Stepping up EU action to protect and restore the world's forests
NAT-VII/002
Stepping up EU action to protect and restore the world's forests
calls for policy coherence to align the efforts, objectives and outcomes produced by the different policies, including the new CAP (Common Agricultural Policy), the EU's international commitments, i.e. the European Biodiversity Strategy to 2030, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement on climate change, its trade policy and the European Green Deal, in a comprehensive sustainability strategy with clear objectives and implementation measures;
stresses that the EU shall guarantee consumption of products from non-EU deforestation-free supply chains as a central point in the process of protecting and restoring the world's forests; calls on the EU to include consumers at the heart of the process to influence markets relying on the problematic conversion of primary forests to produce widely used products such as coffee, cocoa, palm oil and livestock;
calls upon the Commission to institute procedures to check the accuracy of the information and assessments collected in the European information system in order to improve confidence in the information provided, including strong traceability requirements guaranteeing the origin of products, and stronger monitoring and enforcement systems in order to help prevent fraud and mislabelling of products.
stresses that public procurement, accounting for around 14% of GDP in the EU, offers a potentially strong lever for ensuring more sustainable product supply contracts. To this end, the introduction of a ban on public purchases of products resulting from deforestation can produce relevant positive impacts on the promotion of deforestation-free products;
calls upon the Commission to consider establishing a European Forestry Agency in light of the importance of protecting and restoring the world's forests.
stresses that the EU shall guarantee consumption of products from non-EU deforestation-free supply chains as a central point in the process of protecting and restoring the world's forests; calls on the EU to include consumers at the heart of the process to influence markets relying on the problematic conversion of primary forests to produce widely used products such as coffee, cocoa, palm oil and livestock;
calls upon the Commission to institute procedures to check the accuracy of the information and assessments collected in the European information system in order to improve confidence in the information provided, including strong traceability requirements guaranteeing the origin of products, and stronger monitoring and enforcement systems in order to help prevent fraud and mislabelling of products.
stresses that public procurement, accounting for around 14% of GDP in the EU, offers a potentially strong lever for ensuring more sustainable product supply contracts. To this end, the introduction of a ban on public purchases of products resulting from deforestation can produce relevant positive impacts on the promotion of deforestation-free products;
calls upon the Commission to consider establishing a European Forestry Agency in light of the importance of protecting and restoring the world's forests.
The European Parliament adopted its report on* EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation* on 22 October 2020, rapporteur: Delara Burckhardt (DE/S&Dà. The report lays out proposals for a binding Due Diligence Regulation referencing resilient partnerships with producer countries.
The CoR also draws attention to severe human rights violations and environmental destruction in different product supply chains called on the Commission to make compliance with environmental and Human Rights (HRDD) Due Diligence standards mandatory.
EP pleads for the proposed Regulation to impose traceability obligations on traders operating on the EU market, including the identification of the origin of commodities and products derived from them when they are placed on the EU internal market, in order to ensure sustainable value chains without deforestation.
In the same vein, the CoR supports strong traceability requirements guaranteeing the origin of products, and stronger monitoring and enforcement systems in order to help prevent fraud and mislabelling of products.
On trade and international cooperation, the EP stressed that the EU's trade and investment policy should include chapters on sustainable development that are binding and enforceable and that fully respect international commitments. Also, they recommended that the Commission better assess, on a regular basis, the impact of existing trade and investment agreements on deforestation.
The CoR insisted that trade agreements are assessed against the objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and are based on sustainable development and called for strengthening their chapters on sustainable forest management and the fight against deforestation, and integrate the deforestation into environmental impact assessments
The CoR also draws attention to severe human rights violations and environmental destruction in different product supply chains called on the Commission to make compliance with environmental and Human Rights (HRDD) Due Diligence standards mandatory.
EP pleads for the proposed Regulation to impose traceability obligations on traders operating on the EU market, including the identification of the origin of commodities and products derived from them when they are placed on the EU internal market, in order to ensure sustainable value chains without deforestation.
In the same vein, the CoR supports strong traceability requirements guaranteeing the origin of products, and stronger monitoring and enforcement systems in order to help prevent fraud and mislabelling of products.
On trade and international cooperation, the EP stressed that the EU's trade and investment policy should include chapters on sustainable development that are binding and enforceable and that fully respect international commitments. Also, they recommended that the Commission better assess, on a regular basis, the impact of existing trade and investment agreements on deforestation.
The CoR insisted that trade agreements are assessed against the objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and are based on sustainable development and called for strengthening their chapters on sustainable forest management and the fight against deforestation, and integrate the deforestation into environmental impact assessments
THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
calls for policy coherence to align the efforts, objectives and outcomes produced by the different policies, including the new CAP (Common Agricultural Policy), the EU's international commitments, i.e. the European Biodiversity Strategy to 2030, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement on climate change, its trade policy and the European Green Deal, in a comprehensive sustainability strategy with clear objectives and implementation measures;
stresses that the EU shall guarantee consumption of products from non-EU deforestation-free supply chains as a central point in the process of protecting and restoring the world's forests; calls on the EU to include consumers at the heart of the process to influence markets relying on the problematic conversion of primary forests to produce widely used products such as coffee, cocoa, palm oil and livestock;
calls upon the Commission to institute procedures to check the accuracy of the information and assessments collected in the European information system in order to improve confidence in the information provided, including strong traceability requirements guaranteeing the origin of products, and stronger monitoring and enforcement systems in order to help prevent fraud and mislabelling of products.
stresses that public procurement, accounting for around 14% of GDP in the EU, offers a potentially strong lever for ensuring more sustainable product supply contracts. To this end, the introduction of a ban on public purchases of products resulting from deforestation can produce relevant positive impacts on the promotion of deforestation-free products;
calls upon the Commission to consider establishing a European Forestry Agency in light of the importance of protecting and restoring the world's forests.
calls for policy coherence to align the efforts, objectives and outcomes produced by the different policies, including the new CAP (Common Agricultural Policy), the EU's international commitments, i.e. the European Biodiversity Strategy to 2030, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement on climate change, its trade policy and the European Green Deal, in a comprehensive sustainability strategy with clear objectives and implementation measures;
stresses that the EU shall guarantee consumption of products from non-EU deforestation-free supply chains as a central point in the process of protecting and restoring the world's forests; calls on the EU to include consumers at the heart of the process to influence markets relying on the problematic conversion of primary forests to produce widely used products such as coffee, cocoa, palm oil and livestock;
calls upon the Commission to institute procedures to check the accuracy of the information and assessments collected in the European information system in order to improve confidence in the information provided, including strong traceability requirements guaranteeing the origin of products, and stronger monitoring and enforcement systems in order to help prevent fraud and mislabelling of products.
stresses that public procurement, accounting for around 14% of GDP in the EU, offers a potentially strong lever for ensuring more sustainable product supply contracts. To this end, the introduction of a ban on public purchases of products resulting from deforestation can produce relevant positive impacts on the promotion of deforestation-free products;
calls upon the Commission to consider establishing a European Forestry Agency in light of the importance of protecting and restoring the world's forests.
