Publications

Briefing Notes

Unsustainable and Ineffective: Why EU Forest Biomass Standards won't stop destruction

There has been intense criticism of the European Union (EU) Renewable Energy Directive (RED) for leading to adverse impacts on forests in Europe and beyond. To tackle these concerns, the EU developed sustainability criteria that...

19/05/2021

Briefing Notes

Putting the Environment in Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence

Ensuring corporate accountability for environmental impacts

in the upcoming EU directive on sustainable corporate governance

17/05/2021

NGO recommendations on the future EU Regulation to address the forest, ecosystem, and human rights impacts associated with products placed on the EU market

The European Commission has committed to publish, in June 2021, a legislative proposal to minimise the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products placed on the European Union (EU) market. This briefing...

06/05/2021

NGO Statements

Rehausser l’ambition : Renforcer le rôle de l'UE en faveur de la biodiversité et du climat grâce au FLEGT et aux partenariats pour les forêts

Cette déclaration résume le point de vue des organisations de la société civile (OSC) d'Asie et du Pacifique, des Amériques, d'Europe et d'Afrique centrale et de l’Ouest. Ces organisations luttent contre le commerce illégal de...

27/04/2021

NGO Statements

Pour être au service des peuples, de la biodiversité et du climat, les programmes de développement de l’UE doivent tenir compte de toutes les voix

L’Union européenne (UE) est le plus grand donateur au monde et un acteur politique d’envergure doté d’un important pouvoir d’influence sur les politiques mondiales. Elle est consciente du rôle essentiel que joue la société civile...

14/04/2021

Reports

Analysis on biomass in National Energy and Climate Plans

The European Union relies heavily on burning forest biomass to achieve its renewable energy targets. This destructive burning has doubled since the early 2000s and has already surpassed projected levels. Half of all harvested wood...

13/04/2021

How bioenergy harms biodiversity: the facts

Intensive forest management is having devastating impacts on wildlife and biodiversity in the EU. This has increased since bioenergy was incentivised as a renewable form of energy under the Renewable Energy Directive. Scientists,...

12/04/2021

Reports

Au-delà des engagements

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

31/03/2021

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