Publications

Slow Death in Siberia

How Europe's coal dependency is devastating Russia's forests and indigenous Shor people

03/05/2018

NGO Statements

Overarching principles for rights-based forest restoration

To avoid catastrophic climate change all sectors of the economy need to radically and rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, we need to sequester more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than we are putting in.The...

30/04/2018

NGO Statements

Statement from civil society representatives on the EU’s Role in Protecting Forests and Rights

Civil society leaders helping to halt the trade in illegal timber and illegal deforestation came to Europe in March 2018 to meet with representatives from the European Commission, the European External Action Service, the European...

24/04/2018

NGO Statements

Civil society letter on the EU/Mercosur Free Trade Deal negotiations

On April 25, European and international NGOs send an open letter to the European Commission calling for the EU to put human rights and sustainability at the forefront of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Mercosur.

After...

24/04/2018

Voices from the forest

At a time when the space for civil society is shrinking, the need for people to be able to influence the powers that control their lives, and have the freedom to work together to tackle the challenges they face, is more critical...

28/03/2018

NGO Statements

Civil society open letter: a call for policy action on animal farming

In this open letter to the Presidents of the three main institutions of the European Union, civil society organisations, including Fern, call for more European policy action on animal farming. They ask the European Union to step...

28/03/2018

La crisis evitable - la catástrofe medioambiental de la industria europea de la carne

La "crisis evitable" es una investigación que revela las consecuencias desastrosas de la producción de la soya en Argentina y Paraguay. La soya luego se envía a los procesadores de alimentos y carne y se utiliza para criar los...

26/03/2018

VPAs and NDCs: Sharing the Toolbox? – How lessons learned from EU FLEGT can be put to work for the Paris Agreement

As the Paris Agreement is ratified by each of its signatory states, they commit to put into action their specific national plans to combat climate change. These plans are called Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). Fern...

14/03/2018

What role do forests and governance play in countries’ nationally determined contributions to the Paris Climate Agreement?

This study analyses the correlation between forest governance and deforestation, and aims to improve national understanding of the challenges involved in land-use governance. The multistakeholder Voluntary Partnership Agreement...

14/03/2018

NGO Statements

NGO Letter: Stop the Svydovets ski resort in Ukraine

A letter from 21 NGOs asking the President of Ukraine to stop the huge ski resort project planned in the “Svydovets” massif in the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine. The area is described as one of the most beautiful and least...

14/03/2018