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Samise’s is the latest in a string of cases of illegal timber slipping past the EUTR – meant to prevent illegal wood from reaching the EU 🪵
The #EUDR offers the opportunity to close these gaps and address Europe’s complicity in global deforestation
The law must be enforced with no more delays
In response to illegal activity, Samise has received…
✋ multiple suspensions
💵 €1.2 million worth of fines
📄 and EVEN a criminal conviction for illegal activity
Read the report www.earthsight.org.uk/news/watch-y...
Strong EU Deforestation Regulation = traceable and deforestation-free leather. The leather lobby is pushing back. Public consultation closes 1 JUNE. Have your say: tinyurl.com/zk8puwwh
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‼️🌳 On #WorldRainforestDay, Earthsight, with the support of CCCA, reveals suspect timber from the Amazon continues to flow into Europe
Dutch companies Hoogendoorn Hout & Van den Berg Houtgroep have sourced thousands of m3 of timber from an Amazon concession operated by Brazilian firm Samise
📰 Great piece out today on the EU Commission's plan to drop leather from the EUDR ➡️ bit.ly/4uraREJ
Cattle ranching drives deforestation globally and in the Amazon. Keeping leather in scope could deliver nearly €2bn in environmental benefits per year. Instead, forests & communities will lose out.
📅 Join us tomorrow at SOAS, where our Latin America Senior Researcher, Lara Shirra White, will be speaking about the importance of consumer country legislation in tackling Amazon deforestation. 👇
Have your say! 🗣️
The EU Commission’s proposal to remove leather from #EUDR is open for feedback until 1 June.
Tell the Commission that removing leather would weaken the EUDR’s ability to address global deforestation.🌳
Make your voice heard ➡ www.earthsight.org.uk/news/have-yo...
📢 CLOSING SOON: The @ec.europa.eu consultation on the EUDR ends on 1 June.
If beef from deforested land is banned, why should leather from the same cow still be allowed into the EU?
Removing leather would weaken the law and reward laggards.
Have your say 🗣️ www.earthsight.org.uk/news/have-yo...
Indonesian paper giant, APRIL, has said it will buy wood fibre from companies that cleared over 47,000 hectares of tropical forest since 2020.🪵
We've joined 22 other NGOs to condemn the decision, calling on them to uphold their sustainability commitments & reject suppliers linked to deforestation.
🙌 Over 2000 concerned citizens and organisations from across Europe and beyond raised their voices to urge the EU Commission to keep leather in the EUDR, showing they care about the EU's impact on forests and want to see industries held accountable.✊
www.earthsight.org.uk/news/leather...
