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Gender Justice and Forests

Commentary in Mongabay: EU’s anti-deforestation trade rule should be more women-friendly

26 Oct, 2022

A woman standing in the forest in Nepal - by Abhaya Raj Josh / Mongabay

Published in Mongabay by Simone Lovera on 26 October 2022 Photo by Abhaya Raj Josh/Mongabay: A member of the Bhimeshwori Sustainable Farming Group at her agroforestry farm in Kavre, Nepal The European Union is considering a regulation on deforestation-free products that is one of the most promising environmental legislative initiatives of this decade. It would force traders in commodities that are known to cause deforestation—like beef, soy, palm oil and cocoa—to prove that the products they import and export aren’t associated with …

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