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MAKING SUSTAINABLE USE OF July 2021

OUR NATURAL RESOURCES


Nature is an important ally in the fight against climate change. It regulates the climate, supports
biodiversity, absorbs and stores carbon in forests, peatlands and wetlands.
A circular and sustainable management of these resources will improve our living conditions, maintain a
healthy environment, create future-proof and high-quality jobs, and provide sustainable food, bio-products and
energy. New business models that reward more climate-friendly land management (“carbon farming”) will
create new income opportunities for farmers and foresters.

A CLIMATE NEUTRAL LAND SECTOR


The revised Regulation on Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) will help:

Improve the resilience of Restore degraded Promote the bio-economy


forests to climate change ecosystems while preserving biodiversity

Increase carbon stored in Increase the use of long-lasting Support production of


soil and forests wood and bio-products sustainable food

225Mt* 268Mt* 310Mt*


New target to restore and
expand the EU’s natural
carbon sinks by 2030:
Old target Too low Current carbon sink New target
*CO2eq
SUSTAINABLE BIOENERGY 12%

Sustainable bioenergy is a key part of the EU energy


mix, alongside other renewable sources. Responsible
use of bioenergy contributes to the phase-out of
fossil fuels and plays an important role in making 60%
Europe climate neutral by 2050.
In 2018, the EU sustainability criteria for bioenergy
were already reinforced, with biodiversity and climate Bioenergy Bioenergy share in
safeguards introduced for forest biomass. Now, the in the total the renewable energy
sustainability criteria are further strengthened to energy mix* consumption*
ensure the health of our forests.
*Eurostat 2019

Prohibit the sourcing of biomass for No support for forest Prohibit national financial
energy production from primary biomass in electricity-only incentives for using saw or
forests, peatlands and wetlands installations as of 2026 veneer logs, stumps and roots
for energy generation

Require all biomass-based heat and power Apply the EU sustainability criteria
installations to comply with minimum to smaller heat and power
greenhouse gas saving thresholds installations (equal or above 5MW)

Woody biomass should be used according to its highest economic and environmental
added value in the following order of priorities:

Wood-based
products
Extending their
service life
Re-use

Recycle

Bioenergy
Disposal
Getty Images | Sohadiszno

NEW EU FOREST STRATEGY FOR 2030


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 EU Forest Strategy will improve the quantity and quality of EU forests by:
• Increasing forest coverage in the EU in respecting ecological principles
• Improving the resilience of forests in the EU

Protect and restore our Ensure that forests are Understand what is
forests by managed sustainably by happening in our forests by
• Strictly protecting • Encouraging the bio- • Improving the monitoring
remaining EU primary and economy sector to embrace of the state of EU
old-growth forests sustainable principles forests including through
better remote sensing
• Establishing legally binding • Promoting the uptake of
nature restoration sustainably harvested • Ensuring Member States
targets for forests wood in the construction develop Strategic Plans
sector for their forests
• Planting 3 billion
additional trees by 2030 • Promoting win-win measures • Encouraging citizen
for all in sustainable forest involvement through
• Creating payment
management Map-My-Tree, to keep track
schemes for forest owners
of the 3 billion trees
and managers for the
roadmap
provision of ecosystem
services • Creating an inclusive space
for all stakeholders to
discuss

© European Union, 2021


Reuse of this document is allowed, provided appropriate credit is given and any changes are indicated
(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license). For any use or reproduction of elements that are
not owned by the EU, permission may need to be sought directly from the respective right holders.
All images © European Union, unless otherwise stated.

Print ISBN 978-92-76-39853-0 doi:10.2775/88331 NA-02-21-849-EN-C


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