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A group of 55+ NGOs wrote to Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans and Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginius Sinkevičius regarding the forthcoming proposal for EU legislation to regulate the placing on the EU market of commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation.
10/11/2021
What does the COP26 Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration mean for forests and what are the latest updates on the EU deforestation regulation?
09/11/2021
The Declaration is a positive step; let’s hope this time they mean it.
A toothless regulation would tick a box but achieve little.
By Liisa Toopakka, campaigner at the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation
Biomass remains a false solution to an increasingly pressing climate and biodiversity crisis.
A US-Vietnam agreement underscores FLEGT’s broad impact
In a letter, a coalition of NGOs urged the EU Commission to ensure that all soy imports, including soybean cake and soy-protein concentrate (SPC), and those produced through the conversion of savannahs, are included in the scope...
08/11/2021
Forests are crucial to keeping average global temperature rise below 1.5°C. Their protection and restoration could provide a cost-effective solution for climate mitigation, and adaptation. To meet targets for the Agriculture,...
05/11/2021
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This position paper, signed by 32 NGOs from across Europe, outlines how the EU can create a bioenergy policy that civil society and citizens can support.