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A case study from Brazil
How the European Union can best integrate deforestation and rights violations data in its regulatory proposals
15/12/2021
An EU Forest Observatory could play an important role in monitoring deforestation, human rights violations, and land use in supply chains of products and commodities such as soybeans and beef.
This summary report looks at what can be learnt from Brazil’s efforts and concludes with recommendations for the EU, including how to enforce the future Regulation on deforestation-free products.
What we can learn from Brazil
The public still have time to insist on bold UK action to protect and restore forests worldwide.
14/12/2021
Some provisions in the Commission’s proposed Regulation on deforestation-free products must be strengthened, but its arrival is cause for celebration.
Après des décennies de confiance envers les entreprises pour qu'elles s'attaquent volontairement au problème, le 17 novembre 2021, la Commission européenne a publié sa proposition de règlement sur les produits sans déforestation. C'est un moment décisif dans la bataille pour mettre fin au rôle majeur de l'Europe dans la destruction des forêts du monde.
07/12/2021
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The European Commission’s proposed EU law to restrict products linked to deforestation from entering the EU is a watershed moment in the battle to end Europe’s major role in destroying the world’s forests. After decades of...
17/11/2021
A group of 55+ NGOs wrote to Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans and Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginius Sinkevičius regarding the forthcoming proposal for EU legislation to regulate the placing on the EU market of commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation.
10/11/2021
A toothless regulation would tick a box but achieve little.
09/11/2021
In a letter, a coalition of NGOs urged the EU Commission to ensure that all soy imports, including soybean cake and soy-protein concentrate (SPC), and those produced through the conversion of savannahs, are included in the scope...
08/11/2021
