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225 civil society organisations from 42 countries call on the European Parliament and all EU governments to reject the European Commission’s proposal to delay by twelve months the application of the EU deforestation-free products...
15/10/2024
Last week, the Commission proposed to postpone the application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by a year and signalled that it intends to “step up dialogue” with partner countries.
The EU has already started partnership...
07/10/2024
Civil society organisations from 22 countries have come together to call on the EU to make a Forest Commitment for 2024-2029.
These proposals from groups across the Global Forest Movement should guide the EU Parliament and...
11/06/2024
The Amsterdam Declaration Partnership (ADP) - a group of ten countries including Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom - has played an outstanding role in...
30/05/2024
Following high citizen concern over deforestation, the EU worked on a regulation on deforestation-free products, which came into force in 2023.
This law – a world first - makes it illegal to import or export forest-risk products...
28/03/2024
For decades, intensive forestry practices have meant that healthy biodiverse forests across the European Union (EU) have been replaced with trees that resemble crops. Intensive forest management not only degrades ecosystems, but...
05/02/2024
Blue Carbon LLC, a private company based in Dubai, is finalising deals with at least six African countries to acquire huge swathes of their forests to harvest carbon credits. Although the deals are shrouded in secrecy, it appears that at least 25 million hectares of forests – an area larger than the UK – may be handed to Blue Carbon.
29/11/2023
The EU Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) has the potential to not only halt worldwide deforestation, but also strengthen small-scale farmers’ rights and improve their livelihoods.
This statement from smallholders...
20/11/2023
How to strengthen the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Strategic Partnerships
14/11/2023
The European Commission has pledged to release a key law on EU Forest Observation, Reporting and Data Collection in the first quarter of 2023.
Rarely has the need for this law been so pressing. Last summer, Europe’s forests have...
11/09/2023