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Incorporating indigenous issues? July 2005
Article in EU Forest Watch issue 97
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Finding solutions to illegal logging: civil society and the FLEGT Support Plan June 2005
FERN and Telapak outline the possibilities and limitations of the FLEGT Support Plan - an EC co-operation project aimed at tackling illegal logging and promoting the role of forests within Indonesia's sustainable development.
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After the tsunami : EC and environment in rebuilding Indonesia
June 2005
FERN briefing note discussing the role of the EC in post-tsunami Aceh.
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EC to play key role in Aceh reconstruction June 2005
Article in EU Forest Watch issue 96
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Environmental degradation blocks the road to development goals
May 2005
Article in EU Forest Watch issue 95
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Commission must pull its weight
May 2005
Article in EU Forest Watch issue 95
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EU wins Cotonou agreement
March 2005
Article in EU Forest Watch issue 94
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Congo Basin treaty ignores civil concerns
March 2005
Article in EU Forest Watch issue 94
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Commission says development policy lacks credibility
February 2005
Article in EU Forest Watch issue 93
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Joint NGO letter to Louis Michel February 2005
Letter to the EU Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid regarding indigenous peoples' roles in future EC development policy.
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Joint NGO letter to the EU Development Committee February 2005
Letter to the Parliament regarding the proposed Regulation on development and economic co-operation.
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Evaluation a mixed bag for forests
January 2005
Article in EU Forest Watch issue 92
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Development Aid
December 2004
Article in EU Forest Watch issue 91
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Supporting sustainable development : concerns over the new instrument for development and economic co-operation
December 2004
Joint NGO position on the Commission's proposal to simplify EC development aid.
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All change: a proposal for a new instrument on development and economic co-operation
December 2004
A FERN Briefing Note summarising the main elements of the Commission's recent proposal to simplify EC development aid, together with FERN's key concerns and recommendations.
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EU Financial Perspectives 2007-2013
November 2004
Joint NGO letter to Dutch Minister for Development Co-operation, Anna van Ardenne. The letter voices common concerns over the implications of the proposed Financial Perspectives and the Commission's apparent marginalisation of the Millennium Development Goal agenda.
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Land reform oversight
November 2004
Article in EU Forest Watch issue 90
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Funding changes raise fears over EC Aid
November 2004
Article in EU Forest Watch issue 90
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Platform News
October 2004
Issue 4 of the EC Forest Platform Newsletter
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HEADS UP: key issues and events for your campaign agenda
September 2004
Article in EU Forest Watch issue 88
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Joint Statement regarding the European Community's development aid for Indonesia
June 2004
Statement from Indonesian civil society groups to the European Community and Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry.  
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Protest against EIB June 2004
Article in EU Forest Watch issue 85
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EIB 'dialogue' with NGOs on the Veracel project May 2004
Open letter to the President of the EIB regarding the Veracel pulp mill project.
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Urgent appeal from Congolese NGOs for reconsideration of DRC's forestry policy February 2004
Detailed concerns of civil society about the Democratic Republic of Congo's forestry policy
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Rainforest Foundation Briefing