Europe must re-balance wood flows to support panel production, new report warns

Securing raw material supply is emerging as one of the central concerns for Europe’s wood-based panels industry and the wider wood sector. With forest resources under strain and demand expected to rise sharply over the next decades, the European Panel Federation (EPF) is urging policymakers to shift priorities to protect long-term wood availability. The EPF has released a policy paper, Strategic Wood Availability: The growing gap between strategic need and ecological reality. The document sets out the scale of the expected resource shortfall and outlines steps needed to maintain access to wood for material use. It ...