Ereignisse

Events

Nature-based Solutions: How to avoid land grabbing in the name of biodiversity?

When:

Tuesday 12 October, 13:00 – 17:00 (Brussels - CET).

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Interpretation in English, French, Russian and Spanish

Background:

With Members of the European Parliament Michèle Rivasi, Maria Soraya Rodriguez...

29/09/2021

Société civile : quels rôles et impacts vis-à-vis du processus des contributions nationales ?

CARE France, Coordination SUD, Fern et Gret organisaient, le jeudi 16 septembre, un webinaire sur le rôle de la société civile et les impacts vis-à-vis du processus des contributions déterminées au niveau national (CDN). Les CDN...

22/07/2021

The power of satellite monitoring in European forests

Information session with European campaigning organisations

01/06/2021

Events

Enforcing a Due Diligence based regulation for forest risk commodities

Event based on the report, Enforcing due diligence legislation ‘plus’  

Background:

On 23 July 2019, the European Commission adopted a Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests. Reducing...

22/03/2021

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) 

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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