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Europe cannot drill its way to a low-carbon economy, say climate justice groups

May 21, 2013

This press release warns that EU leaders' discussions about how to lower energy prices and ‘improve’ European industrial competitiveness must not be a smoke-screen for furthering fossil fuel extraction including shale gas.

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GabonMaTerreMonDroit, an initiative to support local communities

May 13, 2013

GabonMaTerreMonDroit is a group of 20 Gabonese NGOs facilitating community action towards improved tenure security in Gabon. This network advocates for improved recognition of community rights and has been raising awareness of local communities on land tenure issues in four regions: Kango, Mouila, Minvoul and Libreville. This slideshow and accompanying song summarizes the ongoing dynamics of this network from July 2012 until April 2013. For more information, see www.gabonmaterre.org

April 2013 - Issue 182

For FERN's new update on voluntary partnership agreements and forest law enforcement governance and trade visit http://www.fern.org/MayVPAUpdate

Moving extractive industries closer to transparency

On 9 April 2013, the EU Council and Parliament reached a deal on a “Transparency and Accounting Directive” that will make oil, gas and mining firms as well as firms that log primary forests declare their payments to governments1 (FW 165 and 175).

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FLEGT VPA Update May 2013

May 7, 2013

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 Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs). This May 2013 example looks at VPAs in Africa, Asia and South and Central America.

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ForestWatch Issue 182 April 2013

May 7, 2013
  • Moving extractive industries closer to transparency
  • Shadow forces ranged against VPAs
  • 7EAP: Council’s opportunity to be effective
  • CITES creates loopholes in the EU Timber Regulation
  • Complaint of human rights violations in DRC
  • Airport challenged due to poor biodiversity offsetting
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Brazilian organizations urge California not to accept REDD offset credits in cap-and-trade scheme

May 1, 2013

Organizations and activists based in Acre and Brazil more widely have written to the Governor of California to express their opposition to the proposal of the government of the U.S. state of California to “reduce” its CO2 emissions through the acquisition of REDD+ offsets from the states of Acre and Chiapas, instead of pursuing emissions reductions in California itself.

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Multinational Corporations and their Impact on Rural Community Rights to Land and Natural Resources

April 25, 2013

This report from Robert Lawrence Nyahn of Save my Future Foundation Liberia finds that if the motivation for issuing concessions for multinational corporations is to lift ordinary Liberian citizens out of poverty, then it has become evident that the

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NGO report busts the myths of the Emissions Trading Scheme

Why it must be replaced with direct action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Brussels, April 15th– The European Parliament votes tomorrow on the European Commission's proposal to backload 900 million emissions permits within the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). This vote assumes the EU ETS can be reformed, but ahead of the vote, a new report shows that the problems of the EU ETS are systemic and unresolvable. Keeping this failed system in place would further delay real action to reduce emissions in Europe.

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NGO report busts the myths of the Emissions Trading Scheme

April 15, 2013

This press release European Parliament was launched in advance of a vote on the European Commission's proposal to backload 900 million emissions permits within the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). This vote assumes the EU ETS can be reformed, but ahead of the vote, a new report shows that the problems of the EU ETS are systemic and unresolvable. Keeping this failed system in place would further delay real action to reduce emissions in Europe.

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EU ETS myth busting: Why it can’t be reformed and shouldn’t be replicated

April 15, 2013

Given the urgent need to limit  global warming, it is vital that the European Union (EU) gives itself the best tools with which to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Since the launch of the EU's ‘cornerstone policy’ to reduce emissions — the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), emissions have risen; there is increased reliance on coal; the price of consumer energy has risen along with the profits of many industrial actors (as a direct result of the EU ETS) and millions of euros of public money have been lost in VAT fraud.

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