Publications

Briefing Notes

Why the EU Deforestation Regulation won’t sugar coat the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement

In June 2019, after more than 20 years of tortuous negotiations, a bilateral trade agreement was agreed between the European Union (EU) and the Mercosur bloc of nations - Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay (European Union...

20/04/2023

Briefing Notes

En qué consiste el Reglamento de la UE sobre productos libres de deforestación y por qué es importante

El Reglamento de la Unión Europea (UE) sobre productos libres de deforestación (EUDR, por sus siglas en inglés), cuya adopción está prevista para la próxima primavera, prohíbe a las empresas introducir productos en el mercado de...

14/03/2023

Briefing Notes

Es más que solo comercio

A finales de octubre de 2022, el pueblo brasileño votó en contra del Presidente Bolsonaro y eligió a Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Los defensores del acuerdo de libre comercio entre la Unión Europea (UE) y el Mercosur confían en que...

01/02/2023

Palm oil production, consumption and trade patterns: The outlook from an EU perspective

Palm oil is used in nearly everything, from pizza, doughnuts and chocolate, to deodorant, shampoo, toothpaste and lipstick. It is also used in animal feed and as a biofuel, especially in Indonesia and the European Union (EU).

Unt...

15/06/2022

Reports

Improving forest governance in relation to palm oil

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This report is also available in Bahasa Indonesia.

The European Union (EU) and Indonesia have been negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), known as the Comprehensive Economic...

03/02/2022

Briefing Notes

Using tariffs to incentivise sustainable palm oil

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This briefing is also available in Bahasa Indonesia.

The European Union (EU) and Indonesia have been negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), known as the Comprehensive Economic...

03/02/2022

NGO Statements

Making TSD chapters more effective

Joint contribution to the EU’s Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) Review

11/10/2021

Fern position on the EU-Mercosur agreement

This EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement will increase trade in the agricultural products that are the main drivers of deforestation in South America. This is opposite of what needs to happen for the EU to achieve its commitments to...

27/01/2021

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

Briefing Notes

The EU-Mercosur trade agreement: What is it, and what could it mean for forests and human rights?

In June 2019 the European Union (EU) and Mercosur (Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay) announced that they had reached an ‘in principle’ agreement on the content of a bilateral trade agreement which they had been negotiating,...

02/06/2020