Publications & Insight

Forest governance

FLEGT and EUTR Fitness Checks: Continued lack of transparency about EU plans

Ironically, the future of the programme that insisted on openness in partner countries’ forest sectors is frustratingly opaque.

16/09/2021

Forest Watch

Forest Watch 268 - September 2021

Continued lack of transparency about EU plans to fight the import of illegal timber

15/09/2021

NGO Statements

EU-Cote d’Ivoire-Ghana dialogue on sustainable cocoa production and trade

This letter was sent to Hon. Patrick Jerome Achi, Prime Minister of Cote d’Ivoire; Hon. Joseph Boahen Aidoo, Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Cocoa Board; H.E. Diana Acconcia, EU Ambassador to Ghana; Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto,...

10/09/2021

Briefing Notes

What does ‘Fit for 55’ mean for forests?

Why the European Commission's 2030 climate and energy proposal is unfit for forests.

27/07/2021

Forest governance

Société civile : quels rôles et impacts vis-à-vis du processus des contributions nationales ?

CARE France, Coordination SUD, Fern et Gret organisaient, le jeudi 16 septembre, un webinaire sur le rôle de la société civile et les impacts vis-à-vis du processus des contributions déterminées au niveau national (CDN). Les CDN...

22/07/2021

Annual Report 2020

2020 marked Fern’s 25th anniversary. It was also the year that COVID overshadowed all else, triggering the biggest global upheaval since the Second World War. The pandemic - and the well-documented links between the relentless...

19/07/2021

Press Releases

Forest Strategy: encouraging but too timid to face up to the challenge

Recognising the importance of forests in the fight against climate change, the European Commission released its new Forest Strategy as part of the Fit for 55 package. It provides the first holistic European vision for how to...

16/07/2021

Press Releases

Forests sacrificed for EU climate policy

Today, the European Commission released its revised 2030 climate and energy package. Despite overwhelming scientific evidence that burning forest biomass accelerates climate change and destroys biodiversity, the Commission ignored...

14/07/2021

Forest Watch 267 - July 2021

What do the EU revised climate and energy 'Fit for 55' package and the leaked Forest Strategy mean for forests?

14/07/2021

Blogs

As the first round of EU-Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire Cocoa Talks wraps up, the way ahead is still unclear

The EU, Ghana & Cote d’Ivoire must commit to concrete actions when talks resume after autumn 2021.

14/07/2021