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European Forests, European Lives: Exhibition reveals forests' importance to Europeans

Blogs

European Forests, European Lives: Exhibition reveals forests' importance to Europeans

Throughout 2019, Luka Tomac collected stories from Germany, Sweden, Estonia and Latvia, bringing them together for an exhibition at the European Commission “European Forests, European lives” which puts faces to Europe’s forest stories to remind policy makers that there is a huge difference between tree plantations and real healthy forests. It aims to convince them that our forests deserve to not just be protected, but to also be restored.

14/02/2020
Forest Watch 252 - February 2020

Forest Watch

Forest Watch 252 - February 2020

European Parliament calls for rules to end imported deforestation but concerns about Indigenous Peoples rights in Brazil

13/02/2020
Tree-planting is the talk of Davos: why this dangerous narrative must be challenged

Blogs

Tree-planting is the talk of Davos: why this dangerous narrative must be challenged

Faced with a momentous challenge, politicians and business are recycling a failed solution. Caritas France proposes a more promising one that tackles both climate change and hunger.

13/02/2020
The Congo Basin Forest Partnership: a powerful force to save Central Africa’s forests?

Forest governance, News

The Congo Basin Forest Partnership: a powerful force to save Central Africa’s forests?

German facilitation of the Partnership could set an innovative course.

13/02/2020
France’s forest strategy: fighting to end the climate crisis or to increase logging?

News

France’s forest strategy: fighting to end the climate crisis or to increase logging?

A new report challenges France’s strategy to fight climate change with forests and reveals the actions they should take instead.

13/02/2020
European Parliament calls for rules to end imported deforestation

News

European Parliament calls for rules to end imported deforestation

Several options are under consideration, including binding rules to ensure products on EU markets are deforestation-free.

13/02/2020
Beyond belief: Bolsonaro appoints evangelist to Brazil’s FUNAI

News

Beyond belief: Bolsonaro appoints evangelist to Brazil’s FUNAI

The appointment to the the Brazilian government body that establishes and carries out policies relating to Indigenous Peoples casts a shadow on the eventual EU-Mercosur deal.

13/02/2020
Forest management and climate change: a new approach to the french mitigation strategy

Reports

Forest management and climate change: a new approach to the french mitigation strategy

This new report challenges whether France’s long-term forest strategy will fight climate change. The report shows the flaws in the French plan to produce heat and electricity from burning wood and offers an alternative vision where forests can play their role in fighting the climate breakdown, become more resilient to future shocks and still providing for timber needs.

03/02/2020

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Committee meeting international trade European Union

Forest governance, Blogs

What comes first with the EU-Vietnam trade deal, rights or ratification?

Guest Blog: Campaigner Lindsay Duffield explains some of the challenges ahead to make sure the EU-Vietnam trade agreement doesn‘t undermine human rights or climate change commitments.

22/01/2020
What are FLEGT VPAs? Latest updates

Forest governance, Reports

How to ensure FLEGT is a success: Make sure we stay the course

This January 2020 Fern and LoggingOff's update on FLEGT VPAs shows the support the process is still receiving from civil society, governments and the private sector. It is written by Civil Society leaders across Africa, Asia and Latin America and shows their enthusiasm for the process despite the multiple challenges. 

20/01/2020

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