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The EU must not rely on certification schemes to protect nature
We wrote to European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans and European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius asking them to introduce a strong EU law to keep products linked to destruction of forests…
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Certification schemes let forest destruction into EU market
Brussels – Products linked to forest and ecosystem destruction, land disputes and human rights abuses continue to access the EU market labelled as ‘sustainable’ by many certifications schemes, according to…
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Revealed: meat sold in Europe driving destruction of Brazil’s Pantanal region
Brussels – European retailers are selling beef and leather linked to the record destruction of one of the world’s largest wetlands, in Brazil’s Pantanal region, a new investigation has revealed.…
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Commission cancer plan must scrap EU meat ads
Brussels – The European Commission plans to cease funding for promotional campaigns for red meat and processed meat due to links to cancer, according to the Commission’s cancer strategy published…
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EU Parliament backs ban on dairy-like names for vegan products
The European Parliament has voted to accept proposals to ban the use of words like ‘yoghurt substitute’ or ‘imitation cheese’ for alternative products that contain no dairy.
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EU Parliament backs strong law to protect forests
The European Parliament has voted to call for a strong law which would go a long way towards ending the EU’s complicity in deforestation, ecosystem…
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Majority of European crops feeding animals and cars, not people
Brussels, 16 October 2020 – The vast majority of European crop production is used to feed animals and create biofuels, rather than feeding people, new analysis has found. At the…
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False sense of security
The global Covid-19 crisis has given us the opportunity to rethink how and where we produce what we consume.
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For local and ecological agriculture
If there is one area in which our agriculture and our food supply are especially dependent on imports, it’s the sector of vegetable proteins used in the production of animal fodder.
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Patchy at best: EU unveils coronavirus recovery plan – Greenpeace
The European Commission’s €1.85 trillion recovery plan is contradictory at best and damaging at worst, said Greenpeace.