Publications archive
Documents published pre-2000		    
 
ANNUAL REPORTS: 		   

Annual Reports
Articles
 Briefings
 EU documents
 EU Forest Watch
 NGO statements
 Press releases
 Reports

Current publications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Fern annual report 2003
OPEN
752KB
  Fern annual report 2002
OPEN
1.5MB
  Fern annual report 2001
OPEN
791KB
  Fern annual report 2000
OPEN
886KB
 

Fern annual report 1999
OPEN

HTML
 
ARTICLES: 		 
 

There are currently no articles in the archive.

 
 
BRIEFINGS:		  
November 1999
 The Millennium Round and its relevance to forests
OPEN 		HTML
November 1999
 Summary briefing of the Millennium Round and forests: the WTO and forests
OPEN 		HTML
May 1999
 Funding opportunities for indigenous peoples in Latin America
OPEN 		HTML
December 1998
 The EU and human rights
OPEN 		HTML
September 1998
 The EU ecolabel scheme
OPEN 		HTML
September 1998
 The Fifth Environmental Action Programme
OPEN 		HTML
September 1998
 The EU Generalised System of Preferences and tropical timber
OPEN 		HTML
September 1998
 The EU Forest Strategy
OPEN 		HTML
September 1998
 EU research and monitoring projects related to forests
 OPEN 		HTML
August 1998
 The EU Biodiversity Strategy and Habitats Directive
OPEN 		HTML
July 1998

The law in whose hands? An analysis of the COTCO Convention of Establishment
OPEN English version
OPEN French version

 HTML
March 1998
 Why the EU needs a complaints mechanism for its development co-operation programme
OPEN 		HTML
1998
 Tropical forest funding committees: EC comitology
OPEN 		HTML
December 1997
 An overview of EC aid
OPEN 		HTML
1997
 EU initiatives in the Congo Basin
OPEN 		HTML

EU DOCUMENTS: 		 
October 1999
 Integrating environment and sustainable development into economic and development co-operation policy
Communication from the Commission to the Council and European Parliament
OPEN
NGO comments on this discussion paper (October 2000, HTML)
Council Concusions (May 2001, PDF, 36k) 		HTML
December 1998
 Forestry strategy for the European Union
Council Resolution
OPEN
See preliminary NGO comments on the draft of this paper (November 1998) HTML  		HTML
May 1998
 Commission Working Document on Indigenous Peoples
OPEN
61k
 
EU FOREST WATCH: 		 
December 1999

Issue 39
OPEN

HTML
November 1999
 Issue 38
OPEN
plus: Special Report on Trade		 HTML
September 1999
 Issue 37
OPEN 		HTML
July 1999
 Issue 36
OPEN 		HTML
June 1999
 Issue 35
OPEN 		HTML
May 1999
 Issue 34
OPEN 		HTML
April 1999
 Issue 33
OPEN 		HTML
March 1999
 Issue 32
OPEN 		HTML
February 1999
 Issue 31
OPEN 		HTML
January 1999
 Issue 30
OPEN 		HTML
December 1998
 Issue 29
OPEN 		HTML
November 1998
 Issue 28
OPEN 		HTML
September 1998
 Issue 27
OPEN 		HTML
July 1998
 Issue 26
OPEN 		HTML
June 1998
 Issue 25
OPEN 		HTML
May 1998
 Issue 24
OPEN 		HTML
April 1998
 Issue 23
OPEN 		HTML
March 1998
 Issue 22
OPEN 		HTML
February 1998
 Issue 21
OPEN 		HTML
January 1998
 Issue 20
OPEN 		HTML
 
NGO STATEMENTS: 		 
November 1999
 Brief comments on ÔA Study of the Economic and Environmental Effects of Accelerated Tariff Liberalisation in the Forest Product sectorÕ
OPEN 		HTML
October 1999
 NGO statement on the process of dialogue meetings between the European Commission and NGOs
Meeting on the Prospects for the New Round and preparations for the Seattle Ministerial Agenda
OPEN 		HTML
October 1999
 TAED Biodiversity Working Group statement to official delegation
OPEN 		HTML
October 1999
 NGO statement of opposition to the proposed liberalisation of the forest products sector
OPEN 		HTML
September 1999
 Fern’s comments on IFAG's background paper 'Functions of the International Forest Policy Dialogue beyond the year 2000'.
OPEN 		HTML
July 1999

Joint NGO position on DG III's discussion paper 'The EU forest-based and related industries into the third millennium'
OPEN

HTML
July 1999
 Fern's comments on EU background paper "Functions of a Global Forest Policy Dialogue"
OPEN 		HTML
May 1999
 NGO and IPO statement on IFF3
OPEN 		HTML
April 1999
 The European NGO position on the PEFC
Speech made by Saskia Ozinga of Fern at a PEFC seminar
OPEN 		HTML
April 1999
 NGO statement of concern about PEFC
OPEN 		HTML
March 1999

Joint NGO comments on the DG III working document: Draft Discussion Points and Contents of the Communication of the Commission on the Global Development and Sustainable Competitiveness of the Forest based and Related Industries in the EU.
OPEN

 HTML
March 1999
Report on the Commission Proposal for a Council Regulation on measures to promote the conservation and sustainable management of tropical forests and other forests in developing countries.
This report includes comments on the draft Parliamentary Report (PE 229.394).
OPEN 		HTML
February 1999

NGO statement on The Costa Rica/Canada Initiative
OPEN

HTML
1999
 International NGO/IPO forest policy implementation monitoring project IPF Proposals for Action
Implementation Questionnaire 1999
OPEN 		HTML
November 1998
 Preliminary NGO comments on the draft EU Forestry Strategy
OPEN 		HTML
November 1998
 Open letter to President Santer re EU forest strategy
OPEN 		HTML
November 1998
 Open letter from NGOs to Mr. Jonas Sjostedt re EU Forest Strategy
OPEN 		HTML
March 1998

Work On Forests By Dg XI Of The European Commission
OPEN

HTML
February 1998
 NGO statement on forest certification and chain of custody for European Working Group on Timber Chain of Custody
OPEN 		HTML
December 1997
 Joint NGO declaration on the proposed Pan European Operational Level Guidelines on Sustainable Forest Management
OPEN 		HTML
October 1997
 The Need For A Tropical Forest Small Grants Fund
OPEN 		HTML
September 1997
 Conclusions from the NGO meeting on the follow up of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests
OPEN 		HTML
April 1997
 Proposed global action on forests by the EU
OPEN 		HTML
January 1997
 Statement Against A Global Forest Convention
OPEN 		HTML
 
PRESS RELEASES: 		 
December 1999
 Draft WTO Ministerial text harmful to forests
OPEN 		HTML

REPORTS: 		 
December 1999
 Indigenous peoples and the new Global Vision on forests (DRAFT)
Report by Marcus Colchesterof the Forest Peoples Programme for the World Bank/WWF visioning process
OPEN		 HTML
October 1999
 TAED Biodiversity Working Group Summary report
OPEN 		HTML
March 1999 The law in unsafe hands: The use of private contracts to undermine national and international legal commitments
Published by Fern
OPEN 		HTML
January 1999
 Initial Report of the Global Workshop to Address the Underlying Causes of Deforestation andForest Degradation
A contribution to the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests
OPEN 		HTML
October 1998
 Europe and the world's forests: The underlying causes of deforestation and forest degradation in Europe.
By Marcus Colchester of the Forest Peoples Programme
OPEN 		HTML
1998
 The EU and tropical forests: On a new track
Fern report on EC aid to tropical forests published by the Netherlands Committee for IUCN
OPEN English version
OPEN Dutch version
HTML