How Germany can break the link between EU meat consumption, deforestation and human suffering Farming is the planet’s biggest driver of deforestation, and beef and soya production the prime culprits.…
Increased clearcutting in Lithuania’s Natura 2000 sites demands a rapid response A fight is heating up in Lithuania over government-authorised clearcutting in national and regional…
European Commission announces action on deforestation Today, the European Commission published a roadmap announcing plans to “step up European Action against Deforestation and Forest Degradation”.…
Katowice Forest Declaration: It’s in the way that you use it The Ministerial Katowice Declaration on Forests for the Climate, issued by the Polish presidency to the 24th Conference of the…
Bioenergy: the Achilles Heel of the EU 2050 decarbonisation vision Timed to come out just before the climate conference in Katowice, Poland, the EU released its much-anticipated vision for…
Congo Basin meeting in Brussels: time for stronger action A more ambitious plan is needed to protect forests and meet people’s aspirations in the second-largest rainforest in the…
Momentum growing for EU regulation on cocoa and deforestation Belgium has called for “an ambitious [EU] action plan against deforestation and forest degradation before the end of the current mandate…
Norway will be the first to exclude high deforestation risk biofuels As it adopted the national budget for 2019, the Norwegian Parliament voted (Resolution 86) to exclude biofuels based on…
Poor governance breaks up families: A loving tribute to Priso Last Friday (December 7) I arrived in Yaoundé, Cameroon’s capital, to work with Fern’s longstanding partner, the Centre for Environment…
Belgium joins countries calling on the European Commission to act on deforestation Belgium today presented an Initiative calling on the European Commission to “develop an ambitious action plan…
