Thread by @wemoveEU

🚨RIGHT NOW 🚨 EU environment ministers are meeting in Brussels on a proposal to ban products that fuel deforestation.

This could control imports including beef, soy, palm oil, cocoa and coffee.

A 🧵on deforestation 👇

@WWF @GreenpeaceEU @EP_Environment @delarabur @marietouss1 @Konecna_K @CZacharopoulou @VSinkevicius Before we go deep into what's the impact of the EU on global deforestation, take a second to share and support our friends at @GreenpeaceEU that are taking over the EU Council building👇

#Together4Forests @WWFEU

As 🇪🇺 Europe is the second biggest consumer market in the world, this law could have a huge impact on companies that destroy forests to sell food in our supermarkets.

This law could protect the most beautiful forests of the world, their communities, and the homes of endangered animals like orangutans, elephants and tigers🌲🌍

🚨But to truly fight deforestation in Brazil, Indonesia or Africa, the draft proposal needs clear improvements as:

1⃣Other ecosystems than forests, like savannahs and wetlands, should be afforded protection NOW!

Otherwise, the 12,000 species of trees, grasses and other plants of Cerrado in Brazil🇧🇷, the most biodiverse Savannah on 🌎 and biggest provider of soy to the EU, will continue to be devastated and replaced by soybean and other products for exportation.
theguardian.com/world/2022/jan…

🚨In just over a year, 5,075 km² of land was destroyed in the Brazilian savannah of the Cerrado. ⚠️ That’s over x3 times the size of London.

Yes, 𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙣 𝙭3 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙞𝙩 👏

wwf.eu/?uNewsID=46554…

2⃣More products such as rubber and maize should be added to the controlled list such as cotton, corn, canned meat, pork and poultry.

⚠️Some of these products are in the top 10 EU-imported commodities linked to nature destruction.

Image via @WWFEU

3⃣ The products linked to human rights violations should not be placed on the EU market.

✊🌎We must ensure that the agribusiness 𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙋𝙎 𝙋𝙐𝙎𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙄𝙉𝘿𝙄𝙂𝙀𝙉𝙊𝙐𝙎 𝙋𝙀𝙊𝙋𝙇𝙀 𝙁𝙍𝙊𝙈 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙄𝙍 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘿𝙎 🚨

#Together4Forests