Publications & Insight

Reports

Stemming the tide

The potential of forests to supply the European bioeconomy

26/10/2023

Forest Watch

Knife-edge ENVI vote to ban superfluous packaging may not be enough to save forests

Paper industry lobbyists expected to continue to push false narratives to try to remove the remaining positive elements of the Paper Packaging and Waste Regulation from the final version. 

25/10/2023

Forest Watch

Forest Watch 289 - October 2023

Is Ghanaian legal timber on the way, will Europe agree on forest monitoring and can Lula support Brazil's Indigenous Peoples?

11/10/2023

Forest Watch

Brazil’s Supreme Court decision on land rights immediately undermined by its far-right legislative body

Despite Lula’s positive efforts, the Bolsonarist assault on Indigenous rights continues.

11/10/2023

Forest Watch

Ghana ready to issue licences to guarantee that exported timber is legally produced

A decade of work from Ghana’s government, non-governmental organisations, industry and the EU is finally coming to a head and it looks like FLEGT-licensed timber will soon be being exported.

11/10/2023

Forest Watch

Indonesia, Malaysia and the Commission lay groundwork for the Deforestation Regulation

Having set aside differences, Indonesia, Malaysia and the EU are defining topics to advance implementation of the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products.

11/10/2023

Forest Watch

Conflicting and incomplete datasets underscore the need to harmonise forest monitoring

Biodiversity, climate and ecosystems policies rely on complete forest data, so it’s time for a forest monitoring law to ensure such data exists.

11/10/2023

Press Releases

Final EU Renewable Energy Directive will continue driving forest destruction, but national lawmakers can limit the damage

Despite repeated warnings from scientists, doctors, NGOs, and EU citizens about its dire consequences for forests and air quality, the final version of the revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) which was adopted today, will...

09/10/2023

"Green Gold" - a board game on land use and climate change

In 2019, Fern worked with a game designer to create “Green Gold” - a board game to show the complex issues that need to be considered when thinking about how best to tackle the climate crisis through improved land use. It is set...

02/10/2023

Forest Watch

Forest Watch 288 - September 2023

MEPs vote on packaging, mining for the green economy and forests' future...

14/09/2023