Publications & Insight

Events

Missing pathways: resilient land solutions in the EU long-term strategy

What role do forests, land and food systems play in limiting warming to 1.5 degrees? And what can the EU do about it?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on keeping global warming below 1.5...

12/11/2018

Press Releases

The Dark Side of the Bioeconomy: Climate Catastrophe, Forest Destruction, and Human Rights Abuses

Over 115 Organisations from 40 countries hold day of action to reject the “BioFuture Platform”.

An international coalition of more than 120 organisations from 40 countries today warns that the rapid global growth of the so-called...

07/11/2018

Blogs

What Europe can do if Bolsonaro attacks the Amazon

The views of the man on the brink of leading the planet’s fourth largest democracy have attracted global notoriety since his shock victory in Brazil’s first-round presidential election earlier this month.

Jair Bolsonaro would...

26/10/2018

Briefing Notes

EU consumption of rubber and deforestation

Natural rubber plantations emerged as a significant source of deforestation, land grabs and human rights abuses in the first decade of the 21st century.

Three quarters of the world’s natural rubber production goes to...

25/10/2018

Audited Finances

Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2017

24/10/2018

NGO Statements

Civil society letter on the EU Protein Plan to the Austrian Presidency

On October 18, European NGOs and networks, including Fern, sent an open letter to the Permanent Representation of Austria, on the occasion of the Austrian presidency, to make recommendations on the EU's upcoming protein plan. They...

22/10/2018

Reports

Forests and forest people in EU Free Trade Agreements

The EU has made strong commitments to mitigate climate change, stop deforestation and respect human rights, including community rights to land. The trade agreements the EU is currently negotiating with highly forested countries...

20/10/2018

News

Month of hope for Germany’s Hambach forest

Communities battling to save the last 10 per cent of Germany’s Hambach forest are celebrating the temporary suspension of logging granted by an administrative court in Münster on 5 October 2018. The suspension came after German...

18/10/2018

News

A solid starting point for sustainability and an EU-Indonesia FTA

The draft interim report of the Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) for the EU-Indonesia Free Trade negotiations (FW 237) places a strong emphasis on the lessons to be learned from the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and...

18/10/2018

News

Dutch court ruling on climate change could improve climate policies globally

The Hague Court of Appeal made a precedent-setting ruling on 9 October 2018, providing a global example for engaged citizens to hold their governments to account for climate policies. The...

18/10/2018