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40 organisations call on the EU to ensure robust benchmarking under deforestation law
28.01.2025 Benchmarking should reflect real human rights & environmental risks
European Commission proposes year-long delay to crucial supply chain law, threatening 2,300 sq km of forest
02.10.2024 The European Commission wants to refuel the bulldozers
Despite landmark law, Europe faces tough test to end role in global forest loss (commentary)
16.05.2023 Success of EU's landmark deforestation law far from assured
EU must strengthen planned corporate sustainability due diligence law to prevent business-as-usual in global supply chains
31.03.2023 A Long-awaited EU directive on corporate sustainability due diligence nears key votes in European Parliament. MEPs must improve vital aspects of the text
Fresh G7 sanctions fail to stop multibillion-dollar “conflict timber” trade
01.03.2023 New sanctions missed opportunity to prevent cash flows into the pockets of key Putin allies
"Hurt The Dictator": Q&A With Belarusian Dissident Andrei Sannikov
31.01.2023 Andrei Sannikov outlines the urgent need for strong sanctions on Belarusian timber
EU agrees on much needed landmark law, but work still needed to fully protect forests and communities
06.12.2022 The final agreement compromised between contrasting priorities
If it truly aspires to leadership on climate and forests, the US must first break its addiction to the products driving their destruction
08.11.2022 The US has pledged to end deforestation, but it continues to fund destruction overseas via imports of forest-risk commodities
European Parliament votes in favour of strong deforestation-free products law
14.09.2022 MEPs have voted to strengthen key elements of a planned EU regulation on deforestation-free supply chains
UK Environment Act’s effectiveness in tackling global forest loss at risk
30.05.2022 Analyses show exemptions would create dangerous loopholes
