Publications & Insight

Reports

Au-delà des engagements

Quelles contributions des CDN à la gouvernance forestière et à la résilience des communautés locales ?

31/03/2021

Logging surges in Estonia’s protected habitats, study reveals

A new study reveals a significant increase in logging in Estonian Natura 2000-protected forest habitats, driven by the relaxation of logging restrictions in the country’s conservation rules. 

Between 2008 and 2018, 1,663 hectares...

30/03/2021

NGO Statements

Response to the Forest Strategy consultation - A world of strong and healthy forests

Ursula von der Leyen is the first European Union (EU) Commission President to publicly recognise how important forests are to life on our planet. But with the climate crisis and biodiversity collapse looming, time is short to turn...

24/03/2021

NGO Statements

No forest offsets

This letter was sent to President of the European Commission von der Leyen, Executive Vice-President Timmermans, Commissioner Simson, Commissioner Sinkevičus , Minister Matos Fernandes, MEP Guteland and other Members of the...

22/03/2021

Events

Enforcing a Due Diligence based regulation for forest risk commodities

Event based on the report, Enforcing due diligence legislation ‘plus’  

Background:

On 23 July 2019, the European Commission adopted a Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests. Reducing...

22/03/2021

Press Releases

EU Commission reprimanded for failure to consider environmental, social impacts of South American trade deal

Environmental and human rights organisations have welcomed today’s European Ombudsman finding of maladministration by the Commission. It found that the Commission failed to complete a timely assessment of the social and...

19/03/2021

Forest Watch

Forest restoration: why offsetting could derail the path to recovery and well-being

This Sunday, 21 March, is the United Nations International Day of Forests (IDF), intended to celebrate and raise global awareness of the importance of forests. The theme is "Forest restoration: a path to recovery and well-being",...

18/03/2021

Briefing Notes

Five ways the EU can ensure forests support EU climate and biodiversity goals

To tackle the climate crisis, EU land and forests need to absorb more carbon dioxide, but the opposite is happening. EU forest health and biodiversity is declining, even in EU forests protected by legislation. Half of all the wood...

18/03/2021

NGO Statements

Stop EU-Mercosur Coalition Statement

We, the undersigned organisations, call on political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic to stop the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.

The EU-Mercosur agreement belongs to an out-dated 20th Century model of trade that has failed the...

15/03/2021

Forest Watch 263 - March 2021

The latest news in Mercosur, due diligence, carbon dioxide removals and the EU Trade Policy Review

03/03/2021