On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the New York Declaration on Forests, celebrated on the margins of the UN General Assembly, European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans expressed the EU's determination to contribute to the preservation of the world's forests and reforestation.
Forests can “bring about systemic change for the benefit of all”, he said, hoping that the fires in the Amazon can create a healthy start comparable to the one that, “under public pressure”,...