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Deforestation Regulation: FLEGT’s achievements must be saved at all costs

Forest governance

Deforestation Regulation: FLEGT’s achievements must be saved at all costs

FLEGT’s achievements must be saved at all costs, says Christian Mounzéo of Rencontre pour la paix et les droits de l’homme (RPDH), Republic of Congo.

21/11/2022
COP27: Despite timid progress, implementation is off track for forests and forest peoples’ rights

News, Forest Watch

COP27: Despite timid progress, implementation is off track for forests and forest peoples’ rights

Sharm El-Sheikh is the last stop for forest commitments to get back on course; local and Indigenous communities and their civil society partners must take part in the solutions at hand.

18/11/2022
Cocoa-producing countries boycott meetings with the cocoa industry

News, Forest Watch

Cocoa-producing countries boycott meetings with the cocoa industry

Industry efforts to keep cocoa prices low trap small farmers in poverty; the EU has two chances to redress the balance.

18/11/2022
In seismic shift, Forest Stewardship Council changes certification eligibility cut-off date

News, Forest Watch

In seismic shift, Forest Stewardship Council changes certification eligibility cut-off date

By moving its cut-off date back by a quarter century, the FSC’s General Assembly hopes to motivate destructive forest companies to remedy past harm – but will the 'carrot' work?

18/11/2022
EU biomass-incentives madness reaches Vietnam

News, Forest Watch

EU biomass-incentives madness reaches Vietnam

The EU’s policy bioenergy policies are being repeated around the world. It is urgent that the EU realises the damage this is causing and disincentivises primary woody biomass in the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive.

18/11/2022
Protecting and restoring the world's forests

Forest governance

Protecting and restoring the world's forests

Civil society recommendations for fair and inclusive partnerships between the European Union and forested developing countries

14/11/2022
EU settles for a paper target to increase carbon absorption in its forest and land

Press Releases

EU settles for a paper target to increase carbon absorption in its forest and land

The European Parliament, Council and Commission have concluded their negotiations on the EU regulation that sets the climate ambition and accounting rules for the land and forest sector - the Land Use Land Use Change and Forestry...

11/11/2022
RED Revision: Will EU countries stop paying energy companies to burn forests?

News, Forest Watch

RED Revision: Will EU countries stop paying energy companies to burn forests?

As International Day of Action against Big Biomass comes around again, Fern campaigner Martin Pigeon considers individual EU Member States’ variable reliance on primary woody biomass and what a fair solution would look like.

21/10/2022
Anti-Deforestation Regulation: Europeans want no part of forest destruction and human rights abuse

News, Forest Watch

Anti-Deforestation Regulation: Europeans want no part of forest destruction and human rights abuse

Citizens and NGOs urge EU negotiators to be bold and take advantage of this historic opportunity to stop imports of products that cause deforestation.

21/10/2022
Brazil elects its Congress – but the hard fight still lies ahead

News, Forest Watch

Brazil elects its Congress – but the hard fight still lies ahead

Bolsonaro fared better in Congressional elections than expected. Whatever happens now, Brazilians will need to fight to protect their forests.

21/10/2022
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