Publications & Insight

News, Forest Watch

The newest FLEGT agreement signed! Celebrating the EU-Côte d’Ivoire forest agreement

On 19 February 2024, the European Commission and Côte d’Ivoire signed their Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), a major step on the way to sustainable, legal forestry. 

This...

06/03/2024

News, Forest Watch, Partner Voices

A broken system

Cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire are being crushed by the same pressures as farmers protesting in Europe.

The farmers blocking roads and bringing traffic to a halt across Europe are part of a global trend. Since January 2023,...

06/03/2024

Press Releases

Packaging lobbyists have won: packaging regulation will increase waste, according to Forest NGOs

The final EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation was agreed in trilogue despite being stripped of its most pressing provisions.

Yesterday the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union released the final text of...

05/03/2024

Events

Cerrado: Connecting Peoples, Cultures and Biomes

When: 

Tuesday 19 March, 16:00 - 19:00 (Brussels - CET)

Where:

Atelier29 Rue Jacques de Lalaing, 29 1000 Brussels Belgium

Register now

The Cerrado is Brazil’s second largest ecosystem. It is a savannah (mixed woodland and...

29/02/2024

Reports

EU 2040 climate target - what does it mean for forests?

In February 2024, the European Commission issued its 2040 climate target Communication, which proposes to reduce net greenhouse gases (GHG) by 90 per cent compared to 1990 levels.

Several elements of the Communication will have...

22/02/2024

Forest Watch 292 - February 2024

New look ForestWatch: The link between chocolate, the climate, farming and forests

20/02/2024

Events

Traceability for the EUDR: Lessons learned from the Brazilian cattle sector and recommendations to the EU

On 15 February 2024, Fern hosted a hybrid event at the Press Club in Brussels. Campaigners, decision makers and experts came together to discuss how to ensure public traceability systems can improve compliance with the EU...

15/02/2024

News, Forest Watch

A hopeful, mysterious start for EU Strategic Farm dialogues

At this point, most Europeans can agree that greater consensus in EU farming policy would be a wonderful thing. That the Commission launched a Strategic Farm dialogue process on 25 January 2024 is therefore welcome, even if the...

07/02/2024

News, Forest Watch

The Chocolate challenge – could it provide lessons for other EUDR commodities?

Chocolate’s complex supply chain faces no shortage of challenges, some longstanding and entrenched, others that arise due to implementation of the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR). Amsterdam Cocoa Week (5-11...

07/02/2024

News, Forest Watch

EU independent science body criticises European inconsistency in climate policy and forests

Overlogging and climate change are causing the collapse of European forest carbon sinks, and the EU risks not even meeting weak 2030 Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) targets. There is therefore huge concern that...

07/02/2024