Both ENDS
140+ organisations call on the European Ministers, Commissioners and members of the European Parliament to adopt a strong EU regulation on deforestation-free products. As "trilogue negotiations" on this law begin, we ask you to support a law that lives up to the promises of the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals and upholds the EU's commitments on climate, biodiversity and human rights.
De EU is ’s werelds grootste ‘importeur van ontbossing’. Dit, als gevolg van de enorme volumes niet-duurzaam geproduceerde soja, hout, palm olie en andere grondstoffen die EU-lidstaten importeren. Het Europees Parlement en de Europese Raad hebben, na vele jaren vertraging, in december 2023…
Naar aanleiding van de Franse conceptstrategie ter bestrijding van geïmporteerde ontbossing (Strategie Nationale de Lutte Contre la Deforestation Importee – "SNDI") heeft Both ENDS samen met partners uit Indonesië, Maleisië, de Democratische Republiek Congo en het Verenigd Koninkrijk een…
Both ENDS has been asked by FMO to comment on its draft investment approach to responsibly managed forest plantations. To follow are a number of observations and recommendations, partially informed by Both ENDS long legacy of working in the forest & land arena, in dialogue with international donors, philanthropic foundations, companies, certification bodies and notably with forest dependent communities and other land users.
The Netherlands is a major business partner to Brazil and has not been deterred by the record of human rights' abuses by Bolsonaro's government, nor by the coup d'Etat against the president Dilma Rousseff in 2016. How do the Dutch economic ties with the Brazilian political and corporate elites affect…
De productie van palmolie gaat vaak gepaard met ontbossing, milieuvernietiging en landroof. Lokale gemeenschappen en activisten die zich…
