Events

Events

2020 Cocoa Barometer Launch

On Tuesday 1st December, the VOICE network (in partnership with Fern) launched the 2020 Cocoa Barometer with a webinar attended by a broad range of stakeholders who created a lively discussion. 

The event was moderated by Oliver...

02/12/2020

Forest governance and COVID-19: How can FLEGT support a green recovery from the pandemic?

Human society is enduring one of the greatest global health crises of the past century: COVID-19. As the urgency of tackling the pandemic took centre stage, policy issues such as the implementation of the Forest Law Enforcement...

01/12/2020

Webinar: Unleashing the potential of Community-based forest and wildlife management for building back better: livelihoods, biodiversity, and climate resilience in Africa

Webinar organised by FAO’s Forest Technical Network in Africa (FTN-Africa) 

Monday 7 December 2020 – 11:00-12:30 (Accra/GMT) 12:00 – 13:30 (Kinshasa/Rome time) 

Register here

Background

Most countries in Africa are committed...

30/11/2020

EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: What’s in it for indigenous peoples and local communities?

The webinar took place on 19 November 2020 – 9h-13h Brussels time

Recordings of the  event with interpretation  in English, French, Spanish and Russian are available.

Background

Faced with the urgent need to restore...

28/10/2020

Events

Tackling deforestation through EU due diligence: lessons and proposals from Brazil

The webinar discussed how to trace Brazilian agricultural exports to the EU and how a deforestation and land rights observatory could help EU companies perform due diligence to remove deforestation and human rights violations from...

01/10/2020

Biodiversity and Carbon Neutrality: The role of EU law

The European Commission has outlined pathways to carbon neutrality in 2050 all of which require negative emissions. The most cost-effective, readily available negative emission comes from forests and other ecosystems, which absorb...

29/09/2020

News, Events

Webinars on the EU and UK consultations on Regulatory Proposals to Halt Deforestation

Highlights of the webinar:

The webinars in Brazilian Portuguese, English, French, and Spanish (click on the links for the slides) were attended by over 100 participants, including civil society from producer countries, as well...

28/09/2020

Events

What Climate Strategy for European Forests? Rethinking their contribution to climate neutrality

The European Union (EU) has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050. This will require us to both drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to increase carbon dioxide removals. Many countries rely heavily on scenarios that...

21/07/2020

Events

Ending imported destruction: How EU due diligence regulations could protect forests and people

Read the full report of the event

Fern and the Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) Working Group of the European Parliament, a cross-party group of Members if the European Parliament (MEPs), co-organised the event to discuss...

03/07/2020