Publications & Insight

Forest Watch

LULUCF: Inching toward genuine progress

Plenary LULUCF vote in Parliament moves important issues in the right direction.

10/06/2022

Forest Watch

Worrying news from Finland's and Estonia’s forests

Recent data from Finnish and Estonian forests show how bad forest management can aggravate the climate crisis

10/06/2022

Forest Watch

Vested interests in Ukraine are grabbing the chance to relax inconvenient environmental controls

NGOs hope the EU Rebuild Ukraine Facility will help stop the harm to Ukraine’s environment

10/06/2022

Press Releases

LULUCF: A Clear Steer for Increased Ambition, but far from original hopes

In its latest vote on Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry, the European Parliament endorsed a higher target for the amount of carbon dioxide that should be removed from EU land. The vote also acknowledged the importance of...

09/06/2022

Events

Expert meeting on the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products

When: 

Tuesday 24 May, 17:30 - 20:30 (Brussels - CET)

Where:

- At Press Club Brussels Europe (in person, from 17:30) - Online (starting from 18:00)

Background:

The proposed EU Regulation on deforestation-free products aims to...

24/05/2022

News

Historic vote on no longer burning trees for energy needs to be defended

For the first time, a major EU regulatory body has concluded that one of the EU’s most climate-wrecking policies of the last decade - incentivising the burning of forests in the name of renewable energy - has to stop.

20/05/2022

Forest governance

2022 Forest Governance Forum

On 24 May 2022 at 09:30 - 11:00 (UTC+1), join Fern for the event Building on COP26 to Promote Inclusive and Ambitious Climate Action. It will take place at the 13th Forest Governance Forum (FGF) in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo,...

18/05/2022

Keeping bioenergy out of REPower EU

Letter sent to President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Executive Vice President for the Green Deal Frans Timmermans, and EU Commissioners Janusz Wojciechowski, Kadri Simson, Stella Kyriakides and Virginijus...

16/05/2022

Forest Watch

Forest Watch 275 - May 2022

The EU’s opportunities to tackle climate change ... and Brazil’s plans for the Amazon

06/05/2022

Blogs, Forest Watch

Forests and Indigenous land rights will be key in Brazil’s upcoming general election

Pierre-Jean Sol Brasier’s visit to Brazil offers insights about the stakes of the path to be chosen next October.

06/05/2022