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The European Commission is expected to publish proposals for a 2030 renewable energy and sustainable bioenergy policy on 30 November 2016. One of the main sticking points is whether the Commission will go beyond existing rules –...
09/11/2016
The EU and its Member States are dragging their feet on the elaboration of a binding UN treaty to stop transnational corporations and other business enterprises’ disregarding human rights (FW 219).
In October 2016, the UN Human...
The legality of wooden furniture from Vietnam has come under scrutiny, particularly regarding its impact on deforestation and forest communities’ rights. The Government of Vietnam and the EU have been in trade negotiations...
The EU and other donors should take interest in the two judicial complaints filed by 244 farmers in South West Cameroon against SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon (SGSOC), a large-scale palm oil company, for trespassing on their land....
A carbon sink is anything that absorbs more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it releases.
European forests are currently a net carbon sink as they take in more carbon than they emit. In climate negotiations, this temporary...
01/11/2016
The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change was a landmark, which put the use of land-based sinks such as forests at the heart of the global blueprint for stemming global warming.This raises two problems.1. It may encourage the...
25/10/2016
Avez-vous déjà entendu parler de LULUCF? Savez-vous ce que ça signifie ? Regarder cette vidéo claire et informative pour tout savoir sur “l’utilisation des terres, changement d’affectation des terres et foresterie.” Cette vidéo...
21/10/2016
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In Dalarna, Sweden’s reputation for protecting nature and promoting sustainable forestry might appear well justified.
Unbroken rows of pine forests, glimmering lakes and jutting mountain ranges dominate a landscape in which...
20/10/2016
