Publications & Insight

NGO victory signals greater transparency in Indonesia’s forests

Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Forests has been forced to release information about commercial forest activities, following a six-month trial brought by the NGO Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI). The ruling, handed down by the...

17/10/2024

News, Forest Watch

EU forests: Information is essential for fair and successful implementation

European companies seem to flip flop on the usefulness of having harmonised information systems to monitor their forestry activities, depending on the law being discussed and who is being asked to deliver it. Representatives from...

16/10/2024

News, Forest Watch

EUDR: In trying to pacify commercial protests, the Commission has lost sight of the public interest

After recently offering reassurances to the contrary, the EU Commission’s public statement, 2 October 2024, that it intended to delay the full application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) was a shock. The relentless...

16/10/2024

News, Forest Watch

European Commission’s draft Strategic Framework for international cooperation is no longer comprehensive and skips partnerships focus

On 2 October 2024, the European Commission (EC) not only proposed a delay of 12 months for the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), it also published its long-awaited Strategic Framework for International Cooperation Engagement on...

16/10/2024

NGO Statements

Hands off the EU Deforestation Regulation

225 civil society organisations from 42 countries call on the European Parliament and all EU governments to reject the European Commission’s proposal to delay by twelve months the application of the EU deforestation-free products...

15/10/2024

News, Forest Watch

Forest Watch 299 - October 2024

Proposed EUDR delay threatens forests and the climate - what must happen next?

15/10/2024

News, Forest Watch, Partner Voices

The Republic of Congo wants agriculture to be at the heart of its economic development. The EU Deforestation Regulation can limit the dangers this poses to communities and nature

Agricultural expansion drives almost 90% of global deforestation.  

The EU’s attempt to tackle it through the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) could now be delayed by 12 months because of opposition from various quarters –...

14/10/2024

News

The EU must stand firm against those hellbent on delaying its groundbreaking deforestation law

The rumours were swirling for months, but when the news broke on October 2, it came abruptly and without warning. 

Just a week earlier, the European Commission insisted that it had no plans to delay implementing the EU...

08/10/2024

NGO Statements

EU-Indonesia-Malaysia Joint Task Force must step up its game

Last week, the Commission proposed to postpone the application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by a year and signalled that it intends to “step up dialogue” with partner countries.

The EU has already started partnership...

07/10/2024

Press Releases

EU deforestation law integrity at risk, multistakeholder partnerships are critical

Brussels | Today, the European Commission proposed to postpone the application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by a year, based on the “feedback” received by international partners.  

This comes after Ursula von der...

02/10/2024