Publications & Insight

Forest Watch

Parts of Earth to be uninhabitable, but conservative politicians still bet on anti-environment stance

Despite a first-of-its-kind study quantifying the human cost of global warming, EU conservative and extreme-right politicians continue to support fossil fuels and ecosystem destruction.

08/06/2023

Duped

Sweden’s industrial forestry model is inflicting damage on its migrant workforce as well as nature

05/06/2023

Shining light on a destructive industry

Cattle ranching is the biggest driver of illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. As the EU looks to revive the Mercosur trade deal - meaning more beef from the region will end up on Europeans’ plates -  Paulo Barreto...

01/06/2023

Saami representatives protest their systematic exclusion from decision-making

“To help craft sustainable solutions, our participatory rights must be respected”

31/05/2023

Briefing Notes

Low carbon, high risk

Lessons for the EU from Label Bas-Carbone forestry projects in France

31/05/2023

Duped

Every year an estimated 5,000 migrant seasonal workers come to Sweden to do the back-breaking work of clearing landscapes and planting trees. They make up 85 – 90 per cent of the workforce and are employed by firms sub-contracted by the companies that dominate Sweden’s forest sector.

17/05/2023

Press Releases

EU Deforestation Regulation clears final legislative hurdle. Now the work begins.

The world has its first ever law banning imports of products linked to deforestation.

16/05/2023

Forest Watch

Forest Watch 285 - May 2023

The latest IPCC report, citizen concern about the packaging crisis, France's law to eliminate waste and more...

10/05/2023

Forest Watch

What does the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Synthesis report mean for people and forests?

The IPCC is clear that urgent action is needed now to conserve and restore forests and other ecosystems, not just because it will be cost-effective, but because our decisions will carry consequences for millennia

09/05/2023

Forest Watch

Survey shows overwhelming majority of Europeans are troubled by the rise in paper and cardboard packaging

The EU should listen to its citizens not industry, and legislate to end the overpackaging crisis

09/05/2023