The EU Delegation in Indonesia is delighted to welcome Astrid Schomaker, Director for Green Diplomacy @EU_ENV to strengthen and deepen the EU-IDN cooperation on forest protection in the context of the new EU Regulation on Deforestation and Forest Degradation.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/uni_eropa/status/1619225120119328769
The EU continues to support the Indonesian Government's ambition to promote sustainable trade, tackle deforestation and forest degradation, and reduce illegal practices that can cause environmental destruction, climate change, and biodiversity loss.
🇪🇺🇮🇩
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/uni_eropa/status/1619225616586526726
🇪🇺 & 🇮🇩 continued the successful implementation of the FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement, which ensures that timber and wooden products entering the EU market from Indonesia are legal. FLEGT gives Indonesia a head start on implementing the EU’s new Deforestation Regulation.🌳
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/uni_eropa/status/1619225993360850946
On her visit to Indonesia, Ms. Schomaker delivered a keynote speech at the previous event held by Lingkar Temu Kabupaten Lestari @Kab_Lestari and said,
“The LTKL’s and Government of Indonesia’s efforts in promoting sustainable commodities are very welcome —
(cont’d)
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/uni_eropa/status/1619227314193338368
and the EU looks forward to engaging further with all stakeholders including local and national governments and businesses on establishing deforestation and forest degradation-free supply chains between Europe and Indonesia."
#EUinIndonesia 🇪🇺🇮🇩
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/uni_eropa/status/1619228179448860672
In 2021, the European Union became the 5th largest trading partner for Indonesia.
The European Union does not ban any commodity, product, or country. The EU welcomes products which are legal and does not come from newly deforested land on its market.🌱
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/uni_eropa/status/1619226736755113985