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Busting myths around EU efforts to end deforestation.
In December 2022, the EU agreed to adopt the Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR), which aims to tackle global deforestation and forest degradation driven by EU...
29/08/2024
How the EU Deforestation Regulation is driving positive action by governments, companies, and farmers
24/07/2024
Every forest-related file working its way through EU lawmaking bodies last year was assailed by vested industry interests and Member States intent on weakening it. But, as our 2023 Annual report details, we - together with our partners - pushed back and showed that protecting forests and the rights of those who live in them is vital to all of our futures.
17/07/2024
Will the new EU Parliament undo a decade of pro-forest policy making?
09/07/2024
On 30 May 2024, some within the US administration wrote to the European Commission to ask them to postpone implementation of the EU regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR). But why would the government of a country with the economic and political weight of the United States go to the trouble of making such a request? The answer can be found by comparing the letter’s arguments with those of the American pulp and paper sector: their arguments are a mere replication of poorly substantiated industry claims.
In June 2024, a cutting-edge analysis published in Nature Communications confirmed tree harvesting as the main driver of increasing disturbances to European forests; it also highlighted that harvesting magnifies risks of canopy...
The Netherlands have long been at the forefront of science-informed biomass policy-making, accepting that burning wood for energy production worsens the climate and biodiversity crises. They are now leading in ambitiously...
While trade partners and companies are asking to delay implementation of the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR), Indonesian NGOs have been organising themselves to engage in its application. More than 30...
The EU Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) is an important tool to reduce forest destruction and end human rights infringements and should be applauded.
It is important, however, to be aware that implementation...
03/07/2024
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It has provoked fierce debate, and the final decision went to the wire, but by the slimmest of margins, on 17 June 2024 EU Environment Ministers threw a lifeline to the continent’s besieged forests and approved the Nature...
21/06/2024
