Publications & Insight

MEPs condemn land grabs

On 12 March 2015, the European Parliament strongly condemned Tanzania’s government for land grabbing, evictions and violence against its Maasai people. This follows on from the November 2014 tweet sent by Tanzania’s President...

26/03/2015

Taking stock: Tracking trends in European Aid for forests and communities

Forests and forest-dependent communities are under increasing pressure due to infrastructure projects and the demand for agricultural commodities. Although there is growing recognition of the importance of forests in mitigating...

19/03/2015

The EU’s 'stolen goods'

Recently, we have seen the emergence of a grave new threat: Tropical forests are now being destroyed not so much for their timber, but to make way for commercial agriculture — driven by the insatiable demand of the “global north” for products such as palm oil, beef and soy. The consequences, both for the fight against climate change and for forest-dependent communities, are catastrophic.

18/03/2015

Stolen Goods: The EU’s complicity in illegal tropical deforestation

Previous studies commissioned by the EU have shown that the EU has been leading the world in imports of ‘embodied deforestation’ in the form of agricultural and timber products. This study goes a step further, by showing that the...

17/03/2015

Press Releases

EU a Global Leader in Consumption of Goods from Illegally Deforested Land Valued at EUR 6 Billion Annually

Released at the same time as Fern's new report Stolen Goods, this press release reveals that almost a quarter of the world trade in agricultural goods produced on land illegally cleared of forest is destined for the EU; the...

16/03/2015

Forest Watch

EU Forest Watch Issue 202 - March 2015

15/03/2015

Briefing Notes

EU consumption and illegal deforestation

Half of all tropical deforestation since 2000 has been caused by illegal clearance of forests for commercial agriculture. This briefing is a summary of Fern’s new study "Stolen Goods",  which reveals that the EU is one of the...

14/03/2015

Films

Stories from the ground

12/03/2015

Briefing Notes

Beyond biodiversity offsetting; trading away community rights in Gabon

This is the fourth in a series of briefing notes outlining concerns and considerations related to global proposals to offset biodiversity loss. This briefing note analyses a dangerous new proposal being discussed in Gabon for a...

10/03/2015

News in brief - March 2015

Supply Change, an initiative that keeps track of corporate and investor promises to end deforestation, will be launched on 25 March 2015. Forest Trends says it convened the project in response to the growing number of public...

04/03/2015