Member States who fail to implement EU biodiversity laws may want to rethink their approach given recent decisions by the European Court of Justice.
13/07/2022
If the EU’s flagship conservation programme takes a ‘fortress conservation’ approach, it will harm the livelihoods of local communities and Indigenous Peoples.
After the Council fails to defend the future of forests, it now falls to the European Parliament and the Commission to reaffirm the rules’ purpose and to restrict loopholes.
The draft text of the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products has advanced, but the Commission and Council positions left issues and omissions
As the finish line appears in the long process to agree the new EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free products, the ENVI Committee moves forward where the Commission and Council feared to tred.
