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May 2012 - Issue 171

Please visit www.fern.org/VPAupdate to see this month’s ForestWatch special on the present state of Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreements (FLEGT VPAs)

 

Commission giving up on transparency and giving in to industry lobbyists?

The debate about ensuring the EU addresses problems of corruption and mismanagement in the natural resources sector is heating up.
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ForestWatch Issue 171 May 2012

May 16, 2012
  • Commission giving up on transparency and giving in to industry lobbyists?
  • EU-ETS Sleight of Hand: A subsidy by any other name
  • Civil Society Organisations concerned
  • The Story of REDD
  • Deadly Serious
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FLEGT VPA Update May 2012

May 16, 2012

Every six months, FERN produces an update looking at the present situation with regards the EU's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, with a specific focus on VPAs. This May 2012 example looks at the six VPAs (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ghana, Indonesia, Liberia and the Republic of Congo) that have been finalised; and two (Ghana and Cameroon) that have been ratified. Ratification of the VPAs of Liberia and the Central African Republic is expected soon.

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New animation shows why reducing consumption of forest products is essential to reduce deforestation and prevent climate change

April 30, 2012

BRUSSELS, 30 April 2012:  This new press release heralds the launch of the animation “The story of REDD” which was launched during the weekend at the annual meeting of the Forest Movement Europe in Portugal. Developed by a coalition of seven European NGOs working on forest peoples’ rights,1 the animation shows that reducing deforestation will require an end to unsustainable consumption of meat, fuel, food and wood fibre, and the strengthening of forest communities’ rights to the land they live on. 

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Golden Veroleum Liberia: What does the contract say?

April 20, 2012

This briefing note by Sustainable Development Institute Liberia (SDI) is based on analysis of the Concession Agreement between the Government of Liberia and Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL), dated August 16, 2010. This brief highlights key areas of concern related to community rights, and shows the lack of justice and equality in the concession agreement.

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Sime Darby: What does the contract say?

April 20, 2012

This briefing note by Sustainable Development Institute Liberia (SDI) is based on an analysis of the Concession Agreement between the Government of Liberia and Sime Darby, dated July 23, 2009. This brief highlights key areas of concern related to community rights, and shows the lack of justice and equality in the concession agreement.

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ForestWatch Issue 170 April 2012

April 17, 2012
  • Yes, but how to close LULUCF’s loopholes?
  • Bioenergy: Change needed
  • Illegal logging - an organised crime
  • Procurement: Not yet ‘social’ enough
  • Norway’s two-edged sword
  • APP: Profit trumps good faith?
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Presentations from event "Carbon emissions from bioenergy - how it impacts our climate"

April 2, 2012

Bioenergy will account for over 10 per cent of total energy consumption in the EU by 2020.

On 29 March, Linda McAvan MEP (S&D), Fiona Hall MEP (ALDE), Bas Eickhout MEP (Greens/EFA), BirdLife, FERN and the European Environmental Bureau organised an event in the European Parliament which discussed sustainability issues linked to biomass for energy and the impact on the climate, for 2020 and beyond.

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Presentation David Carr1.99 MB
Presentation Detlef Sprinz404.91 KB
Presentation Neil Bird419.72 KB

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