News

EU Watchdog points to Commission “maladministration” in Mercosur sustainability debacle

What is the point of an impact study carried out after the fact?

08/04/2021

NGO Statements

Response to the Forest Strategy consultation - A world of strong and healthy forests

Ursula von der Leyen is the first European Union (EU) Commission President to publicly recognise how important forests are to life on our planet. But with the climate crisis and biodiversity collapse looming, time is short to turn...

24/03/2021

Press Releases

EU Commission reprimanded for failure to consider environmental, social impacts of South American trade deal

Environmental and human rights organisations have welcomed today’s European Ombudsman finding of maladministration by the Commission. It found that the Commission failed to complete a timely assessment of the social and...

19/03/2021

EU Trade Policy Review lacks the teeth to make trade sustainable

The first trade and sustainable development dispute panel decision exposes the limits of sustainable development chapters in trade agreements.

03/03/2021

Films

Uma guia ativista para influenciar a União Europeia

O que acontece na UE exerce uma grande influência sobre o destino das florestas do mundo. Os acordos comerciais, as estratégias de pressão, as políticas energética e climática e as importações de madeira, soja, carne bovina, óleo...

19/11/2020

NGO Statements

Fern’s submission to the trade policy review

Fern’s submission to the trade policy review highlights the need to eradicate deforestation from its trade flows. If the EU is to achieve its commitment to end deforestation by 2020, fulfill the Sustainable Development Goals...

13/11/2020

News, Forest Watch

Can the EU-Mercosur agreement be used to stop Bolsonaro’s attack on forests and Indigenous Peoples?

Significant developments with the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement in recent weeks will reveal whether the possibility of the deal being placed in the deep-freeze is enough to unlock a change of course in Brazil. 

After the...

10/11/2020

News, Forest Watch

Mercosur disarray exposes EU Trade policy weakness

Germany has at last acknowledged that the EU-Mercosur deal is toxic, joining a growing number of Member States (Austria, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg) that have expressed concerns – and also revealing the...

16/09/2020

Films

Acordo comercial UE-Mercosul: O que tudo isso significa para o Brasil?

As políticas ambientais do Brasil afetam algumas das florestas mais importantes do mundo e podem ter um efeito devastador sobre as comunidades tradicionais que vivem dentro e fora delas. Isto tem impacto no clima do nosso planeta,...

02/09/2020

Press Releases

Provedor de Justiça Europeu: Comissão precisará responder por que não considerou os impactos ambientais e sociais do acordo comercial sul-americano

O Provedor de Justiça Europeu abriu um inquérito sobre o acordo comercial da Comissão da União Europeia com o grupo "Mercosul" de países da América do Sul. 

O inquérito foi aberto em resposta a uma queixa apresentada por diversas...

10/07/2020