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Forest governance, News, Forest Watch

NaturAfrica: A paradigm shift in the EU’s approach to nature conservation?

If the EU’s flagship conservation programme takes a ‘fortress conservation’ approach, it will harm the livelihoods of local communities and Indigenous Peoples.

13/07/2022

News, Forest Watch

RED and LULUCF: EU Council prioritises the short-term interests of wood-based industries over the future of forests

After the Council fails to defend the future of forests, it now falls to the European Parliament and the Commission to reaffirm the rules’ purpose and to restrict loopholes.

13/07/2022

News, Forest Watch

Room for improvement in the Council’s deforestation-free position

The draft text of the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products has advanced, but the Commission and Council positions left issues and omissions

13/07/2022

News, Forest Watch

The European Parliament’s Environment Committee heeds Indigenous Peoples’ voices

As the finish line appears in the long process to agree the new EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free products, the ENVI Committee moves forward where the Commission and Council feared to tred.

13/07/2022

Forest Watch

Forest Watch 277 - July 2022

Ahead of the autumn trilogue, the Council has failed to defend the forests, though the Parliament fared better

13/07/2022

NGO Statements

Environmental and social conditions of ‘RebuildUkraine’

As the Ukraine Recovery Conference begins in Lugano (Switzerland), 25 NGOs from Ukraine and across Europe have sent a letter to the European Commission urging them to ensure that there are strong social and environmental conditions attached to the RebuildUkraine effort, and in particular the Ukraine Solidarity Trust Fund.

04/07/2022

Press Releases

EU Member State positions could have a profoundly negative impact on forests

Overnight, EU energy and environment ministers agreed on their positions on two files that are crucial for the fate of EU forests: the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and the Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry...

29/06/2022

Press Releases

EU Ministers acknowledge importance of upholding international human rights standards to end deforestation, but more action is needed

European Union Environment Ministers today adopted their opinion on the deforestation-free regulation proposed by the Commission in November 2021.

28/06/2022

Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2021

28/06/2022

Press Releases

Poll: Europeans don't buy industry scaremongering on food prices, and are more likely to vote for MEPs that support a stronger deforestation-free law

Despite food and agriculture industries’ misinformation campaign to delay anti-deforestation legislation, the European public doesn’t buy their excuses. Seven out of 10 people surveyed in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain...

27/06/2022