The SMURF project has just wrapped up its Second Cascade Funding Call, marking a significant milestone in strengthening the capacities and visibility of small forest owners’ organisations across Europe. Building on the success of the…
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Metsäliitto Cooperative, the parent company of Metsä Group, is owned by forest owners in Finland. After paying their statutory shares, members can increase their ownership by investing in additional Metsä1 shares.The cooperative pays annual interest…
Södra (Skogsägarna) is a forestry cooperative based in Växjö, Sweden, and the largest in the country. Over 52,000 forest owners in southern Sweden are members, owning more than half of all privately owned forest in…
A close cooperation between the national organizations of Nordic forest owners began in 1946, when the NSF was founded. The member organizations of the NSF are the Danish Forest Association (Dansk Skovförening), the Swedish Federation…
The Union of Foresters of Southern Europe (USSE) is an European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) uniting forester organizations of Southern Europe.Its headquarters are located in Zamudio, Vizcaya, in the Basque Country, while it has another…
he INTERCEDE project is reviewing and assessing market-based instruments (MBIs) across Europe to foster the provision of forest ecosystem services (FES).Through its stakeholder platform – the Transdisciplinary Forum – the project is engaging end-users to identify MBIs…
The European forestry sector is at a pivotal moment. The transition towards a more sustainable, biodiversity-friendly, and multifunctional forest-based bioeconomy, as outlined in the EU Forest Strategy 2030, requires a new generation of skills and…
Copa and Cogeca are the united voice of farmers, foresters and agri-cooperatives in the EU. They ensure that EU agriculture and forestry are sustainable, innovative and competitive, while guaranteeing food security for 500 million people…
Metsäkeskus: Leading Sustainable Forest Management for Small Forest Holders The Finnish Forest Center (Metsäkeskus) is a government-linked organization under Finland’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.…
The French Government and institutions are concerned with the situation of their Small Forest Holdings and several key documents of the last five years prove…