Publications & Insight

Vietnam–EU VPA to include all timber markets

As their negotiations toward a Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) advance, Vietnam and the EU have taken a positive step toward ensuring the VPA’s effectiveness.

During...

15/05/2016

News in Brief - May 2016

Drax asks for more state funds

In 2015 Drax, the UK’s largest power plant, received £451.8 million in state subsidies and other support for converting its coal-fired boilers into ones that can burn wood pellets. Now Drax is...

15/05/2016

Forest Watch

EU Forest Watch 215 - May 2016

15/05/2016

Europe's trail-blazing tropical forest policy is working

In Ghana, Liberia and Central African Republic, benefits are starting to flow to forest communities for the first time

04/05/2016

Reports

Do FLEGT VPAs improve governance?

Fern has published research showing that the FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) have led to clear improvements in forest governance. the publication of the research came as the European Commission released an...

04/05/2016

Briefing Notes

ONG piden a la UE para fortalecer Plan de Acción FLEGT

Un grupo de ONG, entre ellas Fern, han publicado un documento de información que pide a la UE para reforzar las medidas en su Plan de acción sobre la aplicación de la legislación forestal, gobernanza y comercio forestales (FLEGT)...

26/04/2016

Reports

Going beyond 40% - options to ensure LULUCF maintains high environmental integrity of the EU climate and energy package

As the ratification process for the Paris Climate Agreement begins, a new study produced by the Oeko-Institut for Fern has shown how the EU’s new policy on land and forests could help it to be more ambitious on its climate change...

22/04/2016

Briefing Notes

LULUCF: what would a good proposal look like?

As the ratification process for the Paris Climate Agreement begins, a new Fern briefing has shown how the EU’s new policy on land and forests could help it to be more ambitious on its climate change targets, and set a positive...

22/04/2016

EU must act urgently on FLEGT and deforestation

On the occasion on International Day of Forests, nine NGOs, including Fern, urged the EU to step up the implementation of the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan.

The NGOs made their call for the...

15/04/2016

FLEGT: Council takes a more balanced view

At its meeting on 14 March, the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council expressed strong support for the EU FLEGT Action Plan when discussing the EU Court of Auditors’ critical report on FLEGT.In its draft conclusions, the Council...

15/04/2016