Publications & Insight

News, Forest Watch

European biomass industry confirms it is burning large amounts of “low-quality stemwood” (tree trunks)

The world’s climate and biodiversity are in a perilous state; there is no time to waste: the EU must ensure the revised Renewable Energy Directive discourages forest destruction.

06/05/2022

News, Forest Watch

Parliament could still push for ambitious forest climate policy

The Commission is proposing to amend its land use, land use change and forestry regulation to achieve climate goals, but other political and private actors must stop seeking out loopholes.

06/05/2022

Forest governance

Monrovia Calling

In recent years, Fern has supported journalists in forested countries to report on critical issues facing their nations’ forests. A remarkable investigative journalism project in Liberia is continuing that tradition.

05/05/2022

News

A step in the right direction

The EU’s climate and human rights ambitions have long been thwarted by its free trade policies. The Commission is now showing signs of rectifying this, but it has some way to go say eight leading NGOs.

25/04/2022

Op ed from Swedish NGOs about the EU's law to tackle deforestation

The European Parliament and Council are currently debating changes to the Commission’s proposal for a Deforestation-free products regulation. Swedish NGOs originally published this article in the Swedish Media to call out the negative role that their country is playing, weakening the regulation and urging them to unite with other Member States in the fight against global deforestation and forest degradation.

25/04/2022

NGO Statements

NGO letter calling for EU Strategy on supply-side measures to complement the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products

On Friday 22 April 2022, a group of NGOs including Fern wrote to Ministers of Foreign Affairs and International Development and Cooperation, Ministers of the Environment, and Ministers of Agriculture of the Members States of the...

22/04/2022

News, Briefing Notes

Reglamento de la UE sobre productos libres de deforestación

Análisis de Fern sobre el proyecto d e informe del ponente del Parlamento Europeo

20/04/2022

Forest Watch 274 - April 2022

The impact of Putin’s war on Ukraine reverberates throughout EU actions and policies; Parliament report on the deforestation-free regulation.

06/04/2022

News, Forest Watch

Parliament report on the Regulation on deforestation-free products takes on some concerns of producer country smallholders and NGOs

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have listened to some of the concerns about the Regulation, but key requests, such as a fair price, remain in suspense.

06/04/2022

News, Forest Watch

Powerful lobbies use Russia’s war on Ukraine to propose weakening climate and environmental policies

Security is not just about energy. It is about averting climate breakdown. The Ukraine crisis must not be used as a political football.

06/04/2022