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CHALLENGE Global Forests are on the decline, be it deliberate or the opposite. Detail I will omit, though I will state that when poisons are sprayed by drones or other from the skies, the impact is on ALL LIFE. Besides, fires, agri/plant disease also have a detrimental impact on plant life i.e. Forests/food/life.

The EEB strongly welcomes the legislative initiative to propose a new EU Framework for Forest monitoring and Strategic Plans. Forests are crucial for biodiversity and climate, yet there is a lack of public information about their status, the impact of management practices, their ecological conditions or climate contributions.

Forests play a vital role for biodiversity and climate, yet there is a significant deficit in public information about their status, the impact of management practices and their ecological condition. It is concerning that information about the state of forests, and their trends towards destruction or restoration, is often scattered, incomparable, inaccessible, outdated or entirely missing.

The EEB welcomes the initiative “Empowering the consumer for the green transition”. Preventing greenwashing and early obsolescence are necessary priorities in the Green Deal, as well as Europe’s post Covid19 recovery. Consumer legislation should support the forthcoming sustainable products initiative, and its objective “to make sustainable goods, services and business models the norm”.

The amendments proposed to the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (UCPD) and the Consumer Rights Directive (CRD) are a step in the right direction to counter the lack of reliable information on products’ durability and reparability, early obsolescence and greenwashing.

Priority must be given to any impact on Human, Plant, Animal Health whilst considering the climate. Without vital disclosure on labels, whereby should the information have been supplied, the consumer might not have purchased would be illegal. Examples such as when Anti-Biotics are in materials, products, foods, clothing etc.; when plastic as well as re-cycled plastic is in clothing, food etc.

Traditional methods of Farming, is the best, the safest. Promotion of modern methods such as Genetically Engineering etc. is simply attracting a curse on our crop, our land, on ourselves. Heirloom crop, companion planting was always a success till the DNA of plant species have been engineered. It all depends on the actual agenda, wherher disclosed or undercover.

The EEB welcomes the opportunity to give feedback to the Commission’s proposal to convert the Farm Accountancy Data Network into a Farm Sustainability Data Network to collect additional environmental and social data at farm level. We would like to comment on three important themes which are touched upon in the proposed legislative amendment: interoperability, data collection and variables.