Client Earth has criticised the European Parliament for failing to set more ambitious rules dictating how wood is burned for energy in the EU, saying MEPs missed a vital opportunity to protect the environment.
The Liberian government has secretly given the country’s loggers a US$13 million tax break, subsidising companies at the expense of the country and forest communities.
A new report by Greenpeace International reveals that suppliers to the world’s biggest consumer brands still cannot guarantee their palm oil is free from forest destruction.
A proposed new forests policy in India has been hastily withdrawn after an outcry that it made no mention of tribal peoples’ existing rights to live in their forests, and would have led to more tribes being evicted from their homes.
The United Nations Forum on Forests has agreed measures to improve the sustainable management of forests snd a voluntary global fund for their support.