NGO recommendations on deforestation regulation A group of 55+ NGOs wrote to Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans and Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginius Sinkevičius…
NGOs urged Commissioner Sinkevičius to keep rubber in the EU due diligence regulation to halt EU-driven global deforestation A group of NGOs wrote a letter to European Commissioner Virginijus…
NGOs are alarmed that EU anti-deforestation law could let soy-driven forest destruction off the hook In a letter, a coalition of NGOs urged the EU Commission to ensure that all soy imports,…
Forest Strategy gives EU mandate to start healing Europe’s forests Despite fierce lobbying from some Member States, the European Council today gave a green light for efforts to start protecting…
Forest Watch 269 - October 2021 Why rights should be at the heart of EU-Indonesia Trade and international biodiversity and climate agreements... Sign up for Forest Watch
GUEST BLOG: Finland could reap big rewards from EU forestry decisions By Liisa Toopakka, campaigner at the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation Both Finland and the EU are committed to halting…
Biomass: new, troubling data on use and subsidies in the EU Biomass remains a false solution to an increasingly pressing climate and biodiversity crisis. A report commissioned by the European…
FLEGT VPA paved the way for the US-Vietnam Timber Agreement A US-Vietnam agreement underscores FLEGT’s broad impact Just as it appears that – for the European Union anyway – the thrill is gone from…
EU deforestation regulation risks being weak on enforcement and scope of commodities A toothless regulation would tick a box but achieve little. Enforcement measures are being watered down in the new…
Good COP/Bad COP: What does the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use really mean? The Declaration is a positive step; let’s hope this time they mean it. Much of the world’s media has…
