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FSC members MUST reject Motion 45 at this week’s General Assembly, which would remove a strict limit on the amount of Intact Forest Landscapes that FSC-certified firms can degrade through logging.

#FSCGA2025 #ForestsForAllForever

FSC’s Orwellian answer to Intact Forest Landscapes A vote this week could allow logging companies carrying the FSC ‘green label’ to destroy precious ‘Intact Forest Landscapes’ (IFLs) currently protected by the scheme’s rules

Intact Forest Landscape in Indonesian Papua is lost 8 times faster in FSC-certified logging concessions than uncertified concessions.❗

⚠️ A vote at this week's @FSC_IC General Assembly could make this worse.

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✅A vote at next week’s FSC General Assembly could help fix this by introducing mandatory traceability in FSC supply chains

If FSC cannot fix fraud, it risks losing what little credibility remains

#FSC #Forests #Deforestation #FSCGA2025

Will FSC act on the billion-dollar fraud at its heart? Crucial vote at key conference next week will determine future of world’s largest green label

🚨FSC is facing its “last call” to tackle a billion-dollar fraud crisis

Our new analysis suggests that $10-$30bn of fraudulently certified goods are being sold each year

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Our findings show why the #EUDR matters.

Read the full report 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/risky-b...

YouTube video by Earthsight Risky Business: EU timber imports linked to destruction of Borneo's forests

🚨 NEW: Risky Business report with Auriga Nusantara exposes how EU timber imports are linked to the destruction of Borneo's forests.

In 2024, Dutch, Belgian & German firms bought 23,000+ m³ of wood from companies that used timber from cleared forests. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6-M...

Investigations like these show European consumers are exposed to tainted beef and leather imports from Brazil.

Until the #EUDR is in place, flows of cattle products from illegal ranches can continue unabated.

There's no time for delay: policymakers need to enforce the law now.

The hidden price of luxury: What Europe’s designer handbags are costing the Amazon rainforest Leather suppliers to luxury fashion brands are linked to illegal cattle ranching in the Amazon rainforest, where COP30 will take place this year

These aren't isolated cases. ⚠️

In June, our investigation found cattle from illegal ranches inside the Apyterewa Indigenous Territory in Pará were bought by Frigol, another of Brazil's largest meatpackers that produces hides exported to the EU. www.earthsight.org.uk/news/hidden-price-luxury

Brazil: Illegal Ranches Devastate Rainforest, Livelihoods Illegal cattle ranching has devastated the territories of small farmers and Indigenous peoples in Pará, the state that will hold the COP30 climate summit this year.

‼️A new report from @hrw.org finds JBS's direct suppliers source cattle from ranches illegally encroaching on the Terra Nossa settlement and Cachoeira Seca Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian Amazon, Pará state.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/10/15/brazil-illegal-ranches-devastate-rainforest-livelihoods

Why leather must remain in the EUDR Debunking industry-promoted myths about leather and deforestation, and highlighting why it is important for leather hides to be covered by the EU Deforestation Regulation

Alongside other NGOs, we've challenged 6 false claims by the leather industry to show why leather must stay in the EUDR.

Numerous investigations – including our own – show EU leather supply chains linked to deforestation and human rights violations.

Read more: www.earthsight.org.uk/news/include...

These are the top 5 US financial giants making the most money from deforestation since the Paris Agreement.

Dig into the data: https://gwitness.org/4nLFDp5

We wrote to all the financial institutions featured in the report seeking their comment. For their responses, see the full report.

⚠️The EUDR could help keep products fuelling the destruction of the Amazon and Indigenous rights violations off European shelves.

Policymakers must stand firm and enforce the law with no further delays or changes. ✊

The hidden price of luxury: What Europe’s designer handbags are costing the Amazon rainforest Leather suppliers to luxury fashion brands are linked to illegal cattle ranching in the Amazon rainforest, where COP30 will take place this year

This is not the first time cattle laundered from illegal ranches have reached EU consumers.

👜 Earlier this year, our investigation traced Coach's leather supply chain to cattle raised inside the Apyterewa Indigenous Territory in the Amazon.

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JBS beef exports linked to cattle raised illegally on Indigenous Land - Greenpeace International This case study demonstrates how links to the violation of Indigenous Peoples’ rights persist in the meat supply chain of JBS.

📢 A new Greenpeace investigation links cattle raised illegally inside an Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian Amazon to JBS - the world's largest meatpacker and a major exporter of beef to the EU.

Read the investigation ⬇️ bit.ly/4npNSXx

🚨 Brussels is backtracking - again!

@ec.europa.eu seeks another delay to the #EUDR, and every second means more forest lost to satisfy European consumption.

The EU Parliament & Council MUST reject this proposal and implement the law by the end of 2025.

🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/eudr-de...

Meanwhile the #EUDR – which can rid EU supply chains of dirty soy – is under threat once again

EU policymakers should be focused on implementing the law, not picking it to pieces at the demand of industry lobbyists

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🌳 THE CERRADO lost 2,500 football pitches per day in 2024

🪓 TWO OF THE PRODUCERS exposed have deforested 986 more hectares

🚢 BUNGE & CARGILL show no signs of having dropped these producers

🔍 RTRS has still not concluded its investigation into the certified farms

Secret Ingredient: A year of inaction⚠️

In September 2024, our investigation linked soy used in feed for chicken sold by McDonald’s and Europe’s leading supermarkets to deforestation, land grabbing, corruption and rights abuses in Brazil’s Cerrado.

So, what's happened since?

❓Got questions about the EU Deforestation Regulation❓

Our Policy Lead was part of an informative webinar for journalists - hosted by @mongabay.com - discussing why the #EUDR is important, how it will be enforced and what journalists should consider when covering recent attacks on the law.

Coton, laine : la face cachée de nos matières naturelles - Documentaire en replay Sur le front "Sur le front" enquête sur les matières naturelles les plus répandues dans les armoires, la laine et le coton. Ainsi, la laine utilisée dans l'industrie text...

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@francetv.bsky.social's documentary on cotton aired last night, highlighting the findings from our investigation, Fashion Crimes, and exposing how cotton used over the globe by major retail brands is linked to the destruction of Brazil’s Cerrado. 👕🌴

www.france.tv/france-5/sur...

⚠️ But progress is unsteady and the Cerrado's future is far from guaranteed.

Last year, it lost more land to deforestation than any other biome in Brazil.

Our upcoming analysis will show agribusiness continues to drive the destruction - watch this space! 👀

DETER: desmatamento cai no Cerrado e no Pantanal, mas sobe na Amazônia - ClimaInfo Dados do INPE divulgados pelo MMA levam em consideração o acumulado no período de agosto de 2024 a 31 de julho.

🌿🙌 On Brazil's National Cerrado Day, some good news for the country's second-largest biome. ⬇️

Recent data shows that from August 2024 to July 2025, deforestation rates dropped for the first time in 4 years - by over a fifth.
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A new report by Greenpeace is a stark reminder of how IKEA’s enormous appetite for wood to make fast furniture is putting pressure on Europe's most precious forests. 🌳

🪑"IKEA faces a choice: protect these irreplaceable forests or be complicit in their destruction."
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“Women who defend land rights and natural resources against mega-projects face greater risks and are among the most at-risk human rights defenders globally.”

Their rights must be protected, and corporations must be held accountable.

Read CJC's new briefing 🔗 bit.ly/4gmL2jy

Unhappy Campers: How America's RV industry is destroying Indonesia's rainforests Our new investigation reveals that wood used in America’s favourite RVs can be traced to the devastation of Borneo’s rainforests

Consumers deserve transparency. Forests deserve protection. And companies profiting from this trade must act responsibly.

Read the full story here 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/unhappy...

What a way to start the week – we’ve just received a copy in the post of @nytimes.com featuring our investigation on the front page!

Despite high-profile coverage exposing how its demand for wood is fueling the destruction of Borneo’s rainforests, the US RV industry remains silent. 🤐

🗣️ One week until submissions close! Have your say on the future of EU environmental laws until 10 September⬇️

But this win is only temporary while the case is reviewed. With lobbyists showing no signs of relenting, this is not the end of attacks on the Moratorium

It's down to Brazil's decisionmakers to defend the Amazon against soy farmers who would see it destroyed for profit

What Brazil’s soy moratorium fight means — and what happens next Brazil’s soybean moratorium, credited with curbing Amazon deforestation since 2006, faces an uncertain future after the country’s competition regulator ordered its suspension while probing potential c...

📢 Good news for the Amazon!

Last week, a judge suspended Brazil's competition authority's (CADE) decision ordering grain traders to halt the Amazon Soy Moratorium - the most effective voluntary conservation measure in recent decades
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Yesterday, Brazil's environment authority took action to crack down on illegal cattle ranching - the same day our report revealed US imports of Brazilian beef are increasingly driving deforestation.

Read Bloomberg's coverage of our investigation ⬇️