asset class I strongly believe in — is starting to show some of the same symptoms. Not the toxicity. Not the fraud (well, some fraud). But the structural blindness. The missing data. The assumption that "green" means "safe." The fact that billions are flowing in and nobody has built the basic infrastructure to tell good
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European Forestry Pulse #65
March 3rd, 2026 - The EUDR Information System has been in restricted mode since February 16.
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European Forestry Pulse #63
February 24th, 2026 - The US Supreme Court killed the reciprocal tariffs.
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European Forestry Pulse #52
January 15th, 2026 - A new revenue stream for forest owners. Plus UK's ?1B forest project opens for bids, Metsa? Board scores Triple A, and EU cuts reporting rules by 90%.
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European Forestry Pulse #51
January 13th, 2026 - Fourth biggest storm in Swedish records. Plus Norway's record harvest meets falling prices, Greece adopts controlled burns, and Hungary faces EU fraud probe.
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European Forestry Pulse #41
December 9th, 2025 - Final vote Dec 15-18 confirms new deadlines. Meanwhile US hits EU hardwood with 15% tariff, and forests become "strategic security assets.
News Forestry: Scotland's Finest Woods Awards reach 40th anniversary
21st May 2025 SCOTLAND'S Finest Woods Awards is marking 40 years of celebrating all that is great about the country’s woodlands and forests.
News EUSTAFOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPOINTS JUHA NIEMELÄ FROM METSÄHALLITUS AS PRESIDENT FOR A SECOND TERM
Juha S. Niemelä, Director General of Metsähallitus, Finland, has been reelected as the President of EUSTAFOR by the association’s General Assembly. His appointment comes together with the re-election of the Vice-President, Georg Schöppl (Österreichische Bundesforste), and nine other members of the Executive Committee. Mr. Niemelä will be continuing his presidency for a new term, having first been elected in 2023 when he replaced Reinhardt Neft, Managing Director of Bayerische Staatsforsten AöR. On 18 March 2025, the EUSTAFOR General Assembly appointed the following members of the Executive Committee to guide and steer the Association’s work for the next 2-year term: President • Juha S. Niemelä, Director General of Metsähallitus (Finland) Vice-President • Georg Schöppl, Österreichische Bundesforste (Austria) Executive Committee Board Members: • Josef Svoboda, Lesy České Republiky s.p. (Czech Republic) • Natalie Barbe, Office National des For?ts (France) • Mark Carlin, Coillte (Ireland) • Jerzy Fijas, Lasy Państwowe (Poland) • Dan Marius Süulescu, ROMSILVA (Romania) • Mikka Marran, Riigimetsa Majandamise Keskus (Estonia) • Olaf Johansson, Sveaskog (Sweden) • Sara Maltoni, ANARF (Ital
Press review Forestry officials key advice for managing dog walkers in woodlands
28th January - forestryjournal.co.uk CORRECT signage, clearly set out routes, and timely intervention are some of the suggestions outlined in new guidance on how to welcome dog walkers into woodlands.
Press review Storm Eowyn: Forestry bosses issue woodland warning
forestryjournal.co.uk FORESTRY bosses are urging people to avoid forests when Storm Eowyn and its 100 mph hit the UK in the coming days.
