Healthy forests are our right!

To the European Commission, European Parliament and Council of the European Union

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Scientists agree that protecting forests means protecting people. Trees clean the air we breathe, filter the water we drink, and sustain the food we grow. But they are vanishing at record speed, pushing nature and our future towards a dangerous breaking point.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Europe has a real chance to change course through its forest protection law (EUDR). A landmark law that could save 50 million trees in its first year.

Yet destructive industries and foreign interests, including the United States, want politicians to kill it. Many European leaders are giving in. They are ready to cut protections designed to defend nature, and our health.

European leaders: protect forests, protect people and enforce the EUDR.

Why is this important?

We have a real chance. The European Commission’s President, Ursula von der Leyen, can protect the EUDR from pressure by EU capitals and industry to sacrifice even more forests. She can stand behind her law.

The Commission President cares about her reputation. Strong and visible citizens’ support will give her the political strength to reclaim control over this landmark law and ensure it fulfils its purpose: protecting the world’s forests.

The people’s movement for forests has urgently called on our community to act. We demand that Ursula von der Leyen show courageous leadership and stand firmly in defence of nature. The greater the public support, the stronger the chances of protecting this law.

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