The EC Forest Platform

Platform Home	Welcome to the EC Forest Platform - an initiative that links peoples in the South and the European Community on aid and forest issues
Iola Leal Riesco "Please send me information about your activities that you want to publicise to other Platform members. I hope you will take this opportunity to make Platform a 'live' debate on EC aid and forest issues." Co-ordinator of the EC Forest Platform. Belmond Tchoumba "Thanks to the EC Forest Platform we will be able to monitor the impact of the EC aid policy on forests and forest people in Cameroon." Centre pour l'Environnement et le Développement au Cameroun.	News		On this site: • Aims & history • How to join • Have your say Platform News: Find out about the latest developments in the latest issues of Platform News and Calls for proposals. Publications: Check out FERN's latest NGO statements and other publications on aid-related issues. Links: www.fern.org platform co-ordinator www. telapak .org our partner in Indonesia www.africa-environment.org our partner NGO in Cameroon
	Ongoing	See the latest Calls for proposals
	March 2005	Louis Michel's response to the EC Forest Platform's resolution on development policy Response from the EU Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid to the Joint NGO resolution (PDF40KB) and letter (PDF 98KB) OPEN (PDF 39KB)
	Feb 2005	Reporting on the EC Forest Platform strategy meeting: Illegal logging and Civil Society. Yaounde, 6-8 December 2004 • See the meeting agenda in English, Spanish and French (Word 30KB) • Read the resolutions on the EC Forest Platform (in English or French; PDF 40KB) and on Cameroon (in English or French; PDF 25KB) • Read the presentations on the role of civil society (in French; Word 61KB), EC Development Co-operation (in French; PDF 201KB) and EC Development Aid in Indonesia (in English; PPT 230KB) • Read the minutes of the meeting (in English 59KB)
	Jan 2005	January issue of Platform News
	Jan 2005	Improving EC Aid A FERN/Telapak briefing in Bahasa Indonesian (PDF 2.6MB)
	14.12.04	EC responds to the joint NGO letter regarding the rainforests of Cross River State, Nigeria. Read the letter in English (PDF 109KB)
	17.11.04	FERN, Both Ends, IUCN, n(o)vib and RRDC contact EU President, Jan Peter Balkenende, regarding the rainforests of Cross River State, Nigeria. Read the letter in English (PDF 52KB)
	08.11.04	EC responds to the joint NGO statement on EC development aid for the forestry sector in Indonesia. OPEN the EC response (PDF 20KB) Read the joint NGO position (June 2004) in English (PDF 82KB)