News

Dropping rubber from the EU’s deforestation-free supply chain regulation is not an option

Increased deforestation and farmer poverty would likely result from Commission’s failure to include this commodity in due diligence rules right from the start.

16/09/2021

So far, EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement delivers only for trade

Civil society’s fears that human rights and the environment would lose out now appear well founded.

16/09/2021

Ministries split on the Forest Strategy

Member State governments must be fearless in putting forests, climate and public interests dead centre in the upcoming discussion on the Forest Strategy.

16/09/2021

FLEGT and EUTR Fitness Checks: Continued lack of transparency about EU plans

Ironically, the future of the programme that insisted on openness in partner countries’ forest sectors is frustratingly opaque.

16/09/2021

NGO statements

EU-Cote d’Ivoire-Ghana dialogue on sustainable cocoa production and trade

This letter was sent to Hon. Patrick Jerome Achi, Prime Minister of Cote d’Ivoire; Hon. Joseph Boahen Aidoo, Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Cocoa Board; H.E. Diana Acconcia, EU Ambassador to Ghana; Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto,...

10/09/2021

Press releases

Forest Strategy: encouraging but too timid to face up to the challenge

Recognising the importance of forests in the fight against climate change, the European Commission released its new Forest Strategy as part of the Fit for 55 package. It provides the first holistic European vision for how to...

16/07/2021

Press releases

Forests sacrificed for EU climate policy

Today, the European Commission released its revised 2030 climate and energy package. Despite overwhelming scientific evidence that burning forest biomass accelerates climate change and destroys biodiversity, the Commission ignored...

14/07/2021

Blogs

As the first round of EU-Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire Cocoa Talks wraps up, the way ahead is still unclear

The EU, Ghana & Cote d’Ivoire must commit to concrete actions when talks resume after autumn 2021.

14/07/2021

Bolsonaro under scrutiny in The Hague for crimes against humanity, genocide and possibly ecocide

Jair Bolsonaro is finally facing global opposition to the destruction he has wrought, so why is the EU still considering signing the Mercosur trade deal?

14/07/2021

Ghana: A new minister has boosted momentum for FLEGT licensing

In Ghana, long-standing roadblocks to progress on forest governance are now being tackled by a new Minister.

14/07/2021