Publications & Insight

Forest Watch

Forest restoration: why offsetting could derail the path to recovery and well-being

This Sunday, 21 March, is the United Nations International Day of Forests (IDF), intended to celebrate and raise global awareness of the importance of forests. The theme is "Forest restoration: a path to recovery and well-being",...

18/03/2021

Forest governance, Briefing Notes

Five ways the EU can ensure forests support EU climate and biodiversity goals

To tackle the climate crisis, EU land and forests need to absorb more carbon dioxide, but the opposite is happening. EU forest health and biodiversity is declining, even in EU forests protected by legislation. Half of all the wood...

18/03/2021

NGO Statements

Stop EU-Mercosur Coalition Statement

We, the undersigned organisations, call on political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic to stop the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.

The EU-Mercosur agreement belongs to an out-dated 20th Century model of trade that has failed the...

15/03/2021

Forest Watch 263 - March 2021

The latest news in Mercosur, due diligence, carbon dioxide removals and the EU Trade Policy Review

03/03/2021

Carbon dioxide removal: trade-offs, governance gaps and irretrievable risk

As uncertainty surrounds what is meant by carbon dioxide removal, separate targets for actual emissions reductions and carbon removals are crucial to achieve the 2050 climate target.

03/03/2021

EU Trade Policy Review lacks the teeth to make trade sustainable

The first trade and sustainable development dispute panel decision exposes the limits of sustainable development chapters in trade agreements.

03/03/2021

Corporate due diligence: We are all concerned

A French civil court reminds us that the EU must prioritise a broad, enforceable approach to due diligence because society as a whole is affected.

03/03/2021

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: No ‘additional declaration’ can fix it

European institutions must stop trying to fix the trade deal by increments, while Brazil’s government takes a scorched-earth approach to human rights and environmental protections.

03/03/2021

FAQs

Why is it important to fight illegal logging?

What are the causes of illegal logging? 

Illegal logging occurs when timber is harvested, transported, processed, bought or sold in violation of national or international laws.  

It is driven by  demand for timber, paper and...

01/03/2021

News

188 groups say it’s time to ‘make the throw-away go away’

Before the 1950s and 60s, the majority of the products we produced and consumed were built to last. Milk bottles made of glass were returned and sterilized for re-use, restaurants offered ceramic plates and stainless-steel cutlery...

17/02/2021