The importance of stopping deforestation globally cannot be emphasised enough. Forests all over the world are habitats for a multitude of species and a sanctuary for life that cannot be lost. The forests are also crucial for the entire planet's ecosystem, its carbon sequestration and production of oxygen. However, the EU Deforestation Regulation has, in our view, passed through the legislative process far too quickly to be able to function effectively.
On April 9, North Sweden's Gölin Carina Christiansen and Jenny Hammersland met with the European Commission to discuss the Deforestation Regulation. From the European Commission, Gábor Lovasi, Policy Officer at the Directorate-General for the Environment, and Jesús Maria Alquézar Sabadie, Analyst at Directorate-General for the Environment, participated in the meeting. During the meeting, issues related to the implementation of the Deforestation Regulation were discussed, which will come into force in January 2025.
The European Commission is ready to back down on the requirement for geolocation of all forest biomass in the Deforestation regulation. This is stated in a letter from the Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission, Virginijus Sinkevičius to the Northern Sparsely Populated Areas (NSPA).
Northern Sparsely Populated Areas, NSPA, has today sent a letter to Mr. Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries at the European Commission. The letter asks for an implementation of the deforestation regulation that works for the northern forest sector and one million forest farmers in the three countries.
Dear Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, We warmly welcome you to Stockholm next week to talk about our very important forestry sector.
