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Scientists confirm harvesting as main culprit behind European forest disturbances

In June 2024, a cutting-edge analysis published in Nature Communications confirmed tree harvesting as the main driver of disturbances to European forests, in a context where overall disturbances are increasing; it also highlighted...

09/07/2024

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Netherlands ends all biomass subsidies for electricity with more restrictions expected

The Netherlands have long been at the forefront of science-informed biomass policy-making, accepting that burning wood for energy production worsens the climate and biodiversity crises. They are now leading in ambitiously...

09/07/2024

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EUDR: Looking beyond the canopy to consider the human aspects of trade

While trade partners and companies are asking to delay implementation of the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR), Indonesian NGOs have been organising themselves to engage in its application. More than 30...

09/07/2024

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Forest Watch 298 - September 2024

EU Deforestation Regulation faces challenges as agriculture’s future takes shape

09/07/2024

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Forest Watch 297 - July 2024

Will the new EU Parliament undo a decade of pro-forest policy making?

09/07/2024

Reports

An EU-Indonesia partnership for protecting forests and respecting rights

The EU Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) is an important tool to reduce forest destruction and end human rights infringements and should be applauded.

It is important, however, to be aware that implementation...

03/07/2024

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Forests, foresters and the climate set to benefit as Nature Restoration Law clears final hurdle

It has provoked fierce debate, and the final decision went to the wire, but by the slimmest of margins, on 17 June 2024 EU Environment Ministers threw a lifeline to the continent’s besieged forests and approved the Nature...

21/06/2024

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Donors must not accept violations in Congo’s Conkouati-Douli Park

NGOs are denouncing the Republic of Congo’s (RoC) decision to violate international and domestic obligations concerning the Congolese national park of Conkouati-Douli by allowing oil exploration in its fragile ecosystem....

11/06/2024

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EUDR: Practical insights into cocoa cooperatives’ challenges and costs

Côte d’Ivoire’s socio-economic wellbeing is intricately intertwined with cocoa, which creates 14% of its gross domestic product, and supplies 45% of global cocoa production – making it the largest cocoa producer in the world. But...

11/06/2024

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EUDR could throw a welcome lifeline to a high-risk Malaysian state

Since the EU’s adoption of the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) in late 2022, the Malaysian Government and others have pushed back, ostensibly over the impact that the Regulation could have on smallholders....

11/06/2024