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Forests, finance, and justice: The missed opportunities of COP29

The recent conference of parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, raised high hopes for transformative action to address the escalating climate crisis. Its outcomes largely fell short,...

12/12/2024

News

Nickel mining for electric vehicles is destroying lives in Indonesia

Indonesia’s abundant nickel reserves are crucial for a low carbon world. But extracting them is ruining local peoples’ lives and causing rampant deforestation

09/12/2024

Press Releases

EU-Mercosur trade agreement will perpetuate a forest destructive model

Brussels - Today, the President of the European Commission and Head of States of relevant South American countries reached a political agreement for a Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Mercosur.  

“This deal...

06/12/2024

NGO Statements

Open letter from Environmental Civil Society Organisations to the European Commission

In light of questions raised in the European Parliament’s Budgetary Control (CONT) Committee on EU funding of civil society, 31 organisations, including Fern, have issued an open letter to the European Commission to stress that...

06/12/2024

Reports

Analysis of the European Commission’s Strategic Framework for International Cooperation

Without meaningful and inclusive partnerships with producer countries to tackle the root causes of deforestation, the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) risks cleaning EU supply chains but powerless to address wider deforestation....

05/12/2024

Press Releases

EU landmark deforestation law is off the hook

The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which entered into force in June 2023, has undergone sustained political attacks since the start of 2024, leading the European Commission to propose delaying its application by 12 months.

T...

04/12/2024

Reports

WTO implications of the proposed “no risk” amendment to the EUDR

The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which entered into force in June 2023, has undergone sustained political attacks since the start of 2024, leading the European Commission to propose delaying its application by 12 months.   ...

02/12/2024

Press Releases

EU Member States reject EU Parliament’s attempt to sabotage the EU Deforestation Law

EU Member States today rejected the European Parliament's amendments to the EU’s landmark deforestation regulation. These amendments pose a severe threat to the law’s integrity and were tabled last week by the centre-right...

20/11/2024

A path to resilient European forests

Advancing the link between healthy forest ecosystems and resilient forest economies

Co-hosted by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) Danuše Nerudová (EPP), Marina Kaljurand (S&D), Michal Wiezik (Renew), Tomas Waitz (Greens)...

20/11/2024

Briefing Notes

EU forests under pressure: The path to resilience

Summary

Forest area is increasing, but European forests have low resilience impacting their ability to buffer climate impacts, sustain other plants and animals, and remain a respite for Europeans. Forest sector employment is...

20/11/2024