AGREEMENT ON EU MEASURES TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF TROPICAL FORESTS.

• Position: Brief Article

The Conciliation Committee (of delegations from the Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission) met in Brussels on 28 June, where they reached agreement over the draft Regulation on measures to promote the conservation and sustainable management of tropical forests and other forests in developing countries. The Regulation outlines the EU financial assistance and expertise to promote the conservation of forests and the applicable conditions. These activities include raising the status of forests in national policies and integrating forest policies based on sustainable forest management in development planning (encouraging environmentally and socially responsible private entrepreneurship in the forest products processing and marketing chain, legal and...