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Reports

EU Forests of Hope

How community restoration and management of forests can help meet climate goals

01/04/2020

Blogs

Estonian Forest NGOs under pressure after challenging government forestry decision

Estonian environmental NGOs have had enough of being outgunned as they stand up to a mighty timber industry and some of its powerful government friends. In November 2019, several environmental NGOs sent a letter to the Minister of...

11/12/2019

Press Releases

Finland endangers climate leadership position in EU

A recently obtained government document show Finland is lobbying to hide its emissions from forest loss.

16/10/2019

News

German forests: Climate change is not the only problem

Poor forest management also needs to shoulder some of the blame.

18/09/2019

Press Releases

EU must heed the world’s most authoritative science panel and rethink its use of land and forests in climate emergency

The European Union (EU) must rethink how it uses land and forests in the fight against climate breakdown in the light of today’s special report on Land and Climate Change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).  

08/08/2019

Blogs

Finland’s forestry myth undermines its radical climate ambition

The next EU presidency wants to drive the climate agenda, but its forestry industry is bad for carbon emissions, biodiversity and its indigenous Sámi people

09/07/2019

Press Releases

Rapid action on forests is needed, but EU leaders fail to address urgency of climate crisis

Today EU leaders have failed to address the urgent need for climate action, unable to agree on net-zero emissions by 2050. Instead Council conclusions aim for carbon neutrality “in line with the Paris Agreement” without including...

20/06/2019

Blogs

Beyond Sibiu. Here's why EU leaders must think about forests.

As various heads of government gather today in Sibiu, Romania for the final EU summit before this month’s European elections, there’s one piece of news that they - and all of us - should contemplate. Humans are driving one million...

09/05/2019

Press Releases

Key forest-rich countries fail to acknowledge climate impact of increased logging, says EU expert group

12 April, Brussels – Despite the climate emergency, most EU countries are planning to significantly increase the logging of their forests. This will reduce forests’ ability to store carbon, meaning there could be 400 Mt more...

12/04/2019

Blogs

Increased clearcutting in Lithuania’s Natura 2000 sites demands a rapid response

A fight is heating up in Lithuania over government-authorised clearcutting in national and regional parks, many of which are also protected under the Natura 2000 network. 

The conflict began more than a year ago: the Seimas,...

18/12/2018