The European Green Deal is being promoted as the cornerstone of European policy over the next five years. One of the many actions planned under the Green Deal is the third EU Forest Strategy. The objective for this commentary is to discuss whether and how the Green Deal may affect the next EU Forest Strategy. Using the pathways to sustainability approach, we discuss alternative pathways for the next Strategy. We do this by reviewing the Green Deal and a series of different statements put out by representative organisations; we also draw some important insights from previous scientific work on the preceding Strategies. We find that the Green Deal hardly gives any consideration to the multiple benefits forests provide to society and how the forest-based sector could contribute to the Green Deal. The scientific literature provides several potential policy pathways related to coordinating policy objectives, forest governance, cost impacts, data accessibility, harmonisation, knowledge production and communication. However, given the current narratives around forests in the Green Deal, many of the problems that have been articulated by forest policy researchers over the last 20 to 30 years, such as lack of coordination and integration remain the same. We end by discussing potential pathways to overcome these challenges which ultimately may deliver the long-awaited common strategic vison on forests.

未来五年，欧洲绿色协议将被推广为欧洲政策的基石。绿色交易计划下的众多行动之一是第三项欧盟森林战略。本评论的目的是讨论绿色协议是否以及如何影响下一个欧盟森林战略。通过可持续发展途径，我们讨论了下一个战略的替代途径。为此，我们审查了《绿色交易》以及代表组织发表的一系列不同声明；我们还从先前对上述策略的科学研究中得出了一些重要的见解。我们发现，《绿色协议》几乎没有考虑森林为社会提供的多重利益以及以森林为基础的部门如何为绿色协议做出贡献。科学文献提供了与协调政策目标，森林治理，成本影响，数据可访问性，协调，知识生产和交流有关的几种潜在的政策途径。但是，考虑到当前《绿色交易》中有关森林的叙述，过去20到30年间森林政策研究人员提出的许多问题，例如缺乏协调和整合，都保持不变。我们最后讨论了克服这些挑战的潜在途径，这些途径最终可能会带来人们期待已久的森林战略共识。在过去的20到30年中，森林政策研究人员提出的许多问题，例如缺乏协调和整合，都保持不变。我们最后讨论了克服这些挑战的潜在途径，这些途径最终可能会带来人们期待已久的森林战略共识。在过去的20到30年中，森林政策研究人员提出的许多问题，例如缺乏协调和整合，都保持不变。我们最后讨论了克服这些挑战的潜在途径，这些途径最终可能会带来人们期待已久的森林战略共识。