News

EU Deforestation Regulation must follow international land and tenure rights standards

The European Union (EU) is the second biggest market for Brazilian soy, and a major importer of Brazilian beef and leather. These goods fuel deforestation – much of illegal – in Brazil. For example, cattle ranching in the...

23/06/2022

Blogs, Forest Watch

Forests and Indigenous land rights will be key in Brazil’s upcoming general election

Pierre-Jean Sol Brasier’s visit to Brazil offers insights about the stakes of the path to be chosen next October.

06/05/2022

News

Ninjas take on Europe: "Bolsonaro is not a Brazilian problem, but a global one"

Brazilian social media platform 'Mídia Ninja' joined COP26 in Glasgow and have been on a tour of Europe ever since. So what did they find?

14/12/2021

News

Commission’s proposed new Regulation means deforestation-free products may soon be on the cards

Some provisions in the Commission’s proposed Regulation on deforestation-free products must be strengthened, but its arrival is cause for celebration.

14/12/2021

News, NGO Statements

NGOs are alarmed that EU anti-deforestation law could let soy-driven forest destruction off the hook

In a letter, a coalition of NGOs urged the EU Commission to ensure that all soy imports, including soybean cake and soy-protein concentrate (SPC), and those produced through the conversion of savannahs, are included in the scope...

08/11/2021

News

NGOs are concerned that EU anti-deforestation regulation would largely fail to address deforestation in Brazil

A group of NGOs shared their concerns about the upcoming EU legislation on forest and other ecosystem-risk commodities. If the regulation leaves out key high-risk cattle products, such as processed beef and hides, and excludes the...

28/10/2021

Blogs

The Rights Path

The world needs a great global forest restoration. But to succeed, it will require the restoration of the rights of forest dwellers: the people who know forests best and have the most reason to defend and nurture them, says Fred Pearce, award-winning writer and Fern board member.

15/10/2021

Bolsonaro under scrutiny in The Hague for crimes against humanity, genocide and possibly ecocide

Jair Bolsonaro is finally facing global opposition to the destruction he has wrought, so why is the EU still considering signing the Mercosur trade deal?

14/07/2021

Films

An activist’s guide to the EU

How does the EU impact the world and how can civil society influence EU policies?

The EU has a huge influence over the fate of the world’s forests.

Its trade deals, aid strategies, energy and climate policies, and imports of...

19/11/2020

News, Forest Watch

Can the EU-Mercosur agreement be used to stop Bolsonaro’s attack on forests and Indigenous Peoples?

Significant developments with the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement in recent weeks will reveal whether the possibility of the deal being placed in the deep-freeze is enough to unlock a change of course in Brazil. 

After the...

10/11/2020