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Not so long ago, a commentator called the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) “a green jewel in European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s crown that has garnered praise and inspired imitations beyond the EU”. But in the...
13/11/2024
Two decades ago, when the EU started incentivising burning wood as a form of renewable energy and counting CO2 emissions from wood combustion as ‘zero’ in the energy sector, it was possibly unaware that this would considerably...
Eastern European forests are currently being severely degraded, putting their unique biodiversity and climate at risk. From 2010-2019, the Eastern European carbon sink showed a 52% decrease of overall carbon uptake from land use...
After a scandal revealed that Stora Enso logging operations had crushed IUCN and EU-listed critically endangered freshwater pearl mussels, the company temporarily suspended operations in areas protected under various Finnish laws...
On 14 November, the European Parliament is set to vote on the EU Commission’s proposed year-long delay to the application of the EU Deforestation Regulation. Yesterday, 6 November, the European People's Party (EPP) proposed...
07/11/2024
Following a proposal to delay the EU’s law to tackle deforestation, nearly three quarters of those polled believe lawmakers should prioritise implementation
Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Forests has been forced to release information about commercial forest activities, following a six-month trial brought by the NGO Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI). The ruling, handed down by the...
17/10/2024
European companies seem to flip flop on the usefulness of having harmonised information systems to monitor their forestry activities, depending on the law being discussed and who is being asked to deliver it. Representatives from...
16/10/2024
After recently offering reassurances to the contrary, the EU Commission’s public statement, 2 October 2024, that it intended to delay the full application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) was a shock. The relentless...
On 2 October 2024, the European Commission (EC) not only proposed a delay of 12 months for the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), it also published its long-awaited Strategic Framework for International Cooperation Engagement on...
