Comment now: Four EU public consultations relevant to forests Public consultations are important for incorporating public input into EU policymaking. Currently four consultations relevant to forests…
Comment on the COP21 - Issue 1 - the end of negotiations draw near Forests in spotlight as COP21 climate talks approach endgame As the 21st UN Climate Conference reaches its final days in…
Comment on the COP21 - Issue 2 - a forest perspective Forests barely feature in the draft text, but runaway climate change could devastate the forests which more than a billion people directly…
Comment on the COP21 - Issue 3 - a forest perspective Forests barely feature in the draft text, but runaway climate change could devastate the forests which more than a billion people directly…
Commission assures Southern CSOs of support for FLEGT VPAs In a discussion about the long-awaited results of the FLEGT Action Plan evaluation (see top story, FW214 and FW209), the EU…
Commission comments on palm oil offer hope: Now EU should deliver on deforestation The European Commission’s response to the Parliament resolution on palm oil and deforestation of…
Commission finds that new legislation is needed to tackle deforestation effectively The European Commission’s new feasibility study giving options to fight deforestation has found that a new…
Commission inundated with requests to stop burning trees The European Commission consultation process for a new sustainable bioenergy policy received 950 responses as well as 57,000 emails from…
Commission moves toward suspending Cambodia’s preferential access to the EU On 11 February 2019, the EU started a process that could lead to the temporary suspension of Cambodia’s…
Commission presidency candidate says he would tackle human rights abuses in EU imports Manfred Weber promises to ensure that the EU acts on child labour in supply chains The EU should eradicate child…
