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ForestWatch special: Legally binding agreement on forests in Europe: “same, same but different”?

June 7, 2011

Ministers will gather in mid June 2011 in Oslo to take a decision about whether to enter into negotiations on a legally binding agreement (LBA) for forests in Europe. NGOs question what the added value of this instrument will be and whether an LBA will really be able to deal with potential conflicts of interest concerning the future of Europe’s forests. This ForestWatch special outlines the main issues.

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ForestWatch Issue 158

March 11, 2011

Smoke and Mirrors: The World Bank fails the world’s forests and peoples. Again.
EU ETS: Much toil and trouble, few reductions
Swedes mark year of forests by logging old-growth woodlands
Forest energy production decreases carbon storage
Greater attention to role of urban forests is needed

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FW 158 March 2011.pdf	226.41 KB

ForestWatch Issue 157 February 2011

February 17, 2011

Commission’s ‘Buying Social’ guide disappoints
Greater ECA accountability needed – but how?
Emissions from land use: count them or reduce them?
Dutch Government rightly wary of MTCS
Paper dispute: Court finds against Italian NGO
UK marks year of forests by selling theirs

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FW 157 February 2011.pdf	232.25 KB

ForestWatch Issue 155 December 2010

December 15, 2010

Social criteria are permissible in timber procurement policy
Questions remain about Cancun forests agreement
A bold move: the EP votes to address ECA flaws
The future of CAP: opinions welcome
Agrofuel plans drive destruction

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FW 155 December 2010.pdf	217.33 KB

ForestWatch Issue 154 November 2010

November 9, 2010

Prelude to Cancun: Tianjin climate talks update
CAP reform: missing the opportunity to protect forests
Addressing carbon fraud?
Malaysian certificate rejected
How to reduce Madagascan forest destruction?

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FW 154 November 2010.pdf	214.71 KB

Forestwatch Issue 152 September 2010

September 23, 2010

Biofuel landscape changing, but will ILUC be taken into account?
Another land case won in Sarawak
Carbon trading explained
Small improvements in draft Ecolabel criteria
World Bank palm oil strategy “reckless”
REDD+ Partnership’s chaotic, intransparent process

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FW 152 September 2010.pdf	189.81 KB

ForestWatch Issue 151 July 2010 and special update on Bonn UNFCCC meeting

July 20, 2010

Prohibition on illegal timber is here!
Bioenergy policy will lead to a carbon debt
More human approaches
Missing: political will to protect forests in the EU
Sweden’s unsustainable forestry
Ecolabel still endorses forest destruction

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FW 151 July 2010	192.76 KB
Bonn update.pdf	149.51 KB

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NGOs' concerns with the legally binding agreement on forests in Europe

January 2, 2013

Released before the third session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee for a legally binding agreement on forests in Europe negotiations; this statement on behalf of 34 NGOs outlines key concerns that Europe’s NGO have in regards to the legally binding agreement on forests in Europe.

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FERN position paper: The new Forest Strategy

October 1, 2011

The EU Forestry Strategy adopted in 1998, acted as a response to concerns about the lack of coherence and coordination between national forest policies and other forest related EU policies. Though the non-legally binding Forestry Strategy represents the first significant attempt to create an EU-wide framework for forests, its development and implementation left much to be desired.

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