Publications & Insight

EU should support national civil society call to strengthen Indonesian palm oil expansion moratorium

Indonesian NGOs propose that the palm oil moratorium is expanded and strengthened.

14/07/2021

Blogs

Forests are being threatened by industry-sponsored scientific confusion and short-term political thinking

Will the European Commission scrap public subsidies and regulations that reward the burning of forest biomass for energy, or give in to industry and several Member States’ pressure to keep incentivising forest destruction?

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08/07/2021

The draft EU Forest Strategy holds real promise, but can the European Commission stand up to the forest industry?

The EU Forest Strategy leaked in June 2021, appears to show that, rather than bowing to the logging industry, the European Commission is trying to steer a new path for forests, one where the EU is able to monitor forests and...

07/07/2021

Progress towards strong forest governance in Voluntary Partnership Agreement countries 2018-2020

Tropical forests and those who depend on them are at greatest risk where their governance is weak. The Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) that the EU - and, post-Brexit, the UK independently - establishes with forested...

30/06/2021