Public debate on biomass reaches critical mass in the Netherlands Public opposition to biomass burning is based on a variety of negative impacts. In the Netherlands, the tense public and political…
An update on the Indonesia-EU trade agreement Indonesia and EU negotiators are continuing trade discussions. The EU must ensure respect for human rights and environment. In the context of Cooperative…
As the EU moves towards due diligence in supply chains, can we ensure communities are heard? Can momentum for cleaning up the EU’s supply chains avoid reinforcing the injustices that helped to cause…
What Climate Strategy for European Forests? Rethinking their contribution to climate neutrality The European Union (EU) has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050. This will require us to both…
What are negative emissions? Negative Emissions is one of the terms used by climate scientists in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for activities that remove carbon dioxide from…
Direct threat to Indigenous territories of Mato Grosso and Brazil Cuiabá, June, 22nd 2020 Civil society organisations are concerned about Brazilian State Bill 17/2020,…
The Rights Path The world needs a great global forest restoration. But to succeed, it will require the restoration of the rights of forest dwellers: the people who know forests best and have the most…
Can tree planting solve climate change? Tree planting schemes have always been popular, but never more so than today, where they are frequently promoted as a proposed solution to the climate…
Hungarian Constitutional Court’s landmark ruling is a blow to intensive forest management practices On June 2020, the Hungarian Constitutional Court improved the nature conservation and…
Annual Report 2019 The world’s forests, and the rights of many who depend on them, remained under assault in 2019. These attacks came from many directions: from the erosion of environmental and…
