Forests and climate: EU Forest Watch
ForestWatch Issue 167 and Special Report from Durban
January 23, 2012
- A Green Economy in 2012?
- Liberian PUPs sidestep VPA reform
- Durban’s COP17: Fiddling as Rome burns
- New study: Biofuels behind many land grabs
- Where biomass meets illegal logging
- Durban aimed to save the market, not the climate
| Document | Size |
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 FW 167 January 2012.pdf | 266.49 KB |
| Durban update.pdf | 187.17 KB |
ForestWatch Issue 162 and Bonn climate talks update
July 20, 2011
- Beech forests are acknowledged as world heritage
- New rule to shed a glimmer of light on ECAs
- Tackling challenges that confront European forests: Will a legally binding agreement help?
- ‘Global’ carbon market a mirage: seek other funding
- DRC: toward transparency?
- Solidarity: Khimki forest
- Forest Watch Special Report – Bonn climate talks 6-17 June 2011
| Document | Size |
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| Bonn special July 2011_.pdf | 166.26 KB |
| FW 162 July 2011_.pdf | 234.38 KB |
Forestwatch Issue 156 and Cancun and International Year of the Forest Specials
January 21, 2011
Welcome to the first Forest Watch of 2011. This is also United Nations Year of the Forest and so FERN has written a two-page Forest Watch special looking at the state of play for forests through the lens of our campaigns which can be accessed below. Last month too was an important month for forests due to decisions made at the 16th Conference of the Parties in Cancun. FERN’s two-page special report from that meeting is attached below. Articles in this months Forest Watch include:
- VPA processes see slow progression
- Paralysis by Analysis
- ‘Sustainable on Paper’
- Congo approves a law to protect indigenous peoples
- EEAS and DEVCO: the new EU external relations jargon
| Document | Size |
|---|---|
| Cancun update.pdf | 136.32 KB |
| Year of the forest special.pdf | 133.3 KB |
| FW 156 January 2011.pdf | 607.47 KB |
| FR_Cancun-update.pdf | 561.67 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
| Document | Size |
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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?
| Document | Size |
|---|---|
| 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
| Document | Size |
|---|---|
| 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
| Document | Size |
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| FW 151 July 2010 | 192.76 KB |
| Bonn update.pdf | 149.51 KB |
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