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Forestwatch Issue 90

  • Funding changes raise fears over EC Aid
  • UK certification assessment
  • ECAs back suspect mill
  • Species and habitats to lose LIFE
  • Land reform oversight
  • Trade limits
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Habitats Directive and Natura 2000

Briefing note by TRN and FERN. Focusing specifically on forests the briefing assesses current implementation plans and the potential for NGO participation.
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Forestwatch Issue 89

  • Commission's 'Green' Handbook causes confusion
  • Incoherent policy on hydro power
  • 'Linking Directive' approved
  • FSC Review
  • Future of the EU Forestry Strategy
  • Ecolabel fiasco
  • Illegal logging
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Forestwatch Issue 88

  • Current Regulation poses serious threat
  • EU Forestry Strategy
  • Changes at the EU
  • WB/WWF Alliance
  • HEADS UP: key issues and events for your campaign agenda
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Forestwatch Issue 87

  • EU plan on illegal logging may do more harm than good
  • UNFF guidelines available
  • World Bank decides on EIR
  • Member states miss deadline to transpose
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EU Forestry Strategy

FERN comments on the First Draft for the Preparation of the Commission Staff Working Document in support of the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the implementation of the EU Forestry Strategy, June 2004
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Forestwatch Issue 86

  • Dutch TTF backs NGOs on illegal timber
  • CDM projects: Plantar still in the spotlight
  • EU Forest Strategy: latest developments
  • EIR story nearing its end
  • Germany sued
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The EU's Impact on Forests: a practical guide to campaigning at the EU level

An essential tool for anyone working to influence the EU on forest issues, the Guide provides an overview of the EU, details of how EU processes work, practical tips on influencing those processes and pointers on where to get hold of critical information.

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Forestwatch Issue 85

  • EU Forestry Strategy: Commission urged to consult public
  • How to license legal timber?
  • "Sick and tired" of UNFF
  • WTO and forests
  • Protest against EIB
  • Climate matters this summer
  • Call for action on biodiversity loss
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