Activities of Anna DEPARNAY-GRUNENBERG related to 2019/2157(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The European Forest Strategy - The Way Forward (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the European Forest Strategy - The Way Forward
Amendments (61)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 on ‘The European Green Deal’ (COM(2019)0640),
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
— having regard to the EU biodiversity strategy,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to the responsibilities of the EU States under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD),
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU’s internal and international commitments to, for example, the European Green Deal, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Kyoto Protocol, the Paris Agreement and the creation of a zero-emission society, will be impossible to achieve without the climate benefits and other ecosystem services provided by forests and the forest- based sector;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union makes no reference to a common EU forest policy, and responsibility for forests lies with the Member States, but whereas the EU has a long history of contributing, through its policies, to sustainable forest management (SFM) and the Member States’ decisionsdifferent legislations as, but not limited to, the Birds and Habitats Directives, the Common Agriculture Policy, the LULUCF regulation, the Renewable Energy Directive, the TIMBER and FLEGT regulations, actually regulates many aspect touching on forests;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas approximately 40% of EU's forests are publicly owned, Member States are obliged to set an example for sustainable forest management in their publicly owned forests for the public good;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas forests and the entire the forest-based value chain are fundamental to the further development of the circular bioeconomy as they provides jobs, ensures economic welfare in rural and urban areas, and is key to prospects of mountainous and rural areas, and whereas forests deliver climate change mitigation and adaptation services, offer health-related benefits, and protect theharbour biodiversity and prosptects of mountainous and rural areaed species;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas climate scientists agree that simultaneously reducing combustion emission and decreasing atmospheric carbon dioxyde through forest growth is central to achieve the goals of reducing global carbon dioxyde emissions by 45% 2010 levels by 2030, as advised by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its special report “Global warming of 1,5°C” from 2018;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas growing existing forests to their biological carbon sequestration potential optimizes carbon dioxyde removal while limiting climate change and protecting biodiversity, soil, air, land, and water; Whereas forests store more carbon dioxyde per acre per year the older they get, especially after maturity at 50 years; whereas forest store about 2.5 times more carbon in soils than in tree biomass1a; _________________ 1aBruno De Vos et al., Benchmark values for forest soil carbon stocks in Europe: Results from a large scale forest soil survey, Geoderma, Volumes 251–252, August 2015, Pages 33-46
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas, in addition to carbon sequestration, forests have a beneficial impact on the climate, the atmosphere, the preservation of biodiversity and river and waterway management, protect soil from erosion by water and wind and possess other useful natural properties;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas managed plantations that are harvested periodically store far less carbon because trees are maintained at a young age and size2a; whereas plantations are often monocultures, and sequester less carbon more slowly than intact forests with greater tree species diversity, mostly composed of European endemic species, and higher rates of biological carbon sequestration2b; _________________ 2a Harmon et al (1990): Effects on carbon storage of conversion of old-growth forests to young forests, Science. 1990 Feb 9;247(4943):699-702. John Sterman et al. (2018): Does replacing coal with wood lower CO2 emissions? Dynamic lifecycle analysis of wood bioenergy, Environmental Research Letters, http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1 748-9326/ aaa512/meta 2bLiu, Y., M. Kumar, G.G. Katul, and A. Porporato (2018): Reduced resilience as a potential early warning signal of forest mortality. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 5-10, 2018, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas currently underway coal- to-biomass projects in the EU would release 67 MT of CO2 per year and require approximately 2,700km2 of forest to be cut down every year while producing only 64 TWh of electricity, which is less than 2% of the EU’s electricity production;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas use of wood as biomass for energy production creates higher emissions of CO2 per unit of energy than coal, because of a lower energy density, bigger emissions originating from the supply chain and less efficient conversion of combustion heat to electricity; whereas wood biomass is more efficiently used to produce heat than energy;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas the average life cycles recognised for wood products are 50 years for construction, 8 years for wood panels, and a year for energy, heat or paper; whereas it takes on average 40 years for a new tree to sequester the equivalent of carbon dioxyde released in the atmosphere by the wood products issue from a harvested tree; Whereas climate scientists estimate it is necessary to curb climate change in the next 12 years in order to remain under 2°C of global warming;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C g (new)
Recital C g (new)
Cg. whereas in its Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services from 2019, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services concludes that 25% of species, both animal and vegetal are threatened and that one million species face extinction;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C h (new)
Recital C h (new)
Ch. whereas large trees and intact, older forests provide essential habitat that is missing from younger, managed forests; whereas in 2017, only 26 % of forest species and 15 % of the forest habitats were found to be in favourable conservation status, and were not showing any trend towards bettering;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C i (new)
Recital C i (new)
Ci. whereas climate change is altering the growth capacity of forests, and increasing the frequency and seriousness of drought, floods and fires and fosters the development of new pests and disease which affect EU forests; whereas intact ecosystems have greater capability to overcome environmental stressors, including changes to climate, than degraded ones as they have inherent properties that enable them to maximize their adaptive capacity3a; _________________ 3aJames E. Watson et al (2018): The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems. In Nature Ecology & Evolution
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C j (new)
Recital C j (new)
Cj. whereas types of cutting have different impacts on forests’ carbon dioxyde storage capacities, soil quality and conservation status, clear-cutting of large areas being the most damaging method, since it removes much of the organic matter and roots from the soil, causes the release of soil carbon and significantly damages the complex structure of the forest and its dependent ecosystems;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C k (new)
Recital C k (new)
Ck. whereas data available on forests at EU level is incomplete and of varying quality, hampering the capacity of coordination at EU level concerning forest management;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C l (new)
Recital C l (new)
Cl. whereas illegal logging is ongoing also in the EU4a; _________________ 4aexamples Romania, Sweden, Poland https://ec.europa.eu/environment/forests/p df/Briefing%20note%20May- June%202019_Final.pdf and https://ec.europa.eu/environment/forests/p df/Briefing_Note_April_- _May_2018_Public_version.pdf
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that many challenges are still present concerning the eight areas of the strategy, and that some are growing;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Highlights that in 2017, only 26 % of forest species and 15 % of the forest habitats were found to be in favourable conservation status in the Union, and were not showing any trend towards bettering;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Notes that the EU Forestry strategy and diverse EU legislative tools, notably the Renewable Energy Directive, did encourage the development in the EU of the use of wood as biomass for energy production, but that this development is not done in a sustainable way; stresses that the scientific consensus on the impacts on climate change of the use of wood as biomass as evolved since 2013;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that athe definition of SFMustainable Forest Management (SFM) which was agreed as part of the pan- European FOREST EUROPE process is too vague and do not prevent as such problematic forest management in the EU; notes that the definition has been incorporated into national legislation and voluntary systems, such as forest certifications, in place in the Member States;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. StressNotes that the promotion of SFM in the EU, as part of the EU Forest Strategy and the rural development measures implemented under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), has had a positive impact on the biodiversity of forests in the EU and has enhanced the climate benefits offered byre is a need to strengthen SFM in a balanced manner in order to ensure theat forest- based sector; notes, however, that there is still a need to strengthen SFM in a balanced manner in order to ensure that forestss' ecological status improves and that they are better able to adapt to changing climate conditions, and to reduce the risks and impacts of natural disturbances;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that, although improvements were made through the setting up of the Forest Information System of Europe, the available data on EU forests, and in particular on their ecological status is incomplete, difficult to aggregate and not backed by remote sensing;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that the EU’s forests are multifunctional and characterised by great diversity, including differences in ownership patterns, size, structure, biodiversity, resilience and challenges; points out, in addition, that forests offer society a wide variety of ecosystem services including habitats for endangered species, carbon sequestration, raw materials, improved air quality, clean water, erosion control, and protection from droughts, floods and avalanches;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises that long-term investments in SFMa reinforced SFM which places equal focus on the social, environmental and economic benefits of the forest, could ensure that forests remain not only economically viable, but also contribute to achieving the many goals of the EU, including the successful implementation of the European Green Deal and the transition to a circular bioeconomy;
Amendment 180 #
8. Acknowledges the crucial climate benefits of forests and the forest-based sector; highlights the need to increase CO2 sequestration in forests, carbon storage in wood-based products and the substitution of fossil-based materials and energy; notes that leftovers at the end of the wood value chain can be favourably used as biomass in order to substitute it to fossil- based heat, but that timber should be kept for uses with a longer life cycle in order to increase the global carbon dioxide storage;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets the fact that although forests in the EU are managed according to the commonly agreed principle of SFM and forest cover in the EU has been increasing over the past decades, aHighlights the different approach to SFM has been developed in the context of the recently agreed regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment and amending Regulation 2019/2088 on sustainability- related disclosures in the financial services sector;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the recent publication of the Commission’s European Green Deal and looks forward to the upcoming post- 2020 EU Forest Strategy, under the umbrella of the Biodiversity Strategy;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Commission’s 2020 Work Programme and especially the acknowledgment of the new EU Forest Strategy’s contribution to the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; stresses, in this regard, that in future, forests should not be considered as the only type of CO2 sink as that would give other sectors less of an incentive to minimise their emissions; highlights, in addition, the importance of transitioning from a fossil-based society; Highlights that the new EU Forest Strategy should also contribute to the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the Convention on Biological Diversity;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the crucial role of forests, the forest-based sector and the bioeconomy in achieving the goals of the European Green Deal; stresses that achieving the EU’s goals for environmental and, climate goalsand biodiversity will never be possible without multifunctionalhealthy forests; encourages, in addition, actions to increase forest cover, whealthy and sustainably managed forests and viable industries; encourages, in addition, actions to increase forest coverre the trees being planted are appropriate for local conditions, and the planting and subsequent new forest does not have negative impacts on existing biodiversity;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that an ambitious, independent and self-standing EU Forest Strategy is needed for the post-2020 period which is not subordinate to any other sectoral strategy; calls for a new EU Forest Strategy that builds on the holistic approach to SFM, taking into account all of the economic, social and environmental aspects of the forest-based value chain; stresses that a coordinated and coherentin order, notably, to face the biodiversity and climate crisis; stresses that a coordinated, coherent and better integrated with the relevant EU legislations, approach to forests, the forest- based sector and the multiple services they provide needs to be developed, given the growing number of national and EU policies directly or indirectly affecting forests and their management in the EU;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Member States to improve national legislation to put in place, or strengthen where necessary, protection against illegal logging and loss of biodiversity;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the importance of evidence-based decision-making with regard to EU policies relating to forests, the forest-based sector and its value-chain; calls for all forest-related aspects of European Green Deal measures to be consistent with the post-2020 EU Forest Strategythe post-2020 EU Forest Strategy to be consistent with the European Green Deal, particularly with a view to ensuring that SFM has a positive impact on society;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need to take into consideration the links between the forest- based sector and other sectors as well as the importance of digitalisation and investing in research and innovation; stresses the crucial role of wood-based materials in substituting fossil-based alternatives in industries such as the construction industry,need to prioritise the most efficient use of wood following the ‘cascading principle’ starting from using it for most value adding applications, i.e. for construction and furniture purposes, and the continued need for forest-related research and innovation throughout the forest value chain, including wood-based products that can play as a substitute in the textile industry, the chemical industry and the packaging industry;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to review the accounting rules for bioenergy as a part of a review of the Renewable Energy Directive; stresses the need to prioritise timber for uses with a long life cycle, as construction and furniture; notes with concern that at EU level, reported data indicate that energy accounts for 48 % of total use of woody biomass; highlights the urgency to stop using EU funds to support bioenergy production from wood, except if the biomass comes in a large majority from leftovers at the end of the wood value chain;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that materials of biological origin, including all wood waste, returns to the value chain by encouraging eco-design, increasing recycling targets and promoting the use of secondary raw materials comprising wood for products before their potential incineration at the end of life;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that due to climate change, natural disturbances such as droughts, floods, storms, pest infestations, erosion and fires will occur more frequently, causing damage to forests in the EU; emphasises, in this context, the need to better prevent such events by making forests more resilient, for example through research and innovationdynamic climate adaptation, a more nature-close management and by offering better support mechanisms for affected areas and properties so they can be restored; notes that mono-essence plantations are less resilient to pests and diseases as well as to drought and fires and should thus not be supported by EU funds;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Given the worrying increased risk of forest fires in Europe, calls on the European Commission to include support for silvopasture (forest grazing) within the agroforestry measure and to encourage Member States to implement it in the next Rural Development programme;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises the role of biodiversity in ensuring that forest ecosystems remain healthy and resilient; highlights the importance of the Natura 2000 sites; notes, however, that sufficient financial resources are needed to manage such areas and to achieve enforcement;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses that protection, reforestation and aforestation, with location and environment appropriate tree species, should be the focus of any future EU Forest strategy; highlights that EU targets are needed to achieve the restoration of degraded forests so as to recover their full ecological functionalities; notes that close-to-nature management practices are the best able to achieve these goals; calls on the European Commission to mobilize funds additional to the budget allocated to the CAP to achieve these goals;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Commission to address SFM’s shortcomings when developing EU criteria with concrete benchmarks and thresholds, for example on the amount of deadwood, amount of forests in Natura 2000 networks with a management plan and use of low impact sylviculture;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Stresses the need to protect old growth forests in the EU; notes that there is no EU definition of old growth forests and calls on the Commission to introduce such a definition in the future EU Forest Strategy;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Calls on the Commission to propose an overarching legislation on the ecological status of the EU ecosystems, including all forests, and to set up a target of 30 % of EU protected forest with a favourable ecological status in 2030;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the crucial importance of the CAP and forestry measures in implementing the EU Forest Strategy but notes the low number of member states making use of these measures; encourages the continuity of forestry measures under the 2021-2027 CAP, with a particular focus on supporting the transition to more sustainable practices fostering biodiversity like continuous cover and close-to-nature management practices; highlights the need for other easily accessible, well- coordinated and relevant EU funding mechanisms;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the crucial importance of the CAP and forestry measures in implementing the EU Forest Strategy; enca reform of the CAP to ensure the safeguarding of ecosystems, the conservation of biodiversity, the preservation of water resouragces, the continuity of forestry measures under the 2021-2027 CAP; highlights the needpreservation and restoration of the biological quality of soil and the adaptation to climate change; stresses the vital role played by forests in achieving the objectives; calls for other easily accessible, well-coordinated and relevant EU funding mechanisms CAP to fully support the potential of agroforestry, and in particular of silvopasture, in implementing the EU Forest Strategy;
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Highlights the value and the potential of newly established and traditional extensive agroforestry systems for agricultural production, diversification, including for the purpose of bioeconomy, carbon sequestration, prevention of desertification and potential to decrease pressure on forest ecosystems; regrets that the Common Agricultural Policy did not allow for the maintenance of existing agroforestery systems; notes with concern the current large-scale die- off of iconic Mediterranean high-nature value agroforestry system and urgently calls for change of the rules in order to facilitate regeneration and restoration of existing agroforestry systems, and establishment of new ones; calls on the Commission to coordinate the EU Forest Strategy with the Farm to Fork Strategy in order to achieve these goals;
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Notes that no specific funds are allocated to improve the management and restoration of already existing agroforestry lands in a clear way; calls on the European Commission to integrate maintenance payments for agroforestry similar to those of afforested/reforested lands;
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Highlights the fact that global deforestation and forest degradation are serious problems; points out that policy initiatives should be developed to tackle issues outside the EU, with a focus on the tropics and the drivers of unsustainable practices in forests from outside the sector such as the production of, inter alia, soya, beef and palm oil; reiterates in this connection its request to the Commission in its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Pact to present without delay a proposal for European legislation based on due diligence to guarantee sustainable and deforestation- free supply chains for products placed on the internal market; stresses the need to foster the implementation of the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) action plan in order to prevent the entry of illegally sourced wood into the EU market;
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Highlights the fact that global deforestation and forest degradation are serious problems; points out that policy initiatives should be developed to tackle issues outside the EU, with a focus on the tropics and the drivers of unsustainable practices in forests from outside the sector; stresses the need to foster the implementation ofreview the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) action plan in order to allow a better prevention of the entry of illegally sourced wood into the EU market; calls on the Commission to propose a new transversal legislation on mandatory due diligence requirements to ensure that global supply chains and financial flows only support legal, sustainable and deforestation-free production and do not result in human rights violation;
Amendment 435 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Expresses concern regarding illegal logging in the EU, recognises that almost all primary old growth forest has been lost; recognises that not only are forests at threat, but that there has been violence towards forest rangers in connection with illegal logging; urges the Commission and the Member States to take urgent action on these issues through close monitoring and through the enforcement of existing EU laws and introduction of new measures to prevent illegal logging, to hold those responsible to account, and to end the oppression of rangers and other nature defenders;
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Highlights the need for training and information sharing to support the transition to a sustainable forest management; calls on the Commission to support vocational training of forests workers and managers, as well as efficient and extensive advisory services;
Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Highlights that most European citizens are fond of their forests, but that their knowledge is limited; calls on Member States to integrate education on the protection and sustainable management of forests into their school curricula;
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to develop an EU-wide Forest Information System for Europe under the shared responsibility of all of the relevant Commission Directorates-General; stresses the importance of science-based, balanced information with socio-economic indicators for the development of any forest-related EU policy;, with a view to ensuring sustainable exploitation, reconstitution, protection and conservation of forests, as well as the planning of the development and improved management of the forest-based economy, to develop a European inventory of forests coupled with a European forest monitoring system supported by Copernicus; stresses the role that such a European monitoring system can play in acclimatisation, adaptation and assisted migration of tree populations in response to climate change through the study of relevant factors (environmental conditions, plant physiology, genetic make-up of forest stands, tree pollination, geographic dispersion of seeds etc.)
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to develop an EU- wide Forest Information System for Europe under the shared responsibility of all of the relevant Commission Directorates-General; stresses the importance of science-based, balanced information with socio- economic indicators for the development of any forest-relatedneed for Member States to provide detailed and consistent reported data under FISE; stresses the need for accurate, easy to aggregate data on EU forests, backed by remote sensing technologies; highlights the need for an accurate mapping of EU policyd-growth and untouched forests;
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission’s Standing Forestry Committee to give the Member States a centralnd roele in the preparation and implementation of the post-2020 EU Forest Strategy; stresses the importance of the parallel involvement of relevant stakeholders in the Civil Dialogue Group on Forestry and Corkvant stakeholders represented in the Civil Dialogue Group on Forestry and Cork and in the CGBN sub-working group on Nature and Forest a central role in the preparation and implementation of the post-2020 EU Forest Strategy; urges the Commission to involve Parliament in the implementation of the EU Forest Strategy on an annual basis;