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Forest Watch 260 - November 2020

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10/11/2020

News, Forest Watch

Can the EU-Mercosur agreement be used to stop Bolsonaro’s attack on forests and Indigenous Peoples?

Significant developments with the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement in recent weeks will reveal whether the possibility of the deal being placed in the deep-freeze is enough to unlock a change of course in Brazil. 

After the...

10/11/2020

News, Forest Watch

Ireland’s managed forests are net carbon emitters

Ireland’s managed forests emit more carbon dioxide (CO2) than they store − a bizarre perversion of what forests normally do: absorb CO2. This startling revelation is found in Ireland’s National Forest Accounting Plan, required as...

10/11/2020

News, Forest Watch

What is on the EU’s to-do list for forests next year?

The European Commission have published their work programme for 2021, and as the Commission prepares broadly “to shift from strategy to delivery,” several areas are of particular importance to climate and forests. 

An amendment...

10/11/2020

News, Forest Watch

The European Parliament takes a bold stance on legislation to tackle imported deforestation

On 22 October 2020, the European Parliament sent a strong signal to the European Commission by adopting MEP Delara Burckhardt’s report, ‘An EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation’, in plenary. 

Pre-...

10/11/2020

Press Releases

EU legislation reveals steep decline in carbon stored in European forests

By 2025, European forests are likely to hold 18% less carbon than in the early 2000s, according to disturbing new information published today by the European Commission.

The new figures have been released under the EU’s Land Use,...

29/10/2020

Forest governance

EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: What’s in it for indigenous peoples and local communities?

The webinar took place on 19 November 2020 – 9h-13h Brussels time

Recordings of the  event with interpretation  in English, French, Spanish and Russian are available.

Background

Faced with the urgent need to restore...

28/10/2020

Getting the incentives right

Why partnership agreements should be at the heart of EU efforts to end deforestationConverting forest land for agricultural crops is the main cause of tropical deforestation. The EU is a major importer of forest risk commodities...

23/10/2020

Forest governance, Films

3 razones por las que la tenencia de la tierra es vital para los bosques, la humanidad y el planeta

Los derechos de los indígenas a la tierra son esenciales para reducir la deforestación, luchar contra el cambio climático y construir bosques y comunidades resistentes. De hecho, las tierras que son propiedad de los pueblos...

22/10/2020

Reports

Enforcing due diligence legislation ‘plus’

Our latest policy analysis on how to end EU imports of Forest Risk Commodities looks at the type of regulation the Commission should adopt to halt and reverse global deforestation and how it could be enforced. 

The report draws...

15/10/2020