European lawmakers backed on Thursday a proposal to slash due diligence requirements for business operators under the European Union's anti-deforestation law, after pressure from industry groups and ...

It's easy to make environmental pledges, but when the time comes to act, some organizations are found wanting. The European Union has backtracked on a key law once again for reasons that have left ...

The European Commission on Tuesday proposed changes to a controversial regulation on forest protection that would exempt certain businesses and products from reporting obligations. Under the new rules ...

Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has asked traditional and community leaders to step up efforts against deforestation and illegal logging.

The withdrawal of leading traders has left Amazon even more vulnerable to rampant deforestation and climate crisis.

It continues a trend of cutting back, delaying and canceling EU laws brought in under the European Green Deal. The EU will delay for a year and cut back a controversial law targeting global ...

While the EUDR provides a pathway for African countries to adopt sustainable farming, it also imposes significant compliance pressures, especially for smallholder farmers. On December 30, 2025, the ...

BOGOTA, Colombia(AP) — Interpol and partners launched a global law enforcement effort Wednesday aimed at dismantling criminal networks behind illegal logging, timber trafficking and gold mining, which ...

The EU said Tuesday it will seek a new one-year delay to sweeping anti-deforestation rules cheered by green groups but assailed by key trading partners from the United States to Indonesia.

BOGOTA, Dec 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indigenous leaders from rainforests from Brazil to Indonesia say a new European Union law preventing the import into the bloc of key commodities linked to ...

Illegal logging has depleted indigenous trees in forests. [File, Standard] The EU said Tuesday it will seek a new one-year delay to sweeping anti-deforestation rules cheered by green groups but ...