Forests

Below you will find the presentations from the in-person training on Greening EU Cooperation, held in Brussels from 2 to 4 September 2025: Introduction_2025.pdf Session 1_Why Greening_2025.pdf Session 2a_Putting greening at centre...

L’Afrique perd chaque année près de quatre millions d'hectares de forêts, ce qui en fait la région la plus touchée et la plus menacée par la déforestation et la dégradation forestière, selon un rapport récent sur Les implications...

It’s no secret that Uganda’s forests are at threat. In the period 2000 to 2020 the country lost around 0.8 million hectares or 25 percent of its forest cover. Despite an impressive increase of commercial tree plantations, also...

The Steering Committee of the EU-funded Sustainable Forest Livelihoods (SFL) Programme convened for its third meeting in Guyana. A key matter on the agenda was the status of the Value Chains Interventions of the SFL programme...

The European Commission launched a 'Roadmap towards Nature Credits', to incentivise private investments into actions that protect and preserve nature, and reward those who undertake these actions and invest in them. Nature credits...

Blog piece by Fred Pearce on behalf of Wetlands International Europe The world is in the midst of a lithium rush. Mining companies are scouring the planet to secure cheap supplies of the metal regarded as vital for making the...

This video introduces the Greening EU Cooperation Toolbox – a practical resource developed to support the integration of environment and climate change considerations across EU international cooperation programmes. Designed for...

ENGLISH TEXT (FRANÇAIS A SUIVRE) European Parliament (EP) non-legislative resolution of 17 June 2025 on the draft Council decision on the termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the...

The European Union and Zambia held a dedicated political dialogue on 10 June 2025 on climate change and the environment, co-chaired by the Minister of Green Economy and Environment Hon. Mike Mposha, MP and Ambassador of the...

The European Union has announced its classification of countries around the world for the purposes of implementing its EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) ahead of its application at the end of 2025. This benchmarking system...