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Oct 11, 2022 · More than 30 percent of the Earth’s land is covered by forests. The Earth loses about 38,610 square miles of forest every year. Ninety-six percent of global deforestation occurs in tropical forests. More than half of the planet’s tropical rainforests have been destroyed or degraded. Due to deforestation, as many as 28,000 species are ...
Dec 3, 2020 · The goals intended to halve deforestation by 2020, and stop it by 2030. But assessments have concluded we're actually further from stopping deforestation now than we were six years ago. Despite the challenges, the goals can still be achieved with the right measures. In 2014, the future of forests looked bright.
Jul 3, 2013 · Forests are rapidly disappearing around the world. Deforestation and forest degradation are the biggest threats to forests. Around 10% of the world’s forests, an area larger than the European Union, have been lost worldwide through deforestation over the past 30 years, and about 10% of forests globally are severely fragmented with little or ...
By promoting the consumption of ‘deforestation-free’ products and reducing the EU’s impact on global deforestation and forest degradation, the new Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products is expected to bring down greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss. The Regulation is part of a broader plan of action to tackle ...
Nov 2, 2021 · Halting deforestation will reduce the number of total carbon emissions and can help achieve global efforts to reach net-zero. As part of its push for a deal at COP26, the UK government is expected to announce a plan to “halt and reverse” global deforestation by 2030. Humanity injects an almost incomprehensible 42 billion tonnes of carbon ...
Jun 29, 2023 · With the landmark law on deforestation, the EU is taking its share of responsibility for global deforestation and forest degradation. This law responds to the internationally shared objective to end deforestation and will benefit people around the globe. Forests serve vital needs and provide work and jobs for millions of people.
Dec 22, 2023 · Legal notice. Frequently Asked Questions document to support the compliance of operators and traders.
Oct 27, 2023 · This year’s Forest Declaration Assessment report finds that nearly 66,000 square kilometers of forest were lost in 2022, putting the world 21 percent off track to meet the goal of ending deforestation by 2030 set by more than 140 countries at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. WWF, on the same day, in its Forest Pathways Report, stressed the need to ...
Jun 11, 2020 · Primary forest loss was 2.8% higher in 2019 than the year before and has remained stubbornly high for the last two decades despite efforts to halt deforestation. At least 1.8 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions are associated with 2019 primary forest loss, equivalent to the annual emissions of 400 million cars.
Nov 17, 2021 · Executive Summary - Fitness Check on the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT Regulation. English. (320.08 KB - PDF) Download. All documents - Proposal for a regulation on the making available on the Union market as well as export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation.
