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Articles by Paul Wolvekamp
Statement: Invest in local leadership for tropical forest management and local economies
The undersigned organisations call on the Dutch government to supplement its policies and legislation with investments in inclusive, locally led economies in tropical forests. Our message is that joint efforts by the government, civil society and the private sector strengthen local leadership in the interests of biodiversity, food security and climate adaptation. March 21 marks the International Day of Forests.
Both ENDS: Memorandum: Response TPAC Report "Final Judgement Detailed Research MTCS"
A coalition of Malaysian and international NGOs has released a memorandum in response to the recent TPAC report on the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS). The organizations express serious concerns about the independence, quality, and credibility of the assessment carried out by the Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC).
Both ENDS: Global Alliance Urges Dutch Government to Reconsider Endorsement of Controversial Timber Certification Scheme
A coalition of Malaysian and international NGOs has released a memorandum in response to the recent TPAC report on the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS). The organizations express serious concerns about the independence, quality, and credibility of the assessment carried out by the Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC).
Both ENDS: The Conflict, Gender, Climate Nexus: Localized understanding and policy recommendations
Across the world, women lead efforts to advance peace, gender and environmental justice. From the Philippines to Mozambique, Burkina Faso to Brazil, they face a deadly convergence of violence, environmental destruction, and extractivist land grabs. As corporate interests, state forces or other armed actors expand into their territories, entire communities are displaced, criminalized, or subjected to violent repression.
Both ENDS: Silencing the Voices of Environmental Defenders
Their experiences are part of a broader crackdown on environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) across the globe, making it harder and more dangerous for them to defend basic rights and amplify their voices. The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre tracked over 3,500 attacks on environmental defenders between 2015 and 2023, while a recent report by Global Witness documented at least 1,910 environmental defenders losing their lives between 2012 and 2022.
Both ENDS: CBA18: International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
As shareholders in Brazilian mining giant Vale S.A prepare to gather online for the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), communities from Brazil to Indonesia criticize the company’s track record on human rights and environmental stewardship. They also point to the almost $50 billion in mounting lawsuits against the company as a risk factor that should serve as a warning sign to investors.
Both ENDS: Dredging Destruction; worldwide report on stystematic destruction
The Dutch government and dredging companies are systematically involved in contributing to human rights violations and environmental damage. Over the past 12 years (2012-2023), Dutch export support to dredging companies amounted to €8.4 billion. Dutch-supported projects have been linked to human rights violations and environmental destruction worldwide, revealing the systemic failure of Dutch policies to protect people and the environment.
Both ENDS: Dutch government calls for investigation into Malaysian timber certification
A preliminary investigation by the Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC), an independent expert group advising the Dutch government, identified the lack of required transparency under PEFC/MTCS as a clear violation of the Dutch timber procurement policy.
Both ENDS: Recognition of the transformative work of the ILED Network by GEF
Recent news from around the world has demonstrated how the knowledge, practices and activism of indigenous peoples can guide us towards a more sustainable future. In a landmark decision this week, Ecuadorians have voted to stop an oil drilling project in the Yasuni National Park, an Amazon reserve known to be one of the most diverse biospheres in the world.
Both ENDS: South American Forest Fires Highlight Effects of Delaying EU Deforestation Law
While forests in South America and other regions are destroyed at an alarming rate, European politicians turn their eyes and refuse to see the urgency of this worldwide catastrophic loss of forests. September 2024, again, brought unprecedented devastation by forest fires across South America, particularly in the Amazon and Pantanal regions.
Both ENDS: The year of truth: EU Member States urged to combat deforestation
The EU is the world's largest importer of deforestation due to the vast amounts of non-sustainably produced soy, timber, palm oil, and other commodities imported by EU member states. After many years of delay, the European Parliament and the European Council adopted a law in December 2023 to address this issue: the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). Both ENDS is part of a broad coalition of organizations that advocated for this European legislation.
Both ENDS: Simplification Must Not Mean Weakening: Why the EUDR and other Environmental Legislation Must Stay Strong
Both ENDS warns that the current debate on “simplification” of EU environmental law must not become an excuse to weaken or postpone urgently needed safeguards. In earlier contributions to the drafting of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), Both ENDS relayed the voices of local and Indigenous forest-dependent peoples, who consistently urged the EU to take responsibility for the massive deforestation linked to European imports.
Both ENDS: Democratic Values Under Attack in Europe: The Need to Look Beyond the Dutch Dikes and the Role of Philanthropy
Last week, I read about the expected – yet still shocking – implications of the radical shift to the far-right in the Netherlands. The current coalition agreement includes measures previously adopted by other European countries with similar election outcomes, leading to a curtailment of democratic freedoms, an inward focus, and attempts to limit the role of civil society.
Both ENDS: Petition to protect the Saamaka people and the Amazon Forest
We pushed the canoe through the turf and climbing on board he suggested I take the helm while he would hoist the sail. Being aboard this fast sailing lightweight canoe, carried by the swell of the blue sea, brought back images so vividly described in Hemingway's book The old man and the sea. After leaving the coast, going further onto the sea we eventually changed track and went north. I learned from the fisherman that the daily catch of fish was very meagre.
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