Publications & Insight

Hope in sight for CAR’s forests – and the VPA process

The Central African Republic turned one of the darkest pages of its troubled history when Faustin-Archange Touadéra was sworn in as its new president on 30 March .

After almost three years of protracted conflict that killed...

15/05/2016

Indonesian activists urge EU to respect rights in palm oil trade

Two Indonesian community leaders have given alarming testimonies to Members of the European Parliament and European Commission officials about the devastating social impacts and environmental destruction caused as a result of palm...

15/05/2016

Rapporteur highlights judicial harassment in Cameroon

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has cast doubts on the legal proceedings against Cameroonian human rights activist Nasako Besingi.

In a statement that should prompt unease among the international donor...

15/05/2016

Vietnam–EU VPA to include all timber markets

As their negotiations toward a Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) advance, Vietnam and the EU have taken a positive step toward ensuring the VPA’s effectiveness.

During...

15/05/2016

News in Brief - May 2016

Drax asks for more state funds

In 2015 Drax, the UK’s largest power plant, received £451.8 million in state subsidies and other support for converting its coal-fired boilers into ones that can burn wood pellets. Now Drax is...

15/05/2016

Forest Watch

EU Forest Watch 215 - May 2016

15/05/2016

Europe's trail-blazing tropical forest policy is working

In Ghana, Liberia and Central African Republic, benefits are starting to flow to forest communities for the first time

04/05/2016

Reports

Do FLEGT VPAs improve governance?

Fern has published research showing that the FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) have led to clear improvements in forest governance. the publication of the research came as the European Commission released an...

04/05/2016

Briefing Notes

NGOs call for FLEGT Action Plan to be strengthened

A group of NGOs, including Fern, has issued a briefing paper calling on the EU to strengthen the measures contained in the FLEGT Action Plan as a way of tackling illegal logging. The briefing is the NGOs’ contribution to the...

26/04/2016

Reports

Going beyond 40% - options to ensure LULUCF maintains high environmental integrity of the EU climate and energy package

As the ratification process for the Paris Climate Agreement begins, a new study produced by the Oeko-Institut for Fern has shown how the EU’s new policy on land and forests could help it to be more ambitious on its climate change...

22/04/2016