The JRC-managed observatory on deforestation and forest degradation went online last week. It will help protect and restore the world’s forests and ensure that Europeans consume deforestation-free products. The observatory is structured around three main components: global forest monitoring, production and trade of commodities, and EU tools for forest monitoring. It will support the EU’s new rules on deforestation-free products, laid down to guarantee that the products placed on the EU market or exported from it do not originate from deforested land or have not contributed to forest degradation. Find more information about the observatory on this website.