Media

	Media Press releases and other media materials
February 2005	PUBLIC ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION: European ECAs under pressure to open up FERN/ECA-Watch press release on ECA disclosure 11.02.05. OPEN (PDF 88KB)		Articles Briefings EU documents EU Forest Watch Platform News NGO statements Press releases Reports Annual reports Archive Publications by subject
December 2004	Green groups draft EU legislation to outlaw illegal wood imports FERN, Greenpeace and WWF present draft legislation aimed at outlawing imports of illegal timber and forest products into the EU. OPEN (PDF 91KB)
May 2004	CDM Watch/SinksWatch press release: Environmentalists cry foul at rock stars', polluting companies' "carbon neutral" claims Environmentalists launch a protest against British firms Future Forests and Climate Care. press release (PDF 178KB)	HTML
March 2004	Joint press release: [NGOs] congratulate the EU Parliament's Environment Committee for rejecting sinks, large dams and coal projects. Call on EU member stats to suppor recommendations. Greenpeace, FERN, IRN and CDM Watch. press release (PDF 82KB)
February 2004	Weak standards undermine forest certification The credibility of forest certification as a tool to deliver sustainable forest management is at risk from the business-as-usual practices allowed by most certification schemes, according to a major new report launched by FERN. News release
January 2004	Time called on illegal logging trade and imports to the EU Fern, Greenpeace and WWF welcome the call by MEPs for European legislation to combat the import of illegally sourced timber and forest products. press release (PDF 12.6KB)
January 2004	National policies undermine new 'green' timber buying rules New EU rules will make it easier for governments to buy 'green' timber, but many will continue to use illegal and unsustainable sources because of poor national policies, says FERN's new research. News release	HTML
December 2003	Forest fraud: say no to fake carbon credits FERN and SinksWatch are calling for EU governments to exclude carbon sinks projects from their climate project portfolios at COP9 in Milan News release from Milan climate conference	HTML
October 2003	Council issues Conclusions on illegal logging FERN, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and WWF re-state their demands in advance of the finalisation of the Action Plan on illegal logging. Reaction press release (PDF, 99k) Advance press notice Cameroon Fact File (PDF, 98k)	105k
September 2003	Commission proposes ecolabel for toxic furniture FERN, EEB and Greenpeace alert to EU Ministers over criteria for EU ecolabel for furniture, that could include illegally-logged wood. Press release	98k
June 2003	Short-cut to corporate accountability: Reform Export Credit Agencies! NGOs propose detailed revisions to the OECD recommendations to establish "common approaches" to environmental and social guidelines for ECAs Press release	97k
June 2003	EU under spotlight over Lesotho bribery case Press release on EU public hearing OPEN	100k
June 2003	FACT FILE: EU public hearing on corrupt Lesotho dams project Background information on the EU's financial backing of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. OPEN	130k
May 2003	EU plan on illegal logging puts trade before forest peoples rights The European Commission s Action Plan on Illegal Logging published today (21.5.03) has failed to ban the import of illegal logs into the EU. OPEN	99k
April 2003	Groups from seven countries file claim against BP and pipeline partners Joint NGO press release accompanying official complaint against the Baku-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline OPEN (HTML)	HTML
April 2003	APRIL FOOL: Rooftop forest to save EU from emission cuts Spoof press release OPEN	HTML
March 2003	Brazilian groups urge EU companies not to buy carbon credits from eucalyptus plantation Press release distributed by FERN OPEN	HTML
March 2003	No PVC or wood from old-growth forests in EU eco-label for furniture Press release from FERN, EEB and Greenpeace OPEN	137k
December 2002	Blueprint to stop illegal logging Press release from FERN and The Royal Institute of International Affairs announcing the publication of Controlling imports of illegal timber: Options for Europe. OPEN	56k
November 2002	Dirty projects must stop says ECA reform coalition Press release OPEN	48k
November 2002	European financial support should not go to high-risk nuclear reactor on Romania Press release OPEN	42k
November 2002	Poor people are losing out as EC aid misses forest link in developing countries A press release by Fern announcing the launch of the report Forests at the Edge: A review of EC aid spending OPEN	44k
April 2002	Can the CBD save the forests? A press release by Fern announcing the launch of the report Status of implementation of forest-related clauses in the CBD OPEN	40k
December 2001	Stopping human rights abuses is key to solving forest crisis Press release issued by Fern announcing the launch of the report Forests of Fear: The abuse of human rights in forest conflicts OPEN	31k
November 2000	Climate deal set to worsen forest crisis Press release issued by Fern during COP6 climate negotiations in The Hague OPEN	HTML