Publications & Insight

Reports

Coffee's Regulatory Blend

The coffee industry is facing a pivotal moment as new mandatory sustainability regulations come into effect across Europe.

Even though these regulations establish a level playing field that prioritises human rights and...

01/10/2024

Reports

Mass Imbalance

How sustainable is the wood burned in EU power plants, which EU taxpayers are paying billions of euros for every year?

The report Mass Imbalance reveals that the EU does not really know, because it cannot know.

The reason? Its...

25/09/2024

News, Forest Watch, Partner Voices

Tackling cocoa-driven deforestation through collaboration

The acute problems blighting the cocoa trade in Côte d’Ivoire are at risk of spreading like a contagion into Central Africa. But the EUDR can help smallholder growers understand the broader context in which they operate and better...

18/09/2024

News, Forest Watch

Infringing EU Competition rules? Selling off Estonia’s public forests at under-market prices

A recent report by Estonia’s Court of Auditors has raised questions about the meteoric growth of Europe’s largest producer of wood pellets, Graanul Invest (GI). Biomass subsidies from the EU and its Member States were thought to...

18/09/2024

News, Forest Watch

What the outcome of Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture means for forests

On 4 September 2024, the European Commission published the results of its Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture, an innovative exercise that, in a period of bitter strife, gathered farm lobby groups and NGOs around a...

18/09/2024

News, Forest Watch

Heated debates about the EUDR are missing the bigger picture

The backlash against the EU Deforestation-free Regulation (EUDR) is continuing into autumn. Several vocal EU Member States, highly forested countries, and the director of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have insisted that the...

18/09/2024

FAQs

What is the EU Deforestation Regulation and why is it controversial?

Busting myths around EU efforts to end deforestation.

In December 2022, the EU agreed to adopt the Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR), which aims to tackle global deforestation and forest degradation driven by EU...

29/08/2024

Events

EUDR in Action

How the EU Deforestation Regulation is driving positive action by governments, companies, and farmers

24/07/2024

Annual Reports

2023 Annual Report

Every forest-related file working its way through EU lawmaking bodies last year was assailed by vested industry interests and Member States intent on weakening it. But, as our 2023 Annual report details, we - together with our partners - pushed back and showed that protecting forests and the rights of those who live in them is vital to all of our futures. 

17/07/2024

News, Forest Watch, Partner Voices

EUDR: What is the US paper industry afraid of?

On 30 May 2024, some within the US administration wrote to the European Commission to ask them to postpone implementation of the EU regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR). But why would the government of a country with the economic and political weight of the United States go to the trouble of making such a request? The answer can be found by comparing the letter’s arguments with those of the American pulp and paper sector: their arguments are a mere replication of poorly substantiated industry claims.  

09/07/2024