Policy Briefing #18 (v3) reviews implications for agroforestry of the final text of the Nature Restoration Regulation (NRR) published on 24.6.24 (Reg 2024/1991).  EURAF continues to welcome the NRR, but we noted six problems in ver...

Policy Briefing #20 (v3) responds to the provisionally approved text of the Carbon Removals Certification Framework (CRCF). Delegated and Implem...

Policy Briefing #17 (v4) considers the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance and coherence of the 2023 LULUCF Regulation and concludes: a) that emissions reporting and targets should be integrated across the land sector in an "Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use" metric - as has been recommen...

Policy Briefing #44 (v1) summarises the inclusion of agroforestry in the Spanish CAP Strategic Plan 2023-27 (CSP), and other related national and regional plans and regulations.

• A maximum of 100 trees/ha is allowed for agroforestry to remain classified as “arable land” or...

Policy Briefing #8 (v4) reflects the revised text of the EU Regulation for a Carbon Removals Certification Framework (CRCF). It a) summarises current estimates of the carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry in Europe, b) provides a timeline and references for studies of carbon farming in t...

Policy Briefing #15 (v4) shows that Trees outside Forests (ToF) are greatly under-reported in EU and FAO statistics, and regrets that they were not mentioned in the EU Forest Monitoring Regulation (FMR).  ToF comprises 20-30% of tree-cover in the EU, and there is a need for consistent report...

Policy Briefing #29 (v1) focuses on the flexibility allowed to Member States to define permanent grassland to “include other species such as trees and/or shrubs which produce animal feed”.  This option has not been selected by 15 administrations (AT, BE-F, CZ, DK, EE, HU, HR, LT,...

Policy Briefing #30 (v1) suggests that the  Forest Reproductive Material Regulation should mention agroforestry, and the particular need for high-quality planting stock when trees are planted at wide-spacings, with less opportunity for self-thinning and improvement-thinning. We suggest that:...

Policy Briefing #28 (v2) responds to an EU consultation on the Sustainable Finance Initiative. It focuses on the need for agroforestry to be recognised alongside forestry and wetland restoration in Annex 1 of the Climate Delegated Act of the SFI (the “taxonomy”). For the purposes of t...

Policy Briefing #27 (v2) notes Agroforestry is mentioned in the Adaptation Strategy or Adaptation Plan of ONLY 11 Member States.  This is despite extensive scientific literature on using agroforestry systems to help adapt agriculture and forestry to climate change. There is also a FAO guide ...

Policy Briefing #26 is a contribution to the DG CLIMA consultation on 2040 climate targets. It suggests that, if the EU's target of 3 billion additional ...

The Sixth European Agroforestry Conference took place in Nuoro Sardinia from 16-20th May 2022.  This briefing offers easy access to the conference abstracts. These have been collated into 4 TOPICS and 13 SUBTOPICS.  Many of the abstracts are ...

Policy Briefing #25 (v1) is provided as an input to the FAO review of monitoring and reporting methods for Trees Outside Forests to be used in 2030 Forest Resource Assessment (with the review scheduled for completion in 2025).  EURAF recommends greater coordination with the UNFCCC forest def...

Policy Briefing #19 summarises changes in the Agricultural Block Exemption Rules (ABER) for State Aid to agriculture, forestry,  fisheries and aquaculture relevant to agroforetsry. Changes were published on 14.12.22 as Commission Regul...

Policy Briefing #21 collates the Landscape Features selected by Member States in their Strategic Plans for 2023-2027, and their dimensions.  All MS except FI and SE implement at least one of the options for hedges, trees in groups, trees in line, isolated trees and Forest margins, but the ru...

Policy Briefing #22 (v1) collates the definitions of agroforestry included by all Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans.  Some are detailed and include minimum and maximum numbers of trees per hectare, but usually without a definition of “tree”.   Few of the defini...

Policy Briefing #24 welcomes approval of the “compromise amendments” to the COMENVI draft report (‘own-initiative procedure - rapporteur MEP Bernhuber, EPP/AT) on the “Sustainable Carbon Cycles Communication”.  The agreed text reinforces the importance of agrofo...