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🍃The world lost 6.7M ha of tropical primary forest in 2024 — an 80% increase from 2023. 🔥While fires drove much of this, agriculture played a key role. 🔗https://gfr.wri.org/latest-analysis-deforestation-trends

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🚨The EU has released a full list of country risk classifications under its deforestation law, #EUDR 🪵More than 1/2 the world is "low risk", including some countries known for illegal logging 🌳Only 4 countries "high risk" 🌴Top producers "standard risk" 🔗https://bit.ly/4ktivcC

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🚨 A new @greenpeaceid.bsky.social report exposes a vast network of shadow firms allegedly tied to RGE - linked to deforestation, orangutan habitat loss, and illegal palm oil - undermining their green claims. We’ve joined Auriga Nusantara to repeat our call for FSC to end talks with RGE-owned APRIL.

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🌳Indigenous leaders told MPs they need UK leadership to safeguard their rights & combat #deforestation. Read the key demands made during the APPG meeting on Global Deforestation➡️ ngoforestcoalition.org/2025/05/13/i... @globalwitness.org @friends-earth.bsky.social @earthsight.bsky.social @wwf.org.uk

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Great news from Pará, Brazil! 🌳 Hundreds of farms complicit in illegal deforestation have been banned from selling crops and livestock. Amazon deforestation fell by 41% from 2023 to 2024. 📉 But progress will only continue if enforcement improves. bit.ly/3YRDuha

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“Purchasing RTRS soy is no guarantee that a buyer is sourcing from a sustainable company, primarily because companies do not have to certify all of their farms. Instead, they can cherry-pick those they wish to certify while continuing environmental & human rights abuses on others.” - @forbes.com

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Only 4 countries - covering just 0.07% of relevant imports - are to be classified as "high-risk" under the EUDR. This excludes Brazil, Indonesia & other countries where the EU’s consumption is driving deforestation & fuelling human rights abuses. Our reaction: www.earthsight.org.uk/news/EUDR-be...

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32 #Indigenous reps from 13 countries demand urgent reform of global commodity #certification schemes—warning they often legitimise harm instead of protecting rights Key asks include ⚖️ Indigenous participation in governance 🎓 Auditor training 📣 & more www.forestpeoples.org/publications...

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For the #EUDR to be effective, authorities must focus on depth, not breadth, in enforcement. Our new analysis shows why targeting large importers, who bring in the majority of forest-risk commodities, and looking past superficial compliance is essential. 🔗 bit.ly/43kR13e

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🚌🛑Our new analysis shows how the EU Commission's Omnibus package could let major European retailers off the hook for environmental and human rights abuses we’ve exposed in their supply chains. @ec.europa.eu #NoToOmnibus 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/omnibus...

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We have joined 7 other environmental and human rights organisations in calling on David Lammy, Steve Reed and @ed-miliband.bsky.social to protect tropical forests from the axe in the planned foreign aid budget cuts. 🔗 bit.ly/3RGXdMD

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“Companies profit, forests fall: everyone pays the price.” @globalcanopy.org's #Forest500 report is out!🌳 With major forests like the #Amazon at risk of reaching a tipping point, urgent action is needed to tackle #deforestation in global supply chains. 👉 forest500.org/reports/

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In @theguardian.com, @pgreenfielduk.bsky.social highlights how sanctioned Russian and Belarusian wood is entering the UK, despite green claims. The findings show why certification is NOT proof that timber is legal and sustainable. bit.ly/4jI5OKL @fsc-uk.bsky.social

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⚠️ The world’s largest meat company is set to break its deforestation pledges in the Amazon.🌳🐄🥩 JBS cattle suppliers say deforestation-free ranching is unrealistic by the end of 2025. bit.ly/4ioJJQf

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🌎 On #EarthDay, we're calling on the UK government to fulfill its 2021 promise to ban commodities produced on illegally deforested land. The delay has already cost forests worldwide. We demand ambitious regulations before #COP30 in November 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/earth-d...

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While President Trump continues to threaten tariffs and sanctions to “end the war” in Ukraine, one of Russia’s most lucrative trade streams into the US remains untouched - timber. Read Blood-stained birch🔗 shorturl.at/XacE4

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‘Our existence is ancestral. We’ve always been here.’ Indigenous territories across Brazil are 31.5% better preserved than surrounding areas, with higher biodiversity and lower degradation. 🌳 🦋 🌺 🐆 Their lands are essential for climate action. ✊ apnews.com/article/braz...

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Today marks one year since our Fashion Crimes report! 🧵👕👖🌴🪵 Our investigation shook the fashion industry, sparking global news reports, TikTok's from sustainable fashion influencers and statements from major players in the scandal.

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7 containers of birch ply shipped from Tunisia were just seized in Gdansk, Poland. The boxes had specifications written in Russian. Despite alerts from EU authorities following our report, launderers are still testing new routes to smuggle ‘conflict timber’ into the EU. bit.ly/3R7h9Id

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An investigation by EIA US has uncovered illegal logging, fraud and corruption in the Brazilian Amazon, tracing illicit timber from five logging sites in the state of Pará to markets in the EU and US. Read and download ‘Tricks, Traders and Trees’ at eia.org/report/trick... #Amazon #logging #forests

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Justice delayed is justice denied Today's decision to "Stop the Clock" on corporate sustainability reporting & #duediligence obligations is a step backward The delay on the #CSDDD means that Member States would have to conclude transposition into national law by July 2027

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Today, the EU Parliament voted to amend the timelines of key EU sustainability reporting rules, including the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (#CSDDD), pushing it back by a year❗ ⏳ Delays mean more uncertainty. #NoToOmnibus @eccjorg.bsky.social @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

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No, it’s not an April fool. The @europarl.europa.eu just approved an urgent procedure to handle the “stop-the-clock” proposal—limiting debate & expert input. The real urgency is the climate crisis & human rights—not cutting corners on democracy. EU sustainability laws are not red tape #NoToOmnibus

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Better Cotton, an industry certification scheme, continues to ignore the extensive land grabbing that underpins agribusiness expansion in the Brazilian Cerrado, says @earthsight.bsky.social‬. 🧐 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/better-...

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Better Cotton’s plan to tackle issues exposed in Fashion Crimes falls short of what's needed to drive sustainability & legality in cotton supply chains. They ignore the reality of extensive land grabbing that is underpinning agribusiness expansion in the Brazilian Cerrado. bit.ly/3E2LUed

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"For years, the Indonesian and Malaysian governments have attempted to regulate palm oil. Will they succeed?" @lucianatellez.bsky.social @earthsight.bsky.social www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2025...

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‼️The European Commission has just issued its first ever sanctions enforcement alert, following Earthsight's exposé into Russian conflict ply. EU firms must make detailed checks on their ply imports from third countries, or risk harsh penalties 🚫🪵 bit.ly/43Tgrpg

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Coffee consumption in the EU has long carried a dark secret of embedded deforestation. For decades, many coffee companies have been complicit in vast quantities of forest destruction and rights abuses. In 2025, they must wake up, smell the deforestation, and fix it. bit.ly/4hxHz0g

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BREAKING: The European Parliament has just called for expanded sanctions on Russian and Belarusian wood. 🙌 This was one of the recommendations in our report, Blood-Stained Birch, which demonstrated how existing sanctions were not preventing Russian plywood from being laundered into the EU. 🪵

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