What is the link between meat and deforestation? Explore the impact of meat on climate change, including its contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation, and learn how reducing meat…
International statement on the carbon deal between Blue Carbon and the Liberian government Liberia’s Government is threatening to sign away thirty years of rights to more than one million hectares…
What is the EU Deforestation Regulation? In December 2022, the EU agreed to adopt the Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) which aims to tackle the global deforestation and forest…
The EU-Mercosur trade deal will harm Brazil’s Indigenous communities Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is gone but agribusiness and congress are still a threat to Brazil’s Indigenous…
EU: Don't let big polluters off the hook. Say no to carbon offsets! The climate crisis is more urgent than ever. Yet the EU debate on rules for carbon removals is focused on carbon offsetting which…
Nature Restoration Law salvaged, but a bittersweet outcome for forests Members of the European Parliament narrowly voted in favour of the Nature Restoration Law, which aims to restore Europe’s…
Forest Watch 287 - July 2023 Nature Restoration salvaged, Finland's carbon commitments at risk and Belgian biomass plant to close... Sign up for Forest Watch
The years-long fight to save Poland’s Białowieża forest: an activist offers insights In the ongoing battle to protect Poland’s natural treasures, EU legislation proved crucial "In May 2017, logging…
Belgium's largest biomass plant closes… for good In a trend that will greatly benefit forests if it catches on, the energy company Engie appears to be turning away from burning solid biomass. In…
Given the damaging drive for critical raw materials, how green can the energy ‘transition’ be? Sustainability and human rights are being sidelined in nations’ drive to secure the trade in critical…