Publications & Insight

EU Deforestation Regulation must not imperil Vietnam's coffee farmers' livelihoods

The already precarious livelihoods of coffee farmers in Vietnam must not be pushed closer to the edge by the EU Deforestation Regulation, says Vu Thi Bich Hop, from the Center for Sustainable Rural Development (SRD).

15/12/2022

The EU’s new deforestation regulation faces significant challenges in Indonesia

As members of Indonesia’s Civil Society, we support the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) for its potential to improve governance, especially in the palm oil industry.

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15/12/2022

Forest Governance 7 - December 2022

Civil society apprehensive over EU deforestation regulation's impact in producer countries

15/12/2022

Press Releases

EU law on deforestation: Policy makers prioritise trees over people

This morning European Union (EU) policymakers finished negotiating a new Regulation that aims to prevent agricultural goods tainted by deforestation from being imported into the EU market. While this is an historic first, the law...

06/12/2022

Forest Governance 6 - November 2022

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In September, Fern’s civil society partners from the Congo Basin, West Africa and South East Asia came to Brussels to talk with policymakers about deforestation’s impact - on landscapes as well as...

22/11/2022

Deforestation Regulation: Ivorian farmers' low income from cocoa is a human rights issue

The low income that Ivorian farmers earn producing cocoa is a human rights issue which the EU’s deforestation regulation must address, says Bakary Traoré.

21/11/2022

EU deforestation regulation must strengthen the FLEGT process and producer countries’ own efforts to combat deforestation

The EU’s deforestation regulation must strengthen the FLEGT process and producer countries’ own efforts to combat deforestation, says Justin Kamga, Coordinator of Cameroonian NGO Forêts et Développement Rural (Foder).

21/11/2022

Deforestation Regulation: FLEGT’s achievements must be saved at all costs

FLEGT’s achievements must be saved at all costs, says Christian Mounzéo of Rencontre pour la paix et les droits de l’homme (RPDH), Republic of Congo.

21/11/2022

Protecting and restoring the world's forests

Civil society recommendations for fair and inclusive partnerships between the European Union and forested developing countries

14/11/2022

News, Forest Watch

NaturAfrica: A paradigm shift in the EU’s approach to nature conservation?

If the EU’s flagship conservation programme takes a ‘fortress conservation’ approach, it will harm the livelihoods of local communities and Indigenous Peoples.

13/07/2022