EU on yksi maailman runsasmetsäisimmistä alueista: maa-alasta on metsien peitossa noin 40 prosenttia. Metsät ovat olennaisen tärkeitä terveydellemme ja hyvinvoinnillemme sekä koko maapallon terveydelle. Ne ovat biologisesti erittäin monimuotoisia ja valtavan tärkeitä ilmastonmuutoksen torjunnassa. EU on tietoinen siitä, millainen rooli metsillä voi olla tulevaisuudessa. Siksi vuonna 2021 hyväksyttiin uusi metsästrategia 2030.

EU:n metsästrategia 2030

Metsiä häviää maailmassa hälyttävää vauhtia: 800 jalkapallokentän verran tunnissa. Metsäkato on suurin ilmastonmuutoksen aiheuttaja ja luontokadon syy. Siksi on yhä selvempää, että kestävää tulevaisuutta ei voida saavuttaa puuttumatta metsäkatoon. Metsiä on suojeltava ja hoidettava kestävällä tavalla. YK:n elintarvike- ja maatalousjärjestö (FAO) arvioi, että vuosina 1990–2020 metsiä hävisi 420 miljoonaa hehtaaria – eli enemmän kuin EU:n pinta-alan verran. EU:n kulutus aiheutti maailman metsäkadosta noin kymmenen prosenttia.

Tavoitteena metsäkatoa aiheuttamattomat hyödykkeet ja tuotteet – suomi

Covering nearly one third of the land surface of the globe, forests make a wide range of direct and indirect contributions to human well-being. Home to most of the world's terrestrial biodiversity, they also play an essential role in climate change mitigation, removing about a quarter of the CO2 that human activities add to the atmosphere. Worldwide, millions of hectares of forests and other types of vegetation burn every year. Fire dynamics are shaped by a complex set of factors, including human activity and climate.

EPRS policy podcast - Forest fires: Environmental stakes

Vuonna 2017 eri puolilla Eurooppaa riehui tuhoisia metsäpaloja. Pelkästään Portugalissa sai surmansa yli 100 ihmistä. Jos nämä katastrofit ovat vaikuttaneet sinuun, pysy kuulolla siitä, miten EU ehkäisee ja torjuu metsäpaloja.

Näin EU toimii metsäpalojen uhrien hyväksi

Worldwide, forests are being lost at the alarming rate of 800 football fields per hour. With deforestation being a critical contributor to climate change and a leading cause of biodiversity loss, it is becoming increasingly clear that a sustainable future cannot be achieved without tackling deforestation and taking measures to protect- and sustainably manage forests.&nbsp; The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)&nbsp;estimates&nbsp;that 420 million hectares of forest — an area larger than the EU — were lost to deforestation between 1990 and 2020. It is estimated that&nbsp;EU consumption represents around 10% of global deforestation.

&nbsp;In October 2020, Parliament made use of its&nbsp;prerogative in the Treaty&nbsp;to ask the Commission to&nbsp;come forward with legislation to halt EU-driven global deforestation.

MEPs have already called for strengthening the overall climate benefits from forests and the forest-based value chain, namely CO2 absorption and carbon storage in wood-based products. Parliament also emphasises the need to increase funding for research into the substitution of fossil fuels and fossil-fuel materials. Forests and the entire forest-based value chain are fundamental to further develop of the circular bio-economy, which delivers important climate change mitigation and adaptation services.Parliament wants binding targets to protect and restore forest ecosystems, especially primary forests (those that have not been been affected by people's actions in recent times).

Forest protection

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material

EU@COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow , UK - EP Delegation meets with NGO representatives: CAN International, WWF, World Resources Institut, Global Forest Coalition

Luonnonvarojen avoin ja vastuullinen hallinta kehitysmaissa: esimerkkinä metsät

Transparent and accountable management of natural resources in developing countries: the case of forests

Maankäytöstä, maankäytön muutoksesta ja metsätaloudesta aiheutuvien kasvihuonekaasujen päästöjen ja poistumien sisällyttäminen vuoteen 2030 ulottuviin ilmasto- ja energiapolitiikan puitteisiin - Sitovat vuotuiset kasvihuonekaasupäästöjen vähennykset Pariisin sopimuksen sitoumusten täyttämiseksi (keskustelu)

Inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework - Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement (debate)

Pohjois-Espanjan ja Portugalin metsäpalojen hallintamekanismit (keskustelu)

Response mechanisms to the forest fires in Northern Spain and Portugal (debate)

Maankäytöstä, maankäytön muutoksesta ja metsätaloudesta aiheutuvien kasvihuonekaasujen päästöjen ja poistumien sisällyttäminen vuoteen 2030 ulottuviin ilmasto- ja energiapolitiikan puitteisiin (keskustelu) (keskustelu)

Inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework (debate) (debate)

Portugalin ja Espanjan viimeaikaiset metsäpalot: ennaltaehkäisyyn ja väestönsuojeluun tarkoitetut EU:n välineet ja menettelyt (keskustelu)

Recent forest fires in Portugal and Spain: EU response instruments and procedures on prevention and civil protection (debate) (debate)

Laittoman puunkorjuun, metsäkadon ja metsien tilan heikkenemisen torjunta (keskustelu)

Tackling illegal logging, deforestation and forest degradation (debate)

Uusi EU:n metsästrategia (lyhyt esittely)

A new EU Forest Strategy (short presentation)

Metsälainsäädännön soveltamisen valvontaa, metsähallintoa ja puutuotteiden kauppaa Euroopan unioniin koskeva EU:n ja Indonesian välinen vapaaehtoinen kumppanuussopimus - Metsälainsäädännön soveltamisen valvontaa, metsähallintoa ja puutuotteiden kauppaa Euroopan unioniin koskeva EU:n ja Indonesian välinen vapaaehtoinen kumppanuussopimus (keskustelu)

EU-Indonesia voluntary partnership agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the EU - EU-Indonesia voluntary partnership agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the EU (debate)

Kaksi- tai kolmipyöräisten ajoneuvojen ja nelipyörien hyväksyntä ja markkinavalvonta - Maa- ja metsätaloudessa käytettävien ajoneuvojen hyväksyntä (keskustelu)

Approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles - Approval of agricultural or forestry vehicles (debate)

Metsien suojelu ja varautuminen ilmastonmuutokseen (lyhyt esittely)

Preparing forests for climate change (short presentation)

EU:n ja Kamerunin metsälainsäädäntösopimus - EU:n ja Kongon tasavallan metsälainsäädäntösopimus - Vapaaehtoiset FLEGT-kumppanuussopimukset (jatkoa keskustelulle)

EU-Cameroon forest law agreement - EU-Republic of Congo forest law agreement - FLEGT voluntary partnership agreements (continuation of debate)

EU:n ja Kamerunin metsälainsäädäntösopimus - EU:n ja Kongon tasavallan metsälainsäädäntösopimus - Vapaaehtoiset FLEGT-kumppanuussopimukset (keskustelu)

EU-Cameroon forest law agreement - EU-Republic of Congo forest law agreement - FLEGT voluntary partnership agreements (debate)

Kesän 2009 metsäpalot (keskustelu)

Forest fires in the summer of 2009 (debate)

Metsäkadon ja metsien tilan heikkenemisen torjuminenilmastonmuutoksen hillitsemiseksi ja biologisen monimuotoisuuden suojelemiseksi - Puutavaraa ja puutuotteita markkinoille saattavien toimijoiden velvollisuudet (keskustelu)

Addressing the challenges of deforestation and forest degradation to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss - Timber and timber products (debate)

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - Towards a more disaster resilient EU - protecting people from extreme heatwaves, floods and forest fires

EP Plenary session  - New EU forest strategy for 2030 – sustainable forest management in Europe

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to the State of Israel : - Inauguration of the European Forest Belvedere

EP Plenary session - Building of a wall on the Polish – Belarus border in the Bialowieza primeval forest

ENVI Committee - Exchange of views with Commissioner Virginijus SINKEVICIUS on the legislative proposal to minimise the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products placed on the Union market

ENVI Committee - Presentation of the EU Forest Strategy

ANIT Committee - Exchange of views with Mr Joee PODGORSEK, Slovenian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, on the priorities of the Slovenian Presidency

EP Plenary session - The European Forest Strategy - The Way Forward

EP Delegation to COP25 Chile (Madrid) - 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The EP Delegation meets with Fekadu BEYENE ALEKA, Commissioner for Environment, Forest and Climate Change of Ethiopia, 2nd on the left in Madrid, Spain on December 13, 2019.

EP Delegation to COP25 Chile (Madrid) - 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - European Parlament workshop “Closing the gap - Efforts to increase ambition in all Parties” NDCs and the role of forests in coming closer to the overall Paris target”, at the COP 25 in Madrid, on December 12, 2019.Frans TIMMERMANS

Plenary session-Protection of forest and environmental in the UE

Plenary session - Amazon forest fires

Plenary session - The situation of EU forests

AGRI Committee - Exchange of views with Jari Leppä, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry on the priorities of the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

PECH Committee meeting - Exchange of views with Finnish Minister for Agriculture and Forestry

High-level Conference on Forests at the heart of Sustainable Development

Forest Management

The EU Civil Protection Mechanism was activated this summer for an increasing number of extreme weather events, including devastating floods (Slovenia, Cyprus, more recently Greece and Bulgaria) and the largest wildfires ever recorded in the EU (in particular in the Mediterranean region). MEPs debate with the Council and Commission better protecting Europeans from extreme heatwaves, floods and forest fires. Extracts from the debate

Towards a more disaster resilient EU - protecting people from extreme heatwaves, floods and forest fires: extracts from the debate

MEPs debate with the Council and Commission better protecting Europeans from extreme heatwaves, floods and forest fires. MEPs call for increased action to build a more disaster-resilient EU. The EU Civil Protection Mechanism was activated this summer for an increasing number of extreme weather events, including devastating floods (Slovenia, Cyprus, more recently Greece and Bulgaria) and the largest wildfires ever recorded in the EU (in particular in the Mediterranean region). Closing statements by Janez LENARČIČ, European Commissioner for Crisis Management and by Pascual NAVARRO RÍOS, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union on behalf of the Spanish Presidency of the European Council.

Towards a more disaster resilient EU - protecting people from extreme heatwaves, floods and forest fires: closing statements by Pascual NAVARRO RÍOS, Spanish Secretary of State for the EU and Olivér VÁRHELYI, EU Commissioner for Crisis Management

MEPs debate with the Council and Commission better protecting Europeans from extreme heatwaves, floods and forest fires. MEPs call for increased action to build a more disaster-resilient EU. The EU Civil Protection Mechanism was activated this summer for an increasing number of extreme weather events, including devastating floods (Slovenia, Cyprus, more recently Greece and Bulgaria) and the largest wildfires ever recorded in the EU (in particular in the Mediterranean region).

Council and Commission statements - Towards a more disaster resilient EU - protecting people from extreme heatwaves, floods and forest fires: MEPs debate (part 2)

Council and Commission statements - Towards a more disaster resilient EU - protecting people from extreme heatwaves, floods and forest fires: MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs debate with the Council and Commission better protecting Europeans from extreme heatwaves, floods and forest fires. MEPs call for increased action to build a more disaster-resilient EU. The EU Civil Protection Mechanism was activated this summer for an increasing number of extreme weather events, including devastating floods (Slovenia, Cyprus, more recently Greece and Bulgaria) and the largest wildfires ever recorded in the EU (in particular in the Mediterranean region). Opening statement by Pascual NAVARRO RÍOS, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union on behalf of the Spanish Presidency of the European Council and by Janez LENARČIČ, European Commissioner for Crisis Management.

Council and Commission statements - Towards a more disaster resilient EU - protecting people from extreme heatwaves, floods and forest fires: opening statements by Pascual NAVARRO RÍOS, Spanish Secretary of State for the EU and Janez LENARČIČ, Europe

An area larger than the EU was lost to deforestation from 1990 to 2020, with EU consumption causing around 10% of losses. A new law on deforestation-free products will make obligatory for companies to issue a so-called “due diligence” statement that goods on the EU market have not led to deforestation or forest degradation anywhere in the world. The largest share of EU-driven deforestation commodities are: palm oil (33,95%), soy (32,83%), wood (8,62%), cocoa (7,54%), coffee (7,01%) and beef (5,01%. This infoclip shows footgae of a person unpacking common groceries deriving from these commodities, a child consuming chocolate spread without palm oil as well as footage of deforestaion in Brazil.

Infoclip: Common products associated with deforestation and forest degradation

MEPS vote on the report "Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF)" by Ville NIINISTÖ (Greens/EFA, FI), on the Fit for 55 package.

Voting session: Fit for 55 - Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF), report by Ville NIINISTÖ (Greens/EFA, FI)

MEPs debate and vote on key EU draft laws to combat climate change by drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions and to protect jobs and citizens. Parliament is set to adopt its position on eight proposals that are part of the “Fit for 55 in 2030 package”. This is the EU’s plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels and have net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (climate neutrality) by 2050, in line with the European Climate Law. The texts approved will be Parliament’s mandate for negotiations with EU governments on the final laws. Statement by Ville NIINISTÖ on the Land use, land use change and forestry report.

Fit for 55: Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF): statement by Ville NIINISTÖ (Greens/EFA, FI), rapporteur

Euroopassa on yhä vähemmän hiilinieluja. Euroopan parlamentti muuttaa maankäyttösääntöjä edistääkseen EU:n ilmastoneutraaliustavoitetta vuoteen 2050 mennessä, jotta viljelymaa sekä metsät, suot ja kosteikot sitovat enemmän hiilidioksidia ja hidastavat ilmaston lämpenemistä.

Hiilinielut: metsien ja viljelymaan hyötykäyttö

The Environment Committee of the European Parliament debates with Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, about the proposed new legislation that the European Parliament called for in order to stop EU-driven global deforestation and forest degradation by obliging companies placing products on the EU market to carry out due diligence. Extracts from the exchange of views and statement by rapporteur Delara BURKHARDT (S&D,DE).

European Parliament's legislative proposal to reduce the risk of deforestation/forest degradation: extracts from exchange between ENVI Committee and Virginijus Sinkevičius Commissioner for Environment, statement by rapporteur Delara BURKHARDT (S&D,DE

European Parliament's legislative proposal to reduce the risk of deforestation/forest degradation: extracts from exchange of views between ENVI Committee and Virginijus Sinkevičius Commissioner for Environment, statement by rapporteur Delara BURKHARD

Forests are essential for our health and wellbeing, and the health of the planet. They are rich in biodiversity and are hugely important in the fight against climate change. The new EU forest strategy for 2030 is one of the flagship initiatives of the European Green Deal and builds on the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030. This Infoclip illustrates heathy and green forest, nature, undergrowth, deforestation, burn wood after fire forest, wood transformation and storage

Infoclip: Forest strategy

Metsät kattavat lähes puolet EU:n pinta-alasta. Niillä on tärkeä rooli ilmastonmuutoksen vastaisessa taistelussa ja biodiversiteetin suojelemisessa. Europarlamentaarikot haluavat varmistaa, että EU:n metsästrategia auttaa metsiä ja metsäalaa kukoistamaan. Strategian tavoitteena on toimia siltana kansallisten poliitikoiden ja EU:n ympäristötavoitteiden välillä.

Eurooppa tarvitsee terveitä metsiä ilmastonmuutoksen vastaisessa taistelussa

During the plenary session (5-8 October 2020) of the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs debate (06/10) and vote on the report Petri SARVAMAA (EPP, FI) on the European Forest Strategy.

European Forest Strategy - The Way Forward: extracts from the debate (06/10) and from the vote on the report Petri SARVAMAA (EPP, FI)

During the UN climate change conference (COP25) which takes place in Madrid on 2-13 December 2019, Frans TIMMERMANS, Executive Vice-President of the EC in charge of the European Green Deal at the EP side event at COP25 "Closing the gap - Efforts to increase ambition in all Parties' NDCs and the role of forests".

Frans TIMMERMANS, Executive Vice-President of the EC in charge of the European Green Deal at the EP side event at COP25 "Closing the gap - Efforts to increase ambition in all Parties' NDCs and the role of forests"

During the plenary session (25-28 November 2019) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the protection of forest and environmental defenders in the EU. Statements by Neven MIMICA, Member of the EC in charge of International Cooperation and Development, Daniel BUDA (EPP, RO), Maria ARENA (S&D, BE), María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS (RE, ES), Marie TOUSSAINT (Greens/EFA, FR) and Emmanuel MAUREL (GUE/NGL, FR).

Protection of forest and environmental defenders in the EU: extracts from the debate

During the plenary session (16-19 September 2019) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate with the Council and the Commission on the situation and destruction of forests worldwide, as well as in the EU. In July, the Commission adopted a communication outlining action to protect and restore the world’s forests. Statements by Tytti TUPPURAINEN, Finnish minister for European affairs, Karmenu VELLA, Member of the EC in charge of Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Mairead MCGUINNESS (EPP, IE), Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ (S&D, ES), Martin HOJSÍK (RE, SK) and Heidi HAUTALA (Greens/EFA, FI).

Amazon forest fires: extracts from the debate

During the EP plenary session (23-26 October) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the response mechanisms to the forest fires in Northern Spain and Portugal. Statements by Matti MAASIKAS, Estonian Deputy Minister for EU Affairs, Christos STYLIANIDES, Member of the EC in charge of Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Paulo RANGEL (EPP, PT) and José BLANCO LÓPEZ (S&D, ES).

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EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material