BirdLife Europe

Oct 9, 2024 | theparliamentmagazine.eu | Eloise Hardy |Julia Kaiser |BirdLife Europe

The coffee you have in the morning, the steak you eat for dinner, the chair you sit on at work: Many everyday products contribute to deforestation and forest degradation — in the European Union and worldwide. The health of forests, which cover 31% of land on the planet, is essential to the fight against climate change and to preserve biodiversity.   Trees can absorb the carbon dioxide that is warming the atmosphere to dangerous levels.