Fern campaigner, Marie Ange Kalenga was invited to produce a blog for Transparency International’s 20th anniversary. Beyond obvious criminal implications, corruption is an assault on people, forests and the environment. It can be stopped.
11/12/2019
Catholic bishops speak out on protecting indigenous communities and rainforests in the Amazon and worldwide and says it is time to listen to the cry of people and of nature.
13/11/2019
On 3 September 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron (on behalf of the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI), as France holds this year’s presidency) and President Denis Sassou-Nguesso of the Republic of Congo signed a ground-...
18/09/2019
The EU must react swiftly to defend forest governance and uphold the EU Timber Regulation.
08/05/2019
International funders must stop providing cover to harmful agri-business parks, and prioritise community rights and forests while there is still time.
Corruption and illegal deforestation go hand in hand. The best way to tackle them is through bolstering community land rights and democracy.
10/04/2019