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Forest Watch

France introduces mandatory re-use in restaurants, even as industry undermines EU efforts

France’s packaging law could offer practical insights for the EU’s new packaging Regulation

09/05/2023

Forest Watch

Loss of tropical forests, and of the rainfall they generate, threatens agricultural production

Cocoa producers are already seeing that agricultural expansion can lead to lower yields

09/05/2023

Forest Watch

JURI Committee moves Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive in the right direction

The European Parliament’s plenary vote on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive must ensure there is a strong mandate to defend human rights in trilogue negotiations

09/05/2023

News

Europe’s chance to end its destructive forestry model

Europe exported a destructive forestry model around the world but now has the chance to put a stop to it at home, something EU countries must ensure is properly rolled out.

Over the past 50 years, a forestry model that has caused...

04/05/2023

Press Releases

Poll: Europeans troubled by the rise of paper packaging and think governments are responsible for reducing it

Poll: Overwhelming majority of Europeans are troubled by the rise in paper and cardboard packaging, and three quarters think governments should be responsible for reducing it. 

Packaging and especially disposable paper packaging...

04/05/2023

NGO Statements

Vattenfall must stop destroying forests and worsening climate chaos

Vattenfall is today preventing young climate activists from attending their annual general meeting. In Vattenfall’s Notice to attend, it says: "The Annual General Meeting is open to the general public. In connection with the...

26/04/2023

Forest Watch

New EU biomass rules: a crushing defeat for forests

The RED negotiations' outcome underscores how little it matters that Parliament and EU citizens wish to protect forests, if it is more convenient to let the biomass industry burn them.

13/04/2023

Forest Watch

Still got it! As discussions aimed at ratification begin, Mercosur deal retains its capacity to dismay

Lack of transparency, failure to consult civil society and inadequate environmental and social protections discredit discussions.

13/04/2023

Forest governance, Forest Watch

The EUDR’s limitations frustrate Indonesian civil society

Indonesian civil society points to the rampant deforestation that is not covered by the EUDR, and the need to address the lack of respect for Indigenous' land rights.

13/04/2023

Forest Watch

Mining ‘sustainably’ for Critical Raw Materials, while demand rages on?

Social and environmental protections are urgently needed in the Commission’s Critical Raw Materials proposal.

11/04/2023