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The new objective announced by EU Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra discounts the effect of the farmers' revolt.“Emissions cannot be reduced with a magic wand,” comments Greenpeace

The environmental constraints introduced with the 2021 reform are among the reasons that sparked farmers' protests

The ministry's latest report, relating to 2021, identifies 168 subsidies that have impacts on the environment, for a total of 52.5 billion euros

One hundred million trees planted in 2015 and the goal of reaching one billion in 2030.41 thousand hectares of arid land restored in less than ten years, more than double the surface area of ​​the city of Milan, which allow the livelihood of 50 thousand families and which capture 347 metric tons of CO2 per hectare, the equivalent of 100 thousand liters of diesel fuel consumed.And then the increase in biodiversity, the creation of jobs, the rediscovery of a healthy relationship between man and the environment, which allows self-sufficiency.To achieve these objectives is Trees for the Future (TREES), a non-profit regenerative agroforestry organization that trains farmers in sub-Saharan Africa in sustainable, nature-based solutions.Its results are important to the point that the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has awarded it the status of World Restoration Flagship, i.e. the flagship of global restoration.By 2030, the organization also aims to create 230 thousand job...

Despite the impetuous and participatory protests of farmers throughout Europe which have been taking place since January, the European Parliament yesterday officially adopted the first Nature Restoration Act with 329 votes in favour, 275 against and 24 abstentions.The Law, which provides for restore at least 20% of degraded terrestrial and marine ecosystems of the EU by 2030 and the almost total restoration by 2050, was supported by the entire centre-left spectrum of the European Parliament, while it was opposed by conservative parties, in particular by the EPP (European People's Party), within of which only 25 MEPs out of a total of 177 voted in favor of the law.The latter constitutes an important pillar for achieving the objectives of the European Green Deal on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and their elimination by 2050.However, farmers see the newly approved legislation, the Green Deal and the CAP (European Agricultural Policy) as one threat to their livelihood a...