Indonesia strengthens forest monitoring with new tool to meet EU deforestation law

Indonesia strengthens forest monitoring with new tool to meet EU deforestation law

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s efforts to ensure its commodity exports are free of deforestation are ramping up as the European Union Deforestation Regulation, or EUDR, nears enforcement. One of the biggest challenges in meeting EUDR standards is traceability. To meet the regulation’s strict requirements, Indonesia is stepping up efforts to provide verifiable, real-time data that prove the legality and sustainability of commodities like palm oil, timber,…

Priority 2025 actions to curb forest destruction identified

Leading civil society and research organisations have endorsed a new call-to-action that provides urgently-needed guidance on how governments can revive stalled efforts to halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation worldwide. In a report titled 2030 Global Forest Vision: Priority Actions for Governments in 2025, the call-to-action outlines eight priority actions governments should advance this […]