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The EU must not rely on certification schemes to protect nature
We wrote to European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans and European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius asking them to introduce a strong EU law to keep products linked to destruction of forests…
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Certification schemes let forest destruction into EU market
Brussels – Products linked to forest and ecosystem destruction, land disputes and human rights abuses continue to access the EU market labelled as ‘sustainable’ by many certifications schemes, according to…
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Revealed: meat sold in Europe driving destruction of Brazil’s Pantanal region
Brussels – European retailers are selling beef and leather linked to the record destruction of one of the world’s largest wetlands, in Brazil’s Pantanal region, a new investigation has revealed.…
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Commission cancer plan must scrap EU meat ads
Brussels – The European Commission plans to cease funding for promotional campaigns for red meat and processed meat due to links to cancer, according to the Commission’s cancer strategy published…
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Over 1 million people tell EU to stop funding forest destruction
Brussels – A landmark 1,193,652 people made submissions to the EU’s public consultation on deforestation, demanding a strong EU law to protect the world’s forests. The European Commission received the…
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Study: EU forests could absorb twice as much CO2
Brussels – If managed differently, the EU’s forests could absorb twice as much CO2 every year, according to new research by Naturwald Akademie. [1] The study, commissioned…
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The Future of Forests in the European Union
Untapped potential for nature conservation and climate change mitigation
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Burning gas and trees labelled as ‘green’ in EU Commission’s sustainable investment rulebook
Brussels – The European Commission has opened the door to funding for polluting gas, bioenergy and cars by classifying them as ‘sustainable’ in a draft rulebook on green investments, known as taxonomy.
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GMO status of Cibus SU Canola
In September, an open-source method to detect a gene-edited, herbicide-resistant canoladeveloped by US company Cibus, was published in the scientific journal Foods. SU Canola is not authorised for placing on…
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Withdraw CAP proposal to save EU green deal, NGOs tell Commission president
Leading environmental NGOs have written to European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen to call on her to withdraw the Commission's proposal on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to safeguard the European green deal.