WCS is working to secure recognition for high-integrity forests’ contribution to climate change mitigation and the goals of the Paris Agreement, particularly Article 4 which calls for the world to achieve a net balance between emissions by sources and removals by sinks by 2050. To support the implementation and impact of efforts to halt agriculture-driven deforestation, WCS has developed the Forest First approach, a new ‘risk-based’ framing for action on deforestation, that prioritizes efforts towards the farm and forests frontier. A brochure presents some case studies from WCS’s work in the field and provides some recommendations as to how producer countries can be supported to make the transition to becoming deforestation-free, whilst also involving and taking account of the impacts on local communities and smallholders. For more information, please click here. For more information about WCS’s work on Intact forests and climate change, please click here. READ MORE 2022 UNFCCC COP27 in Egypt NGOs statement on the EU regulation on deforestation-free products 2021 UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow Launch of the EU-funded project '5 Great Forests of Mesoamerica' TFA letter on EU action on deforestation NGOs letter on EU forest risk commodities regulation NGOs briefing on EU legislation on deforestation and forest degradation WCS Forest First Approach - Position Paper WCS Forest First Approach - Case Studies and Recommendations 2020 Webinar on a ‘Forest-First Approach’ WCS EU response to the public consultation on deforestation Webinar on Nature-based Solutions WCS EU response to the EU Climate Pact public consultation NGOs recommendations for EU forest partnerships WCS EU comments on the deforestation and forest degradation roadmap WCS EU comments on the European Climate Law roadmap 2019 NGOs briefing on protecting forests WCS EU response to the EU consultation on deforestation and forest degradation 2018 NGOs statement on an EU Action Plan on deforestation
WCS is working to secure recognition for high-integrity forests’ contribution to climate change mitigation and the goals of the Paris Agreement, particularly Article 4 which calls for the world to achieve a net balance between emissions by sources and removals by sinks by 2050.
To support the implementation and impact of efforts to halt agriculture-driven deforestation, WCS has developed the Forest First approach, a new ‘risk-based’ framing for action on deforestation, that prioritizes efforts towards the farm and forests frontier. A brochure presents some case studies from WCS’s work in the field and provides some recommendations as to how producer countries can be supported to make the transition to becoming deforestation-free, whilst also involving and taking account of the impacts on local communities and smallholders. For more information, please click here.
For more information about WCS’s work on Intact forests and climate change, please click here.
UNFCCC COP27 in Egypt NGOs statement on the EU regulation on deforestation-free products
UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow Launch of the EU-funded project '5 Great Forests of Mesoamerica' TFA letter on EU action on deforestation NGOs letter on EU forest risk commodities regulation NGOs briefing on EU legislation on deforestation and forest degradation WCS Forest First Approach - Position Paper WCS Forest First Approach - Case Studies and Recommendations
Webinar on a ‘Forest-First Approach’ WCS EU response to the public consultation on deforestation Webinar on Nature-based Solutions WCS EU response to the EU Climate Pact public consultation NGOs recommendations for EU forest partnerships WCS EU comments on the deforestation and forest degradation roadmap WCS EU comments on the European Climate Law roadmap
NGOs briefing on protecting forests WCS EU response to the EU consultation on deforestation and forest degradation
NGOs statement on an EU Action Plan on deforestation