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Indonesia’s new Omnibus Law increases risks to people and forests

On 5 October 2020, the Indonesian Parliament passed the Omnibus Law on Job Creation. Seven out of nine parties supported the bill, which is over 1,000 pages long and amends 79 existing laws. Meant to facilitate investment by...

14/10/2020

Forest Watch 259 - October 2020

European Parliament votes to protect climate ambition, but fails on its own forests and more...

13/10/2020

News, Forest Watch

UK due diligence proposals: The people have spoken

On 5 October 2020 the UK government closed its first round of consultation on a proposed law designed to prevent forests and other important natural areas from being illegally converted into agricultural land (FW 258). This...

13/10/2020

News, Forest Watch

The Pledge for Nature: Concrete action for biodiversity protection must follow

In September 2020, political leaders from more than 70 countries, the EU, and many intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations issued a joint “Pledge for Nature,” a call to ramp up international action for biodiversity,...

13/10/2020

News, Forest Watch

Battle of Forest Strategy visions: Industry prevails, nature loses

The European Parliament (EP) has chosen between opposing visions of the EU’s future Forest Strategy. MEP Petri Sarvamaa of the Agriculture Committee (AGRI) proposed an own-initiative report that runs counter to the goals of the...

13/10/2020

News, Forest Watch

The European Parliament votes to protect ambition of the Climate Law

In a plenary vote on 8 October 2020, the European Parliament (EP) protected the European Union’s climate ambition by approving Jytte Guteland’s report on the EU Climate Law. The report endorses a 60 per cent emission reductions...

13/10/2020

How the EU Biodiversity Strategy can protect and restore forests and rights

Unsustainable forestry, agriculture and mining have a devastating effect on the global environment. Wildlife is in terminal decline and there is precious little nature left to provide the food, resources, and space that humans...

12/10/2020

Blogs

The UK’s plan to stop illegal deforestation is full of holes

Britons, on average, devour 700,000 tonnes of chocolate a year, or three bars a week per person. But how many of them are aware of the provenance of their chocolate, or its true cost? 

Most chocolate sold in the UK is made from...

09/10/2020

Tribune: Putting Indigenous Peoples at the heart of biodiversity conservation policies

The year 2020 promised to be a remarkable year for biodiversity protection. But the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us of one truth: human health and the health of the planet are linked; destroying natural habitats exposes us to...

09/10/2020

Forest governance

Raising the ambition on global aspects of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy

The Farm to Fork Strategy includes a section on the external dimension entitled “Promoting the Global Transition”. The attention for the external dimension is crucial not only because the challenges the Strategy is seeking to...

08/10/2020