Publications

Briefing Notes

Speaking truth to power: The village women taking on the palm oil giant

The Société Financière des Caoutchouc (Socfin) group is among the world’s biggest independent plantation owners, managing 187,000 hectares of mostly oil palm and rubber plantations in Asia and Africa, where it has been operating...

20/09/2018

Briefing Notes

The EU-Japan Free Trade Deal: a threat to the fight against illegal timber?

The Japan-EU Free Trade Agreement is likely to boost incentives for illegal or unsustainable practices in many countries where Japan sources its timber and wood products. It could also sabotage the EU’s own fight against illegal...

12/09/2018

Briefing Notes

The EU Forest Manifesto

 

A call for political groups, candidates for the European elections

and EU leaders to support forests and forest peoples in their

manifestos.

11/09/2018

Briefing Notes

From CETA to JEEPA - THE VARIATIONS IN THE "TRADE & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" provisions in EU Free Trade Agreements

Since the debates around the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations and the ratification of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade (CETA) Agreement, it has become clear that a new approach is...

07/09/2018