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Forestwatch issue 100

  • Palm oil companies agree to halt deforestation
  • UNFF - taking resources away from forests
  • New Guide for NGOs: Funding for Europe's Forests
  • 'Frankly, my dear, I don't give a dam...'
  • Integrating the environment
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Forestwatch Issue 99

  • EU biofuel targets risk fuelling deforestation
  • EU ecolabel failure
  • Procurement: Turkey vote for Christmas?
  • Surinam Urged to Protect Tribal Rights
  • Tatras National Park in danger
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Towards an Action Plan for Sustainable Forest Management

FERN submission to DG AGRI re the proposed Forest Action Plan
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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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Forestwatch Issue 98

  • Cameroon: civil society ready for FLEGT VPA
  • Illegal Logging: latest developments
  • FOREST WHICH resurgence
  • New FERN Website
  • Serious set-back in Colombia
  • Sami dispute state forest ownership
  • Malaysia court case shows way for VPA
  • UK faux pas on procurement
  • Export Credit Agencies: financing devastation
  • Publication: Trojan Horse for Large Dams
  • EU Action Plan must recognise forest among the trees
  • Forests an issue for gender institute
  • Chad gags press
  • Credit-seekers face third rejection

 

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Forestwatch Issue 97

  • CDM projects not looking good
  • Rural development boosts forests
  • Incorporating indigenous issues?
  • Dumped dam back to wreak havoc?
  • NGOs battle for Ghana's forests
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Can a legally binding agreement for forests make a difference?

A joint statement on the ongoing discussions regarding a forest convention and other possible agreements on forests
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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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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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