Publications & Insight

Events

It's not just about trade

A discussion about the EU-Mercosur agreement with community representatives from Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay

08/03/2023

Events

Insights into Sweden's forests

Description:

For the next six months, Sweden, one of the EU’s most forested countries, holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU). This comes at a time when the EU is discussing several forest related files....

01/03/2023

Forest Watch

Biomass industry attempts to gut proposals to limit the subsidies they receive for forest destruction

As Renewable Energy Directive negotiations enter their final phase, EU decision-makers must prioritise the needs of EU citizens and forests over those of this irresponsible industry.

02/02/2023

Forest Watch

The Commission is poised to support carbon-offsetting despite new evidence of its flaws

New research has confirmed the concerns that NGOs have been raising about carbon offsetting for years.

02/02/2023

Forest Watch

The EU Packaging and Waste Regulation: A strong idea, which industry is already watering down

Lindsay Duffield of the Environmental Paper Network International explains why the new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation could be a game changer, but warns that industry is lobbying hard to weaken targets.

02/02/2023

Forest Watch

Finnish State logging forest that is planned to be a national park

Activists is Finland are protecting biodiversity and forests in an area where it looks like EU rules with regard to threatened species and habitats are not being implemented.

02/02/2023

Forest Watch

Forest Watch 282 - February 2023

What to expect in 2023, tackling paper and biomass lobbyists and offset greenwashing looks set to return

02/02/2023

Briefing Notes

Es más que solo comercio

A finales de octubre de 2022, el pueblo brasileño votó en contra del Presidente Bolsonaro y eligió a Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Los defensores del acuerdo de libre comercio entre la Unión Europea (UE) y el Mercosur confían en que...

01/02/2023

Forest Watch

The world turned upside down: Liberia’s forest governance and enforcement mechanisms fall far short

A new case of deforestation in Liberia succinctly illustrates why international donors should make funding government entities conditional on governance improvements.

27/01/2023

Briefing Notes

An EU strategic framework for working with countries to achieve deforestation-free production

Why it is needed, and what it could look like.

23/01/2023