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European countries are the world’s largest importers of the cocoa beans whose production is devastating rainforests in West Africa and driving millions of children into child labour. To prevent this, chocolate companies and NGOs...
05/05/2020
Binding rules and strong enforcement are the only way to help consumers not buy products tainted by abuse and destruction.
08/04/2020
Several options are under consideration, including binding rules to ensure products on EU markets are deforestation-free.
13/02/2020
Brussels – December 16: EU Member States have just released their official reaction to the Commission’s Communication on stepping up EU action to protect and restore the world’s forests. They “request” the Commission to...
16/12/2019
Now comes the task of separating the wheat (value chain and market access measures) from the chaff (labels).
13/11/2019
Companies will back producer countries’ bold move to raise cocoa prices, and are also showing support for EU regulation.
How do the Commissioners-designate plan to protect forests and people and halt deforestation, both within and outside the EU? Fern follows the hearings.
11/10/2019
The Climate Action Summit may have disappointed, but the new EU Commission First Vice-President is off to a positive start.
Tropical forests are likely to grab headlines today when Jair Bolsonaro addresses the United Nations’ General Assembly in New York.
In early September, just before a hernia operation, Brazil’s President told reporters, “I will...
24/09/2019
Council and Parliament urged to get involved to fix oversights and reinforce ambition in new forest Communication.
18/09/2019
