EIA US welcomes Cameroon’s decision to expand the list of timber species prohibited to be exported as raw logs. As EIA’s investigations have documented over the years, the export of logs has benefitted forest offenders to the detriment of ecosystems, communities, and the national economy.
Leather imports represent one of the strongest links between the European market and deforestation, labor abuses and Indigenous rights violations driven by cattle ranching in the Amazon. Despite this, the European Commission is proposing to grant leather an arbitrary exemption, under heavy pressure from the industry lobby
EIA est profondément préoccupée par les récentes allégations de menaces proférées à l’encontre d’employés de la Société d’Exploitation Forestière Yuan Dong Congo (SEFYD), à la suite de la diffusion d’un documentaire de TV5Monde sur des exportations présumées illégales de grumes.
EIA is deeply concerned by recent allegations of threats made against employees of Société d’Exploitation Forestière Yuan Dong Congo, following the publication of a TV5Monde documentary on suspected illegal log exports in the Republic of Congo.
EIA welcomes the European Commission’s decision not to reopen the landmark EU Deforestation Regulation. After two years of delays, the focus now needs to be on implementation and regulatory predictability, as called for by some of the world’s largest food companies. With EU commodity consumption continuing to be a major driver of deforestation, the world’s forests […]
As organizações não governamentais abaixo assinadas instam com veemência a Comissão a não excluir o couro do escopo de aplicação do Regulamento da UE sobre o Desmatamento (EUDR).