Event
Meeting
This 31st meeting will address all aspects of Deforestation. (The date is indicative and subject to modification)
Online
Worldwide
Forests
Description
The "Deforestation and Forest Degradation Sharing Space" group provides a forum for designated members from the EU Member States Competent Authorities, designated representatives stakeholder organisations and partner countries to share knowledge, share existing good practices and support tools that can facilitate compliance with the EU Deforestation Regulation as well as fostering exchanges among each other on deforestation and forest degradation.
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29th meeting of the Deforestation Platform
Event
Meeting
This 29th meeting will address all aspects of Deforestation. (The date is indicative and subject to modification)
Online
Worldwide
Forests
28th meeting of the Deforestation Platform
Event
Meeting
This 28th meeting will address all aspects of Deforestation. It will be from 09:30-13:00 (all Members) + 14:00-16:30 (Member States only) (The date is indicative and subject to modification)
Worldwide
Forests
Library
Background material
A new report by a coalition of NGOs, Bankrolling ecosystem destruction, shows that since the 2015 Paris climate agreement, European banks have lent about €256 billion to corporations that put forests, savannahs and other climate...
Worldwide
Africa
Asia
+3Europe
Americas & the Caribbean
Oceania
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Agriculture & Rural Development
Climate change & disaster risks
+3Development Policy
Economics & Public Finance
Forests
English (9.09 MB - PDF)
DownloadMilliarden für Naturzerstörung GP-DUH.pdf
Deutsche (9.48 MB - PDF)27th meeting of the Deforestation Platform
Event
Meeting
This 27th meeting will focus on the Team Europe Initiative, smallholders and traceability. (The date is indicative and subject to modification)
Online
Worldwide
Forests
26th meeting of the Deforestation Platform on EUTR/FLEGT
Event
Meeting
This 26th meeting will focus on the implementation of the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT Regulation. It will be for Member States Competent Authorities only.
Online
Europe
Forests
Library
Policy report / Briefing
This report is published in the context of the newly established EU Forest Observatory on Deforestation and Forest Degradation, which is managed by the Joint Research Centre. One of the aims of the Observatory is to support the...
Brazil
Bolivia
Colombia
+5Ecuador
Guyana
Suriname
Venezuela
Peru
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Forests
Environment & green economy
English (11.94 MB - PDF)
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The Amazon region in 2022 and 2023: deforestation, forest degradation and the risk of growing soy production
Discussion
Information
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has been nearly halved in 2023 as compared to 2022, while forest disturbance differs for other countries of the region, according to a JRC Science for Policy report on "Deforestation and...
Brazil
Forest governance
Comment: Without government regulation, reversing deforestation is nothing but a pipe dream
Discussion
Information
A decade ago, companies, financial institutions and governments made a pledge to achieve net-zero deforestation by 2020. This wasn’t met. Now there’s another deadline, agreed by countries at COP28: to halt and reverse...
Worldwide
Forest governance
Forest 500: A Decade of Deforestation Data
Discussion
Information
After 10 years and 1.3 million data points charting the companies and financial institutions most exposed to tropical deforestation, conversion of natural ecosystems and associated human rights abuses, ‘Forest 500: A Decade of...
Worldwide
Forest governance