{"id":1030,"date":"2018-03-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/uncategorized\/1030\/commission-study-makes-pressing-case-for-eu-action-on-deforestation\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T09:33:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:33:56","slug":"commission-study-makes-pressing-case-for-eu-action-on-deforestation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/issues\/nature-food\/1030\/commission-study-makes-pressing-case-for-eu-action-on-deforestation\/","title":{"rendered":"Commission study makes pressing case for EU action on deforestation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite promises, Commission remains silent on EU plans to tackle deforestation<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBrussels \u2013 A long awaited European Commission study, released late on Friday, lays out policy options for the EU to tackle the impact on global deforestation caused by the trade in crop and animal products like beef, soy and palm oil. [1] The study also points out the EU\u2019s high level of meat consumption, its dependence on imported animal feed, and the inadequacy of controls on finance and investments flows as drivers of deforestation.
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The EU\u2019s failure to act to reduce its forest footprint is jeopardising chances of avoiding the worst impacts of climate change, warned Greenpeace. Although the Commissionhad promised to take a decision<\/a> on a deforestation action plan, it has yet to announce how it intends to follow up on this study and what action, if any, will be taken.<\/p>\n

Greenpeace EU forest policy director S\u00e9bastien Risso<\/strong> said: \u201cEurope has ignored its role in global deforestation for long enough. The EU must act swiftly to ensure that the food we eat, the energy we use and the banks we save in are no longer destroying forests, fuelling climate change and trampling on indigenous peoples\u2019 rights. It\u2019s time for the Commission to break its silence and come forward with strong rules and policies to curb the EU\u2019s forest footprint and support global efforts to halt deforestation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

European governments and the European Parliamenthave repeatedly called<\/a> on the Commission to develop an action plan on deforestation and to deliver on the goal of ending deforestation by 2020. [2] On 5 March, again, at the last Environment Council, five EU countries called on the Commission to \u201cpropose an ambitious strategy to combat imported deforestation\u201d<\/em>. [3]<\/p>\n

The Commission study released today recognises that \u201cthe EU is clearly part of the problem of global deforestation\u201d<\/em>, but can be part of the solution. It sets out a series of policy measures that could form the basis of an EU action plan on deforestation. In particular, these include:<\/p>\n