Briefing note
Rural Development Regulation fails to meet EU targets
The environmental quality and health of European forests
is declining, and an increasing number of forest-dependent species are now
endangered as a result of poor forestry practices. However, the new Rural
Development Regulation for 2007–2013, which could be used to help prevent this
biodiversity loss, looks set to miss the mark, as shown by research in this FERN - TRN Briefing Note.
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How EU taxpayers money gets lost in subsidising the forestry sector
Europe's forests receive huge subsidies. In 13 countries assessed, over
8.6 billion EUR of public funds were spent on forestry programmes
during the period 1990-1999. This briefing examines the allocation of
public funding to forestry programmes within Europe. This briefing is a
summary of the FERN/ TRN report: EU subsidies for forestry practices during the 1990s
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Forests of the Czech Republic
This briefing note, on forests of the Czech Republic, is part of the
series of briefing notes about the forest
situation in the new Member States. Authors: Michal Rezek
- FSC Working Group Czech Republic, Zuzana Stroufova - Hnuti DUHA
(Friends of the Earth Czech Republic), Jaromir Blaha - Hnuti DUHA
(Friends of the Earth Czech Republic).
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Forests of Estonia
This briefing note, on forests of Estonia, is part of the series of briefing notes about the forest
situation in the new Member States. Author: Jaan Parn, Estonian Green Movement.
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Forests of Lithuania
The third briefing, in the series of briefings about the forest
situation in the new Member States, is about Lithuania. Author: Andrius
Gaidamavicius, Lithuanian Green Movement.
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Europe and North Asia FLEG: the next steps for civil society
Second FERN and TRN update on the ENA FLEG process. This second briefing
proposes actions for environmental and social NGOs to take to ensure an
effective ministerial and workable declaration and action plan.
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| Chinese version | 374.19 KB |
| Russian version | 298.71 KB |
Live or let die? an evaluation of the fifth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
A FERN special report discussing the failure of UNFF5 and providing a series of recommendations for the future.
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Court of Auditors' Report: Forestry measures within the Rural Development Policy
A FERN/ TRN briefing note. In a special report about forestry measures in the rural development
policy, the European Court of Auditors criticises the European
Commission and Member States for spending billions of euro on forestry
measures from rural development funds without adequate quality controls
or documentation.
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Indigenous peoples' rights, state sovereignty and the Convention on Biological Diversity
Briefing from the Forest Peoples' Programme.
Special Report on UNFF: UNFF failing its mandate - 4th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
A FERN/ FPP briefing about the 4th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
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