Hans Wetzels

Hans Wetzels is a freelance journalist from the Netherlands. He is working on a dossier about the European Green Deal for investigative platform Follow the Money.

A maldição da soja: Ucrânia ilustra o que aconteceu com a Amazônia

A União Europeia está tentando deslocar a produção de soja do Brasil para o Leste Europeu. Quem se beneficiará?

By Hans Wetzels

/ 26 Oct 2021

The soya curse: Is Ukraine facing the same fate as the Amazon?

The EU wants to crank up soya production in eastern Europe. But with illegal genetically modified crops rife, who will benefit?

By Hans Wetzels

/ 12 Oct 2021

The soya curse: Is Ukraine facing the same fate as the Amazon?

If Europe wants to halt climate collapse, why is it watering down rules on palm oil?

Beneath its Green Deal rhetoric, the European Commission won’t jeopardize trade interests to tackle deforestation.

By Hans Wetzels

/ 16 Oct 2020

If Europe wants to halt climate collapse, why is it watering down rules on palm oil?

How the agricultural lobby is sabotaging Europe’s Green Deal

It has already succeeded in keeping binding pesticide reduction goals at bay.

By Hans Wetzels

/ 20 Aug 2020

How the agricultural lobby is sabotaging Europe’s Green Deal