Sweden leads opposition to EU Forest Strategy
The new 2030 Forest Strategy is triggering diplomatic clashes in the EU over who should be responsible for forest policy, as EU auditors voice concern on biodiversity loss. Resistance against legally-binding EU proposals appears to be mounting in Sweden, Austria, and Germany, according to internal deliberations on the strategy seen by EUobserver. The European Commission proposed a new law in July on common forest-data collection and on national and regional forestry strategy plans. But Sweden, one of Europe's most heavily forested countries, fully disagreed with "the need" for such strategic ...
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