On 21 March, the International Day of Forests, 200 organizations have petitioned the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) stating that its forest definition dating back to 1948 is “misleading” and must be changed. According to the petition signatories, the FAO definition has allowed the plantations industry to hide the “devastating ecological and social impacts of large-scale monoculture tree plantations” behind a positive forest image.
“Green steel”, “sustainable charcoal”, and the criminalisation of rural communities in Brazil
This blog was a collaboration between the Environmental Paper Network, Fórum Carajás, and the Global Forest Coalition. The promise of “green steel” has become an attractive narrative in global efforts to decarbonize heavy industry. After all, the steel industry is...
