Publications & Insight

Blogs, Forest Watch

Dual climate and biodiversity crises threaten people and the planet, but we have the tools to solve them!

The unfolding COVID crisis has laid bare our social, disaster-preparedness, economic and governance vulnerabilities. But 2020 is a plentiful year for crises: in addition to the pandemic, our consumption and unsustainable economic...

16/12/2020

News, Events, Forest Watch

Webinar Roundup: Another chance to attend online conferences

Livelihoods, Biodiversity and Climate Resilience in Africa: Unleashing the potential of Community-based forest and wildlife management for building back better. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) collaborated with...

16/12/2020

News, Events, Forest Watch

Cocoa Barometer 2020 demands system change to end cocoa poverty

After two decades of failed interventions across the cocoa sector, cocoa-farming communities are still battling the effects of poverty, child labour and deforestation. The 2020 Cocoa Barometer report launched 1 December 2020 is a...

16/12/2020

News, Forest Watch

Cleaning up the EU’s own backyard

It’s a tough time for EU forests. The EU engages in valuable initiatives to protect forests elsewhere but, as its own forests are in a downward spiral, keeps missing opportunities to protect its own. 

After last month’s close-up...

16/12/2020

News, Forest Watch

EU’s 2030 Climate target: watered down with ‘net’ reductions

When the European Council met to discuss stricter 2030 climate targets on 12 December 2020, they have heard NGOs and industry arguments about whether to bundle efforts to increase natural carbon removals from forests and...

16/12/2020

News, Forest Watch

Consumers ask Commission for binding rules to stop forest destruction

From September through 10 December 2020, the Commission held a consultation asking the public what action the Commission should take to help stop deforestation. The understanding that, through its consumption and import of...

16/12/2020

Events

2020 Cocoa Barometer Launch

On Tuesday 1st December, the VOICE network (in partnership with Fern) launched the 2020 Cocoa Barometer with a webinar attended by a broad range of stakeholders who created a lively discussion. 

The event was moderated by Oliver...

02/12/2020

Briefing Notes

Measuring the impact of the EU-Mercosur Trade deal on land use, forests, and the people who depend on them.

Ultimately, the impacts of trade agreements reverberate in local communities, in the individual lives of women, men and children, and in the destruction of the unique areas of forest and habitats which surround them. 

This...

02/12/2020

Forest governance

GOBERNANZA FORESTAL Y COVID-19. EL PAPEL QUE PUEDE DESEMPEÑAR EL PLAN DE ACCIÓN FLEGT EN FAVOR DE UNA RECUPERACIÓN VERDE DE LA PANDEMIA

La sociedad humana está padeciendo una de las mayores crisis sanitarias mundiales de los últimos 100 años: el COVID-19. Cuando la urgencia de hacer frente a la pandemia pasó a ser lo más importante, se relegaron las cuestiones...

01/12/2020

Forest governance

Webinar: Unleashing the potential of Community-based forest and wildlife management for building back better: livelihoods, biodiversity, and climate resilience in Africa

Webinar organised by FAO’s Forest Technical Network in Africa (FTN-Africa) 

Monday 7 December 2020 – 11:00-12:30 (Accra/GMT) 12:00 – 13:30 (Kinshasa/Rome time) 

Register here

BackgroundMost countries in Africa are committed to...

30/11/2020