Press Release: Wood energy expanding due to policy promotion in the UNECE region

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has published the UNECE/FAO Forests, Wood and Energy: Policy Interactions. It examines the impacts of energy, environment and forest policy on new and traditional forest products markets in the UNECE region of Europe, North America and the CIS countries. After an overview of renewable energy policies and political drivers affecting wood energy, especially in the European Union, it looks at what impacts wood energy policies might have on the market. The basis of the information stems from a UNECE policy forum organised to emphasize cross-sectoral viewpoints on international forest policy and the market effects from wood used for energy. The discussions focussed on how promoting wood energy might affect other forest sector and non-forest sector policies.