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One of FERN's central activities is co-ordinating and informing NGOs working on forest issues. Fern builds strong and effective campaign networks and utilises them to co-ordinate activities and issue many joint statements on issues of shared concern. We have co-ordinated the Forest Movement Europe since it came into existence nearly fifteen years ago. FERN is on the steering committee of the World Rainforest Movement and Taiga Rescue Network, and together with Forest Peoples Programme, FERN is the Northern Support Office for the World Rainforest Movement. Each of these three networks operates differently but the common theme for each one is forests and people. Participants of these networks believe that the current forest crisis cannot be properly addressed without taking the social aspect of forests into account in all policy decisions and practices.

FERN also functions as the European focal point of the Global Forest Coalition.The Global Forest Coalition produces a newsletter, Forest Cover. See www.wrm.org.uy.

On specific issues, FERN has created temporary and longer-term networks of NGOs to pool resources and encourage effective joint campaigns. These include NGO networks on trade, intergovernmental fora, forest certification and Export Credit Agencies.

There are other networks of NGOs working on forest issues. FERN works closely with many including American Lands, Bank Information Center, Forest Monitor, Forest Peoples Programme, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, the International Alliance of Tribal and Indigenous Peoples of the Tropical Forests, the International Forum on Globalisation, PERC, Rainforest Foundation and WWF. For the web site addresses of these NGOs go to the Links page.