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“Every import is marked with our blood”: Brazil’s indigenous leaders protest in London
15.11.2019 Brazil’s indigenous leaders protest in London urging EU to ban purchases of deforestation-linked goods
Tropical Forest Alliance supports EU regulation on ‘deforestation-laced’ commodities
08.08.2019 Head of industry-backed anti-deforestation grouping backs EU due diligence regulation for agri-commodities
Europe must not be complicit in Bolsonaro’s attacks on forests
15.04.2019 New civil society briefing calls on the EU and its member states to guarantee they will not be complicit in Bolsonaro’s dismantling of environmental protections in Brazil
Comment: Bolsonaro has pledged to strip environmental protections. The EU can make those decisions hurt
06.12.2018 The Brazil president-elect's destructive impulses must be reined in, and EU policymakers must be galvanized into action, writes Fern's Nicole Polsterer
Choice Cuts: how European & US BBQs are fuelled by a hidden deforestation crisis in South America
05.07.2017 How European & US BBQs are fuelled by a hidden deforestation crisis in South America
EU deforestation conference considers action on Bad Ag
23.06.2017 The conference came in the wake of the European Parliament’s recent resolution on the issue, which supported strong measures
Illegal deforestation and the flawed focus on corporate voluntary actions
12.06.2017 Globally, the problem is getting worse, not better, and corporate zero deforestation commitments may actually be distracting attention from other actions that could have greater impacts
Global network of scientists recognises importance of illegal forest conversion for agribusiness
04.12.2016 A new study by International Union of Forest Research Organisations highlighted illegal conversion as one of four major ‘trends’ in illegal logging worldwide
