Position Paper by Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth on the EU Public Consultation on Additional Options to combat illegal logging and associated trade.
On Wednesday 15 October 2008, the Commission will adopt a forest package which will include a communication on measures to reduce deforestation and its impacts on climate change and biodiversity loss, and a legislative proposal to prevent the...
Developed countries, in their search for ever cheaper timber products are fuelling the drive for cheap timber and thus provide the financial incentive for robber barons to continue their destruction across the world’s last ancient forests.
A Greenpeace report with WWF and FERN. It includes comments on the European FLEGT Action Plan and recommendations on how the EU can tackle illegal and destructive logging and its associated trade.
Greenpeace considers that the EU -one of the world’s largest timber markets- has the duty to reduce and ultimately halt forest destruction, in order to defend biodiversity and reduce carbon emissions. Preserving forests also means protecting the...
Last October, the European Commission (EC) announced the preparation of a forest package which would include measures to reduce deforestation and a legislative proposal to prevent the marketing of illegally harvested timber and timber products...
Critical views and political recommendations on the FLEGT licensing scheme and partnership agreements.
On Friday 17 October 2008, the European Commission will finally put forward a legislative proposal setting EU market rules for illegally harvested timber and timber products.
Illegal logging is rampant and out of control in Indonesia. In Central Kalimantan, the once pristine Tanjung Puting National Park is one of many protected areas under siege by illegal and destructive logging from the country’s corrupt timber...
A concise two page briefing on the European Citizens' Initiative.
This briefing outlines Greenpeace's recommendations for a successful Spanish presidency of the EU. A Spanish version of this briefing is available upon request.
Denmark will take the helm of the Council of the European Union from January 2012 at a crucial time for the future of Europe and its citizens. As government cuts start to bite and the debt and Euro-zone crises unfold, Europeans continue to be...
Letter on behalf of the Green 10.
Industrial pollution is a severe threat to water resources around the world, particularly in the Global South where the view prevails that pollution is the price to pay for progress. The only way to address these hidden dangers in our water is...
On 28 January 2009, the European Commission will present its ‘Copenhagen communication.’ This communication puts forward proposals ahead of international climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December. It is expected to focus on how to reduce...
Millions of people around the world are suffering food shortages, unaffordable food prices and hunger. This is due to a number of factors: industrial farming, bad harvests related to climate change, unjust distribution of food, rising oil prices,...
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