Less and Better: Making EU Consumption Policies Work for People and Forests This report explores possible solutions to the EU's huge foodprint, including the opportunity to link health and…
Duty Free? Making EU tariffs Work for People and Forests This report asks whether the EU can set lower tariffs for products identified as sustainably produced. It raises issues surrounding practical…
WTO Compatibility with EU Action on Deforestation This report asserts that, formulated with care, government policies and laws to prioritise sustainable products can be compatible with the WTO. It…
Catching it all: Making EU illegal logging policies work better for people and forests This report explores how trade in agricultural commodities undermines important EU timber trade reforms. It…
Clear Cut: Making EU financial institutions work for people and forests This report examines the activities of different financial institutions and their involvement in forest-risk agriculture. It…
Taking stock: Tracking trends in European Aid for forests and communities Forests and forest-dependent communities are under increasing pressure due to infrastructure projects and the demand for…
Stolen Goods: The EU’s complicity in illegal tropical deforestation Previous studies commissioned by the EU have shown that the EU has been leading the world in imports of ‘embodied deforestation’…
EU consumption and illegal deforestation Half of all tropical deforestation since 2000 has been caused by illegal clearance of forests for commercial agriculture. This briefing is a summary of…
Beyond biodiversity offsetting; trading away community rights in Gabon This is the fourth in a series of briefing notes outlining concerns and considerations related to global proposals to offset…
Report - Protecting Forests, Respecting Rights Options for EU action on deforestation and forest degradation Over the past two decades, the European Union (EU) has been the world’s largest driver of…
