A future in which deforestation is only a bad memory. In a nutshell it is the claim they make of the Zero Deforestation Alliance, while he urgently demands that the laws of Spain are launching European regulations against deforestation.
This platform, formed by a dozen environmental and consumer organizations, regards this regulation as essential in the data that is currently being handled as Every year, 10 million hectares of Bos are lost worldwide or that deforestation is responsible for 11 % of worldwide gas emissions greenhouse effect.
“The time of the statements is over. Spain must lead this transition to facts,” they have indicated to the Zero Deforestation Alliance that requires the central government “to prioritize this parliamentary agenda for the summer and those companies Assume their responsibility in the transformation of their value chains. “
Protection of deforestation -Ecosystems
On 12 May, the congress of representatives organized the day ‘A Future Free of Deforestation’, organized by the Zero Deforestation Alliance (Coalition of 12 Environmental and Consumer Organization European regulations against deforestation (EUD 2023/1115).
The event was attended by the deputy director -general Forest Policy and the fight against desert formation of the Ministry of Ecological Transfer and Demographic challenge, of parliamentary groups in the congress, representatives of productive sectors and members of the civil society from countries affected by congregation (such as Brazil) An ambitious law and with sufficient resources to apply these essential regulations and to protect the biodiversity of the planet.
- They are lost every year 10 million hectares of forest Worldwide, mainly because of the expansion of industrial agriculture in the hands of large companies.
- Deforestation is responsible for 11 % of global greenhouse gas emissions.
- 40 % of Spanish import of raw materials such as soybeans, meat, rubber or palm oil comes from regions with high deforestation.
A historic framework for deforestation
The EUD, approved by a large majority in the European Parliament in 2023, It prohibits access to the European market of products with regard to deforestation or violation of national laws. However, its success depends on the development of effective legislation in Spain.
During the day it was emphasized that the government should:
- In the coming months, the Congress of Deforesting -Free Products that guarantee the homogeneous application of the EUD, with control mechanisms and effective sanctions.
- Provide administrations to supervise supply chains and to guarantee traceability.
- Continue to maintain the dialogue in the Spanish state with the sectoral associations and trade unions that have been affected by the soy cancellation chains, palm oil, beef, wood, coffee, cocoa and rubber to extend the knowledge of the standard between the productive sectors to enlarge compliance or digitization in this sectors.
- Working together with the producing countries to protect the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, important actors in forest conservation, and to collaborate with the small production of coffee, cocoa, soybeans, palm oil, etc. so that it can be part of the supply chains that are free of deforestation.
- Avoid setbacks in the scope and objectives of the norm, which improves climatic and social ambition without leaving anyone behind.
“The time of the statements is over. Spain must lead this transition with facts,” they have indicated from the Zero Deforestation Alliance. “We demand that the government prioritizes this parliamentary agenda law that must be approved before the summer and that companies take responsibility for transformation of their value chains.”
The day closed with a clear message: imported deforestation is a huge worldwide problem and its solution requires political will, cooperation and involvement of the affected sectors and mobilization of citizens. The Zero Deforestation Alliance has also announced that it will intensify its incidence work before the government and the congress of representatives, and It encourages the media to follow this decisive process for the climate credibility of Spain.