Publications & Insight

Forest Watch

New EU biomass rules: a crushing defeat for forests

The RED negotiations' outcome underscores how little it matters that Parliament and EU citizens wish to protect forests, if it is more convenient to let the biomass industry burn them.

13/04/2023

Forest Watch

Still got it! As discussions aimed at ratification begin, Mercosur deal retains its capacity to dismay

Lack of transparency, failure to consult civil society and inadequate environmental and social protections discredit discussions.

13/04/2023

Forest Watch

Forest Watch 284 - April 2023

The RED negotiations' outcome, a blind spot in the Critical Raw Materials proposal, UK's new rules for financing forest-risk sectors and more...

13/04/2023

Forest governance, Forest Watch

The EUDR’s limitations frustrate Indonesian civil society

Indonesian civil society points to the rampant deforestation that is not covered by the EUDR, and the need to address the lack of respect for Indigenous' land rights.

13/04/2023

Forest Watch

Mining ‘sustainably’ for Critical Raw Materials, while demand rages on?

Social and environmental protections are urgently needed in the Commission’s Critical Raw Materials proposal.

11/04/2023

Forest Watch

The UK may introduce mandatory due diligence for financing forest-risk sectors

If the UK adopts new rules for financing forest-risk sectors, they could offer practical insights the EU could learn from.

11/04/2023

FAQs

What is Close to Nature Forestry?

Close to nature forestry is an alternative to intensive forestry, a sustainable way of managing forests.

04/04/2023

Press Releases

EU's revised Renewable Energy Directive fails to address the realities of the climate and biodiversity crisis

In the early hours of today, European Union (EU) negotiators concluded negotiations over the Renewable Energy Directive (RED). The outcome will not reduce the EU’s wood burning addiction to comply with its renewable targets. It...

30/03/2023

NGO Statements

Serious concerns about the Swedish Presidency proposal for the Nature Restoration Law

This letter was sent to Representatives of the Swedish Presidency, EU Environment Ministers and Permanent Representations. The European Commission Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Rapporteurs and shadows of...

27/03/2023

Critical Raw Materials: Mining on Sámi land without their consent

Europe is desperate to secure critical raw materials for the green energy and digital transitions. But mining must not happen on Sámi land without free, prior and informed consent from the Sámi people, says Karin Nutti Pilflykt.

24/03/2023