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After a scandal revealed that Stora Enso logging operations had crushed IUCN and EU-listed critically endangered freshwater pearl mussels, the company temporarily suspended operations in areas protected under various Finnish laws...
13/11/2024
On 14 November, the European Parliament is set to vote on the EU Commission’s proposed year-long delay to the application of the EU Deforestation Regulation. Yesterday, 6 November, the European People's Party (EPP) proposed...
07/11/2024
Following a proposal to delay the EU’s law to tackle deforestation, nearly three quarters of those polled believe lawmakers should prioritise implementation
Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Forests has been forced to release information about commercial forest activities, following a six-month trial brought by the NGO Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI). The ruling, handed down by the...
17/10/2024
European companies seem to flip flop on the usefulness of having harmonised information systems to monitor their forestry activities, depending on the law being discussed and who is being asked to deliver it. Representatives from...
16/10/2024
After recently offering reassurances to the contrary, the EU Commission’s public statement, 2 October 2024, that it intended to delay the full application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) was a shock. The relentless...
On 2 October 2024, the European Commission (EC) not only proposed a delay of 12 months for the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), it also published its long-awaited Strategic Framework for International Cooperation Engagement on...
225 civil society organisations from 42 countries call on the European Parliament and all EU governments to reject the European Commission’s proposal to delay by twelve months the application of the EU deforestation-free products...
15/10/2024
Agricultural expansion drives almost 90% of global deforestation.
The EU’s attempt to tackle it through the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) could now be delayed by 12 months because of opposition from various quarters –...
14/10/2024
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The rumours were swirling for months, but when the news broke on October 2, it came abruptly and without warning.
Just a week earlier, the European Commission insisted that it had no plans to delay implementing the EU...
08/10/2024
