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Despite fierce lobbying from some Member States, the European Council today gave a green light for efforts to start protecting Europe’s forests. The Council adopted Conclusions on the EU Forest Strategy which gives the EU Commission the mandate to move ahead on the Strategy’s positive measures, notably a new regulation on Forest Observation, Reporting and Data Collection, which would allow for a better understanding of forest management and climate change impacts in managed forests.
15/11/2021
A group of 55+ NGOs wrote to Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans and Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginius Sinkevičius regarding the forthcoming proposal for EU legislation to regulate the placing on the EU market of commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation.
10/11/2021
The Declaration is a positive step; let’s hope this time they mean it.
09/11/2021
A toothless regulation would tick a box but achieve little.
By Liisa Toopakka, campaigner at the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation
Biomass remains a false solution to an increasingly pressing climate and biodiversity crisis.
A US-Vietnam agreement underscores FLEGT’s broad impact
In a letter, a coalition of NGOs urged the EU Commission to ensure that all soy imports, including soybean cake and soy-protein concentrate (SPC), and those produced through the conversion of savannahs, are included in the scope...
08/11/2021
The United States and the European Union are on the verge of passing historic anti-deforestation laws. But for all their strengths, both still have major flaws, write Nicole Polsterer and Etelle Higonnet.
03/11/2021
With the delay of two legislative proposals on deforestation and sustainable corporate governance, accountability has been pushed back.
01/11/2021
