CoP28: EIA welcomes UK Gov’t commitment to tackling deforestation – with some concerns
The UK Government is to seek to tackle deforestation by addressing problems in the country’s international supply chains
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The UK Government is to seek to tackle deforestation by addressing problems in the country’s international supply chains
After almost a decade of campaigning by EIA and colleagues across civil society from Brussels to Bogor, the EU has finally agreed a new regulation seeking to ensure only deforestation-free and legal products are imported or exported
The UK Government needs to increase efforts to significantly reduce the global deforestation and human rights abuses caused by the commodities imported into the country.
China is for the first time due to host a major international biological diversity conference – and EIA is urging it to start tackling environmental crime and exploitation as a priority
EIA and our partners today called for ambitious action by EU lawmakers to combat deforestation
Last night the European Parliament clearly called on the EU to develop a new law that prevents products sold in the EU from being produced from deforestation, as well as associated human rights.