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Forest Watch

The PPWR: an opportunity to curb demand for pulp, or a threat to tropical forests?

Indonesian civil society groups offer real-life insights into what the increased demand for paper-based packaging means for forests and local communities.

13/06/2023

Forest Watch

Breaking the impasse

The EU’s new deforestation law was hailed as watershed in the fight to protect the world’s forests. So why is it provoking such a fierce backlash in Indonesia and Malaysia? In the wake of a high-level meeting in Brussels last week, Giorgio Budi Indrarto charts what went wrong – and how to rectify it.

13/06/2023

Forest Watch

Europe’s Nature Restoration Law – don’t let it fall at the first hurdle

You can add your voice to the call for a strong Nature Restoration Law by signing the petition and alerting your contacts.

08/06/2023

Forest Watch

Parts of Earth to be uninhabitable, but conservative politicians still bet on anti-environment stance

Despite a first-of-its-kind study quantifying the human cost of global warming, EU conservative and extreme-right politicians continue to support fossil fuels and ecosystem destruction.

08/06/2023

Duped

Sweden’s industrial forestry model is inflicting damage on its migrant workforce as well as nature

05/06/2023

Shining light on a destructive industry

Cattle ranching is the biggest driver of illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. As the EU looks to revive the Mercosur trade deal - meaning more beef from the region will end up on Europeans’ plates -  Paulo Barreto...

01/06/2023

Saami representatives protest their systematic exclusion from decision-making

“To help craft sustainable solutions, our participatory rights must be respected”

31/05/2023

Press Releases

EU Deforestation Regulation clears final legislative hurdle. Now the work begins.

The world has its first ever law banning imports of products linked to deforestation.

16/05/2023

Forest Watch

What does the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Synthesis report mean for people and forests?

The IPCC is clear that urgent action is needed now to conserve and restore forests and other ecosystems, not just because it will be cost-effective, but because our decisions will carry consequences for millennia

09/05/2023

Forest Watch

Survey shows overwhelming majority of Europeans are troubled by the rise in paper and cardboard packaging

The EU should listen to its citizens not industry, and legislate to end the overpackaging crisis

09/05/2023