Greenpeace and other environmental and human rights organisations sent a letter to the European Commission, calling on Commissioners to resist attempts to water down the EU’s forest protection rules in favour of trade agreements.
One tree is lost ever second due to EU consumption of products that put forests at risk. The European Commission must not further delay the EU's deforestation regulation – it is the best tool to end Europe's complicity in the destruction of the world's forests.
Beef from cattle illegally raised on protected Indigenous land in the Amazon rainforest may have ended up on the plates of European consumers after entering the supply chains of Brazilian beef giant JBS, a new study by Greenpeace Brasil has revealed.
The European Commission announced on Tuesday that it will once again delay the application of the EU deforestation regulation. As a result, European consumers will continue to unwittingly contribute to the destruction of precious habitats across the planet.