Publications & Insight

Blogs

Forest loss affects women and children disproportionally

Forest loss is a global problem for all due to loss of livelihoods and a changing climate. However, it affects women and children disproportionally.

29/05/2019

Blogs

Stronger democracy means stronger forests

Corruption and illegal deforestation go hand in hand. The best way to tackle them is through bolstering community land rights and democracy.

10/04/2019

Reports

Bringing community forestry to the next level: A review of European support in the Congo Basin

In the past two decades, community forestry has yielded uneven results in the Congo Basin. The initial goal - enabling local communities to benefit directly from forest management - is not yet a reality. Problems include uneven...

02/04/2019

Reports

Community forestry: Opportunity or mirage for women in the Congo Basin?

In the Congo Basin, women play an important role in forest management by either practicing traditional agroforestry or collecting fuelwood and non-timber forest products for food, livestock, and health care or income generation....

07/03/2019

News

Forest revenue transparency: Republic of Congo and the EU must do more

The 2016 report that the Republic of Congo just submitted to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) raises NGO concerns over the country’s commitment to ensure full transparency of payments made by logging...

05/03/2019

News

Congo Basin meeting in Brussels: time for stronger action

A more ambitious plan is needed to protect forests and meet people’s aspirations in the second-largest rainforest in the world. Governments, civil society and the private sector convened in Brussels, 27 - 28 November 2018, for the...

18/12/2018

Trade agreements and transparency: under construction – VPA update, December 2018

Illegal logging and the illicit timber trade thrive when legal frameworks, rights and benefits are unclear and complex to enforce. Transparency is therefore at the heart of Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) and over the last...

04/12/2018

News

Brazzaville Forest Governance Forum states: Time to listen to local communities

In order to halt deforestation and protect the climate, communities must have a say in how forests are managed; and activities involving forests must not threaten the livelihoods of those who depend on those vital resources....

21/11/2018

Films

From the forests to the EU

Civil society explains how the EU can help protect forests and forest people rights

Around the world, about 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their survival. And yet, in 2017 alone, global tropical forests lost 15.8...

25/07/2018

Rooting for change - VPA Update, June 2018

One year ago, forests and their crucial ecological and economic role were again at the forefront of the EU’s policy agenda. In June 2017, at the EU conference on illegal logging and deforestation, EU Commissioner for International...

10/06/2018