Lush green forest landscape highlighting sustainable forest management for PEFC Forest Forum in Istanbul, May 2026.
🌳 Forests are on the front line of climate change, from wildfires and drought to biodiversity loss.
How can we strengthen their resilience while safeguarding the benefits they provide?
Join the conversation at #PEFCForestForum.
📍 Istanbul, Türkiye | 📅 14 May
👉 https://pefc.org/pefc-forest-forum
🌱 Türkiye enters a new era in forestry with PEFC certification.
Join #PEFCForestForum 2026 in Istanbul to explore what this means for sustainable growth & markets 🌲
📅 14 May 2026
👉 pefc.org/pefc-forest-forum
#PEFC #Forests
Dense forest with tall trees and lush greenery inviting nominations for the PEFC sustainable forest management working group.
🌳 PEFC is calling for nominations to join its Sustainable Forest Management Working Group.
We’re looking for representatives from industry, certification bodies, and civil society.
⏳ Apply by 22 April 2026
🔗 https://treee.es/sfm-wg-call26
#Forestry #SustainableForests #EUDR
🌍 #PEFCForestForum 2026 comes to Istanbul!
Join us on 14 May as we bring together key voices to explore certification, innovation & collaboration for resilient forests 🌲
📍 Istanbul, Türkiye
👉 https://pefc.org/pefc-forest-forum
#PEFC #SustainableForestry
Five people standing together in front of a blue backdrop displaying a large '30' and celebratory text at the CEPF 30th anniversary event.
Panel discussion with five speakers seated on stage, a large screen behind them shows a word cloud centered on 'Family' and 'Commitment' and a green image with '30 years of commitment'.
Steadfast – Genuine – Ownership
Three words from PEFC to describe CEPF
Their 30th anniversary highlighted three decades of championing Europe’s forest owners and sustainable forest management.
At PEFC, we value our 25+ year partnership, keeping us close to the realities of private forest owners.
PEFC at the Carbon Farming Summit 🌍
PEFC Italy shared how sustainable forest management can deliver independently verified ecosystem benefits - from carbon storage to biodiversity - supported by #PEFC sustainability credits.
#CarbonFarming #PEFC
Five professionals standing in a conference room with a digital clock showing 6:20 on the wall behind them.
Great exchange with Ion Codescu (DG ENV) during #PEFC Brussels Week 🌍🌲
We discussed how PEFC certification delivers impact through sustainable forest management in Europe & globally and how EU initiatives can recognise the value of certification systems.
We look forward to continuing the dialogue.
Dense forest with tall trees and lush greenery inviting nominations for the PEFC sustainable forest management working group.
🌍 PEFC is calling for nominations to join its Sustainable Forest Management Working Group (SFM WG).
We’re looking for representatives from industry, certification bodies, and civil society.
📅 Deadline: 22 April 2026
🔗 https://treee.es/sfm-wg-call26
Panel discussion on forest-based bioeconomy and ecosystem services with six experts speaking to a seated audience in a conference room.
People socializing in a modern cafe with black and white hexagonal tile flooring and industrial lighting.
Two professionals standing indoors in front of a banner celebrating 25 years of PEFC certification with a tree image in the background.
Speaker delivering the closing address on 'Perspectives from Civil Society' at a PEFC event, standing beside a podium with a microphone.
🌿 A highlight from PEFC Brussels Week: our policy event on the forest-based bioeconomy & ecosystem services.
How can forests deliver multiple objectives in a complex policy landscape?
💡 Key takeaways: diversification, trust-building & targeted action.
🔗 https://treee.es/policy-event-report
A new phase in responsible sourcing is coming 🌍
PEFC’s upcoming Project Sourcing Standard will help building projects demonstrate transparent, credible sourcing of forest-based materials.
Office projects are already showing how certified timber supports sustainable design 👉 treee.es/OfficeBuildPC
A group of professionals seated around a U-shaped table in a bright meeting room with large windows and wooden floors.
A packed week in Brussels 🇪🇺🌲
From our EU Affairs Working Group to exchanges with policymakers and stakeholders, PEFC Brussels Week showed how collaboration drives real impact.
A highlight was our event on the forest-based bioeconomy and ecosystem services.
Thanks to all involved!
Students at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore, exploring how design decisions can influence sustainability during a PEFC workshop.
At a PEFC workshop with students from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, we explored what it means to be sustainable by design, from responsible sourcing to circular thinking. Because design choices shape more than products, they shape their entire environmental footprint.
🔗 https://treee.es/nafa-pefc
Around the world, those working in forests are clear: responsibly managed forests provide long-term economic value for communities & future generations. 🌳
Following #InternationalDayOfForests, we highlight the people behind the forests & their role in economic prosperity 👉 https://treee.es/IDF26
Responsibly managed forests create lasting value - for people, businesses, and future generations 🌱
Through #PEFC certification, they drive economic growth, strengthen markets, and support communities 🌳
👉 https://treee.es/IDF26
#InternationalDayOfForests #ForestsAndEconomies
Group of people gathered in a lush forest for the PEFC Accreditation and Certification Body Annual Gathering in Geneva, Switzerland.
We invite accreditation and certification bodies working with the PEFC system to the PEFC AB and CB Annual Gathering in Geneva 🌍
Join us for a day of dialogue and collaboration on digitalisation of PEFC audits, PEFC updates and the future of certification.
Register: https://treee.es/ab-cb-26
Forests are not just landscapes — they are livelihoods and the backbone of rural economies. 🌲
We spotlight the people behind the forests & how sustainable management supports jobs, communities, and long-term prosperity.
🎥 Watch their stories.
#InternationalDayOfForests #ForestsAndEconomies #PEFC
🌲 Forests are at the heart of economies, creating jobs, supporting communities, and providing sustainable materials worldwide.
Sustainably managed, PEFC-certified forests deliver lasting value for people, nature, and markets.
Learn more 👉 https://treee.es/IDF26
#InternationalDayOfForests #PEFC
A city skyline at sunset with dense urban forest in the foreground promoting the recording of a PEFC webinar on trees outside forests certification.
Urban forestry is more than tree planting🌳 It’s long-term stewardship, transparent management, and community trust.
In our Growing Trust Beyond Forests webinar, experts explored how certification helps cities strengthen governance of urban trees.
🎥 https://treee.es/tof-webinar-26
#UrbanForestry
Wikkie Netten, Southeast Asia Market Engagement Manager at PEFC, highlighting opportunities to deepen collaboration between PEFC and AFIC.
Group shot of the AFIC Working Committee Meeting in Ho Chi Minh City
Delegates seated around a U-shaped table at the ASEAN Furniture Industries Council meeting in a conference room.
Earlier this month, we joined HAWA Vietnam Expo 2026 & the AFIC Working Committee Meeting in Ho Chi Minh City 🇻🇳
Together with ASEAN industry leaders, we explored the future of the furniture sector with sustainability & responsible sourcing of wood high on the agenda.
More: https://treee.es/hawa-26
Stacked logs in a forest setting promoting a PEFC policy event on forest-based bioeconomy and ecosystem services in Brussels, March 2026.
⏳ One week to go for our PEFC EU Policy Event in Brussels on 25 March!
As the EU advances its ambitions on bioeconomy, biodiversity and climate, forests are central to the conversation.
How can these goals reinforce each other rather than compete?
Join us: https://treee.es/eu-policy-registration
Close-up of a person using a jigsaw to cut a wooden plank, promoting applications for the pefc circular materials pilot projects.
♻️ How can circular forest & tree-based materials be defined & traced across supply chains?
Our pilot projects will test new circular materials requirements. Organisations working with recycled, reused, repaired or reassembled forest-based materials are invited to participate treee.es/CircularMPilot
Farmer in a straw hat holding harvested crops in a field promoting the recording of a PEFC webinar on trees outside forests certification.
Agroforestry has huge potential. But scaling it requires right conditions: secure land rights, supportive policies, functioning markets and incentives.
Certification can help smallholders access higher-value markets and show credible sustainability.
🎥 https://treee.es/tof-webinar-26
#Agroforestry
🌳 PEFC certification delivers valuable co-benefits to carbon projects.
Certified forests support biodiversity, water quality, worker safety & recreational value - adding quality & often value to carbon credits.
Learn more 👉 treee.es/pefc-carbon
#PEFCcarbon #ForestryCarbon #ESG
Hand sanding a wooden chair frame with a call for nominations for the PEFC Circular Materials Task Force, deadline March 18.
⏳ Last chance to nominate experts for the PEFC Circular Materials Task Force.
Help shape how circular materials, including recycled fibres, are addressed in the PEFC system.
📅 Nominations close 18 March.
Learn more: https://treee.es/CircMatTF
#CircularEconomy #PEFC
People observing a large stack of cut logs in a forest setting promoting a PEFC policy event on forest-based bioeconomy and ecosystem services.
Forests are expected to deliver more than ever 🌲
Climate mitigation, renewable materials, biodiversity protection and more. But can these functions strengthen each other, or will they compete?
Join us on 25 March in Brussels for the PEFC EU Policy Event: https://treee.es/eu-policy-registration
Two PEFC representatives holding a wooden heart-shaped sign with PEFC logo and German text promoting forest sustainability at the Vienna COLI summit.
🌲 From forests to markets: advancing the forest-based bioeconomy.
At the COLI summit in Vienna, experts explored how sustainable forest management, wood construction and PEFC certification support bio-based solutions and climate-compatible development.
https://treee.es/coli-26
#ForestBioeconomy
Two ducks perched on a stone ledge near a city park with autumn trees and skyscrapers in the background to promote the recording of a PEFC Trees Outside Forests webinar.
Trees don’t only grow in forests and sustainable management shouldn’t stop at forest boundaries.
Our webinar Growing Trust Beyond Forests explored how certification supports responsible management of Trees Outside Forests, from agroforestry to urban trees.
🎥 Watch: https://treee.es/tof-webinar-26
🌍 The forest-based bioeconomy is rising on the EU policy agenda.
But can we increase demand for forest-based materials while protecting ecosystem services?
Join our PEFC EU Policy Event on 25 March in Brussels to explore just this!
Register: https://treee.es/eu-policy-registration
“I go gathering because it makes me feel free… It gives me peace and confidence to know that I’m free.” – Sonia, Mapuche gatherer 🌳
Together with other women, she harvests 60 varieties of medicinal herbs and fruits, building livelihoods rooted in tradition.
Happy #WorldWildlifeDay! 🌿
#WWD2026
PEFC strengthens carbon benefits in forestry projects 🌳
PEFC-certified forests support stronger carbon outcomes, from enhanced sequestration & protected carbon pools to reduced emissions and greater resilience to climate risks 👉 treee.es/pefc-carbon
#PEFCcarbon #ForestryCarbon #CarbonSequestration
