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This open letter calls on the European Union (EU) to include rights to self-determination, to lands, territories and resource, and to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) in the upcoming Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence.

Esta carta abierta hace un llamado a la Unión Europea (UE) para que incluya los derechos a la autodeterminación, a las tierras, territorios y recursos, y al consentimiento libre, previo e informado (CLPI) en la próxima Directiva sobre Diligencia Debida de las Empresas en materia de Sostenibilidad (DDDES).

As the European Union moves forward on mandatory company due diligence legislation to place different sets of legal obligations on companies, several EU member states are obstructing the inclusion of protection for the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities. 

A medida que la Unión Europea avanza en la legislación sobre debida diligencia obligatoria de las empresas para establecer diferentes conjuntos de obligaciones legales a las empresas, varios estados miembros de la UE están obstruyendo la inclusión de la protección de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y las comunidades local

Negotiations between the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU are set to finalise the EU regulation on deforestation-free products and agree on a compromise for a final text to be adopted. Today, only France continues to impede progress by blocking any attempt in the EU negotiations to keep the inclusion of the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities.

In this new briefing, NGOs highlight that implementing a comprehensive set of measures and initiatives, including new legislation, is essential to reduce the EU’s footprint on the world’s natural ecosystems.

In light of the forest fires in Brazil, Forest Peoples Programme and others ask the EU to urgently address complicity in current deforestation crisis and instruct the European Commission to work on EU regulation to end deforestation.

After taking part in meetings with the Amsterdam Declarations Partnership and DG Trade to present rights-based solutions for achieving deforestation-free trade, the 'Closing the Gap' delegation are travelling to Brussels to deliver a petition signed by 160,000 people urging EC President Jean-Claude Juncker to uphold the European Union’s international commitment to halt deforestation by 2020 by supporting an EU Action Plan to protect forests and respect forest peoples’ rights.

Bruselas, 29 de junio: Tras participar en reuniones de la Alianza de las Declaraciones de Ámsterdam y DG Trade para presentar

FPP has joined with other NGOs to call on the European Commission to develop an Action Plan on deforestation and degradation. A feasibility study on policy options to step up EU action against deforestation is due to be made public very shortly by the Commission, along with a decision on the next steps.

FPP has joined with other NGOs to call on the European Commission to develop an Action Plan on deforestation and degradation. A feasibility study on policy options to step up EU action against deforestation is due to be made public very shortly by the Commission, along with a decision on the next steps.

FPP together with EU NGOs has today released a shared vision calling on the EU to take action on deforestation and forest degradation, with respect for human rights and good governance of land tenure at its core.

There is increasing concern from local, national and international civil society about the human rights implications of the EU’s €31 million Water Tower Protection and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Project (WaTER) that is focused on an area of Kenya with a history of deeply troubling human rights issues.

Las implicaciones que el programa de la UE para la protección de depósitos de agua y de mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático (proyecto WaTER) pueda tener para los derechos humanos generan una preocupación creciente dentro de la sociedad civil local, nacional e internacional. Dicho proyecto de 31 millones de euros, se centra en un área de Kenia con un historial de problemas de derechos humanos enormemente preocupantes.

There is increasing concern from local, national and international civil society about the human rights implications of the EU’s €31 million Water Tower Protection and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Project (WaTER) that is focused on an area of Kenya with deeply troubling human rights issues.

We took a trip to three European countries – Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom – shortly after Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited Europe (17-22 April 2016). One of the hot issues in the President’s trip was black campaigns against Indonesian oil palm exportation in Europe. Previously, on 14 April 2016, the President had said he would issue a regulation imposing a moratorium on any new permits for oil palm plantations and mining, which drew attention of activists and some of the EU commission countries. 

Poco después de que el presidente de Indonesia Joko Widodo visitara Europa (17-22 de abril de 2016), nosotros emprendimos un viaje a tres países europeos: Bélgica, Holanda y el Reino Unido. Uno de los temas cruciales de la visita del presidente de Indonesia fue el de las denominadas “campañas negras “contra la exportación de aceite de palma indonesio a Europa. Anteriormente, el 14 de abril de 2016, el presidente había dicho que introduciría un reglamento que impondría una moratoria en la concesión de nuevos permisos para plantaciones de palma de aceite y la minería, lo cual llamó la atención de los activistas y algunos de los países integrantes de la Comisión Europea.

In July 2014 the European Commission embarked on an evaluation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan. FLEGT stands for Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade and is the EU’s response to illegal logging and associated illicit trade. The action plan was adopted in 2003 and since then several so-called voluntary partnership agreements (VPAs) between the EU and producer countries have been negotiated as part of the initiative.

En julio de 2014 la Comisión Europea se embarcó en una evaluación del Plan de Acción sobre la Aplicación de las Leyes, la Gobernanza y el Comercio Forestales (FLEGT por sus siglas en inglés) de la UE. Este plan es la respuesta de la UE a la tala ilegal y el comercio ilícito que lleva asociado. El plan de acción fue adoptado en 2003 y desde entonces se han negociado varios acuerdos voluntarios de asociación (AVA) entre la UE y los países productores como parte de la iniciativa. Al mejorar la regulación y la gobernanza de los bosques, los AVA deben supuestamente garantizar que la madera y los productos madereros que se exporten a la UE sean legales.

NGO letter to Calleja Crespo the newly appointed EU Director for the Environment. The letter highlights the most important forest-related items that should be addressed in DG Environment’s work plan for the coming months and years.Link