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The world’s climate events and forest fires continue to underscore the urgency of action to reduce deforestation. But is the EU going down the right path? Ambassadors of 14 countries attacked a proposed EU Regulation, but Fern’s partners in those countries feel it is more nuanced.
22/09/2022
The EU’s proposed Forest Monitoring Law is just one of a raft of measures that could help avert catastrophic forest fires.
Although progress has been made towards delivering a renewable energy plan that will help meet climate ambitions, much uncertainty remains on details before trilogue negotiations.
MEPs have defended the hopes of European consumers who consistently express the desire for the removal of deforestation-laced products from the EU market.
The proposal maintains some incentives that encourage energy companies to burn forests
14/09/2022
The European Parliament has heeded calls by Indigenous Peoples, NGOs and European Union (EU) citizens by voting for Indigenous Peoples’ rights to be upheld in the EU’s landmark Regulation on deforestation-free products.
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13/09/2022
MEPs have a crucial chance to ensure smallholders around the world don’t pay the price for EU efforts to end deforestation.
12/09/2022
A strong majority of Europeans think businesses are failing in their responsibility to protect the world’s forests and therefore support a new law to ban products that destroy them.
02/09/2022
It was with great sadness, and disbelief, that we learned that Sandra Smithey had unexpectedly passed away at the beginning of August 2022, just a few weeks after her 62nd birthday.
31/08/2022
Member States who fail to implement EU biodiversity laws may want to rethink their approach given recent decisions by the European Court of Justice.
13/07/2022
