Publications & Insight

Films

Putting down roots: The forest communities fighting climate change

We live in a world where our attention spans are getting shorter and the demands on it are getting bigger.

A world in which we’re bombarded with short films - often with shocking messages - that have been cut so fast that if you...

14/03/2018

VPAs and NDCs: Sharing the Toolbox? – How lessons learned from EU FLEGT can be put to work for the Paris Agreement

As the Paris Agreement is ratified by each of its signatory states, they commit to put into action their specific national plans to combat climate change. These plans are called Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). Fern...

14/03/2018

What role do forests and governance play in countries’ nationally determined contributions to the Paris Climate Agreement?

This study analyses the correlation between forest governance and deforestation, and aims to improve national understanding of the challenges involved in land-use governance. The multistakeholder Voluntary Partnership Agreement...

14/03/2018

NGO Statements

NGO Letter: Stop the Svydovets ski resort in Ukraine

A letter from 21 NGOs asking the President of Ukraine to stop the huge ski resort project planned in the “Svydovets” massif in the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine. The area is described as one of the most beautiful and least...

14/03/2018

NGO Statements

Civil society statement: EU Protein Plan for Europe - Please stand up for forests, people and animals!

On March 8, NGOs sent a letter to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development calling them on standing up for forests, people and animals when voting on the EU Protein Plan for...

14/03/2018

Reports

How do forest NGOs deal with gender in their work?

This study was funded by Fern to analyse the extent to which Forest NGOs take gender into account and how they design their programmes to ensure women and men's different needs are taken into account. Its initial aim was to help...

13/03/2018

Press Releases

Republic of Congo: Support message for NGO Rencontre pour la Paix et les Droits de l’Homme

Fern is deeply concerned with the looting of Rencontre pour la Paix et les Droits de l’Homme (RPDH) offices in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo, on 9 March, 2018. RPDH has been working on human rights issues and natural resource...

10/03/2018

Events

Achieving the 1.5 Target with Forests: What Role for the EU? - Panel event

By endorsing the Paris Agreement, the European Union (EU) has made a commitment to halt deforestation and forest degradation and protect carbon sinks and storage. The efforts to limit warming to 1.5 degrees will also require fores...

09/03/2018

News in Brief - March 2018

We need some good news! Putting Down Roots, Fern’s new 15-minute film,...

07/03/2018

Films

We need an EU Action Plan on deforestation now!

January 2018: Brazilians and Colombians reveal the impacts of deforestation on Amazonian peoples. Members of the Parliament from various political groups took advantage of this exhibition to call for an EU action plan on...

05/03/2018