Publications & Insight

News

Scientists point to the links between destruction of biodiversity and COVID-19 outbreak

Solutions depend on us all – but decisionmakers with relevant portfolios must acknowledge the problem and its causes.

12/05/2020

News

DG Justice joins the due diligence debate on the side of mandatory rules

Mandatory sustainable corporate governance is continuing to gain traction at the EU Level.

12/05/2020

News

Forest defenders on the COVID-19 frontline stand ready to assist the global EU response

Peoples’ and the planet’s resilience can be enhanced by integrating the COVID-19 response with European Green Deal initiatives and prioritising the most vulnerable.

12/05/2020

Briefing notes

European Green Deal must strengthen partner countries’ recovery from the COVID-19 crisis

Fern and 15 other NGOs working on climate, environment, human rights and sustainable development issues have released a statement on the EU’s response to the COVID-19 crisis. 

The statement welcomes EU leadership in supporting...

06/05/2020

Blogs

Cocoa: why the European Union must act now to eliminate deforestation and child labour from the chocolate we love

European countries are the world’s largest importers of the cocoa beans whose production is devastating rainforests in West Africa and driving millions of children into child labour. To prevent this, chocolate companies and NGOs...

05/05/2020

Blogs

Indonesia’s response to coronavirus threatens to increase illegal logging

Perrine Fournier explains how the EU should react.

27/04/2020

Blogs

Liberia's Ebola lessons can help communities beat coronavirus

On March 16, Liberia’s first recorded coronavirus case was confirmed to be a government official who had just returned from the Green Climate Fund’s board meeting in Switzerland. The news sparked immediate recriminations. This was...

16/04/2020

News

Recommended reading, viewing and listening for our time in confinement!

It looks like we’ll all be at home for a while, so Fern has put together a personal list of reading and viewing suggestions to keep you interested. Enjoy via open library, view or listen online, or purchase on an e-reader

08/04/2020

Blogs

Remembering Martin Khor - a strong voice for the Third World

Martin Khor sadly left us on 1 April, Saskia Ozinga looks back at how his passion helped start the European forest movement.

08/04/2020

Blogs

China’s forest footprint: Time for action on the ground

Christian Mounzéo and Essylot C. Lubala look at China’s new forest law and the practical results it may have in forested countries, such as the Congo Basin.

08/04/2020