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Forest revenue transparency: Republic of Congo and the EU must do more

The 2016 report that the Republic of Congo just submitted to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) raises NGO concerns over the country’s commitment to ensure full transparency of payments made by logging...

05/03/2019

News

Financial institutions must face up to the risks of investing in biomass

The use of biomass for energy production is a ‘blind spot’ for banks and investors, a report recently published by ShareAction reveals. The report shows that Europe’s 15 largest banks all take different approaches to biomass. The...

05/03/2019

News

Commission moves toward suspending Cambodia’s preferential access to the EU

On 11 February 2019, the EU started a process that could lead to the temporary suspension of Cambodia’s preferential access to the EU market under the Everything But Arms (EBA) trade scheme. 

Since 2011 under the EBA, Cambodia...

05/03/2019

News

Citizens launch legal bid to stop damage caused by biomass

In a landmark lawsuit filed on March 4 against the European Union (EU), plaintiffs from the USA and five EU Member States - Romania, Ireland, Slovakia, France and Estonia – claim that the EU’s 2018 Renewable Energy Directive (RED...

05/03/2019

Press Releases

Lawsuit seeks to remove forest biomass from EU's renewable energy directive

PRESS RELEASE: BRUSSELS, March 4, 2019 -- In a landmark lawsuit to be filed today against the European Union, plaintiffs from five European Member States, including Romania, Ireland, Slovakia, France and Estonia are charging that...

04/03/2019

NGO Statements

Open Letter to the Government of France: To Protect Forests, Communities and the Climate, the Conversion of Cordemais Power Plant to Biomass Co-Firing Must Not Go Ahead

46 groups - representing environmental, climate and social justice organisations in the main wood pellet exporting regions and elsewhere - are deeply concerned about proposals to permit Cordemais Power Station to be kept open...

28/02/2019

Blogs

A critical moment in the fight against deforestation

Shopping without helping destroy the planet can be bewildering. Now EU citizens have the chance to end the confusion, and protect forests around the world,

18/02/2019

Forest Watch

Forest Watch 242 - February 2019

European Commission consults on how to protect forests globally, but what about our own backyard?

05/02/2019

News

Ghana and FLEGT licences: Only technical steps remain

Ghana is poised to become the first African country and the second country in the world to issue FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) licences. Officials from the EU and Ghana’s Ministry of Land and Natural...

05/02/2019

News

ASEAN and EU create group to explore palm oil sustainability issues

Issues surrounding palm oil are increasingly causing division between the EU and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); therefore, at their 22nd ministerial meeting in Brussels, 21 January 2019, they agreed to...

05/02/2019