International Day Against Big Biomass begins and updates from Sweden, Brazil, Vietnam and more...
21/10/2022
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.
Citizens and NGOs urge EU negotiators to be bold and take advantage of this historic opportunity to stop imports of products that cause deforestation.
Bolsonaro fared better in Congressional elections than expected. Whatever happens now, Brazilians will need to fight to protect their forests.
Researchers and scientists concur that dramatically reducing the forest harvest is low-hanging fruit that must be picked to halt the widespread plummet in carbon absorption.
The EU’s Domestic Advisory Group insists that civil society is a necessary part of monitoring sustainability commitments, and Vietnamese civil society needs the space to operate freely.