Publications & Insight

Reports

Flows of biomass to and from the EU

This new report shows that the quantity of wood required to satisfy the European Union’s 20-20-20 target is likely to be too large to be met by increased production within the EU. Member States will have to rely on importing wood...

14/09/2011

Briefing notes

Central America’s first VPA? Perspectives on FLEGT in Honduras

In early April 2011, and following some initial contacts between Honduras and the European Union (EU) in mid-2010, a series of meetings and workshops were held in Honduras with the objective to explore the potential negotiation of...

26/07/2011

Reports

Forest Governance and the Voluntary Partnership Agreement: Deepening forest sector reform in Liberia

On 9 May 2011 the government of Liberia and the European Union (EU) signed a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) in the Liberian capital, Monrovia. The aim of the agreement is to improve forest governance by tackling the problem...

14/07/2011

Annual reports

Annual Report 2011

20/06/2011

Reports

¿Diseñado para fracasar? Los conceptos, las prácticas y las controversias detrás del comercio de carbono

¿Diseñado para fracasar? Los conceptos, las prácticas y las controversias detrás del comercio de carbono. Ahora disponible en español.El calentamiento global es ya una realidad. Los climatólogos advierten que, a menos que...

15/06/2011

NGO statements

FERN statement to the Forest Stewardship Council on withdrawing FERNs membership

In a position paper presented to the FSC General Assembly in 2008, FERN and other FSC members from the environmental and economic chamber highlighted the changes necessary for the FSC to regain and retain its credibility. In 2009,...

08/06/2011

ForestWatch special: Legally binding agreement on forests in Europe: “same, same but different”?

Ministers will gather in mid June 2011 in Oslo to take a decision about whether to enter into negotiations on a legally binding agreement (LBA) for forests in Europe. NGOs question what the added value of this instrument will be...

07/06/2011

Press releases

Financing nuclear times

This newspaper style publication is available in hard copy from info@fern.org. It outlines the history of Export Credit Agencies' support for the nuclear industry and concludes by detailing the destructive projects still in the...

07/06/2011

Reports

Lessons learnt from FLEGT for REDD - Summary

This report explains why ignoring key lessons from initiatives to control illegal logging (such as the EU's Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade Action Plan (FLEGT) will lead REDD to a dead-end.

It builds on FERN's nearly...

26/05/2011

Forestwatch Issue 160 and FLEGT Update

- NGOs re-frame the sustainable biomass debate- Road to ruin: Russian project destroying ancient forest- Offset credit use rises by two-thirds- Nuclear Energy: ECAs place a dangerous bet?- DRC in a FIP-ing hurry- A band-aid for...

16/05/2011