Publications & Insight

Forest governance

APV et CND : vers un partage des outils – Comment les enseignements tirés du Plan d'action FLEGT de l'UE peuvent être appliqués à l'accord de Paris

Ce rapport est le fruit d’une collaboration entre Fern et ses partenaires locaux dans cinq pays africains, à savoir: le Ghana, le Cameroun,la République du Congo, la République centrafricaine (RCA) et la Côte d’Ivoire. Notre...

14/03/2018

Gouvernance et forêts : Quelle place dans les Contributions Déterminées au niveau National ?

Cette étude analyse la corrélation entre la gouvernance forestière et la déforestation, afin de mettre en lumière une meilleure compréhension nationale des défis liés à la gouvernance de l’utilisation des terres. Le processus...

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

NGO Statements

Civil society statement: EU Protein Plan for Europe - Please stand up for forests, people and animals!

On March 8, NGOs sent a letter to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development calling them on standing up for forests, people and animals when voting on the EU Protein Plan for...

14/03/2018

Reports

How do forest NGOs deal with gender in their work?

This study was funded by Fern to analyse the extent to which Forest NGOs take gender into account and how they design their programmes to ensure women and men's different needs are taken into account. Its initial aim was to help...

13/03/2018

Press Releases

Republic of Congo: Support message for NGO Rencontre pour la Paix et les Droits de l’Homme

Fern is deeply concerned with the looting of Rencontre pour la Paix et les Droits de l’Homme (RPDH) offices in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo, on 9 March, 2018. RPDH has been working on human rights issues and natural resource...

10/03/2018

Events

Atteindre lobjectif des 1,5° grâce aux forêts : quel rôle pour lUE? - Table ronde

En adoptant l'Accord de Paris, l'Union européenne (UE) s'est engagée à mettre un terme à la déforestation et la dégradation des forêts, ainsi que de protéger les puits et stockage de carbone. Les efforts pour limiter le...

09/03/2018

News in Brief - March 2018

We need some good news! Putting Down Roots, Fern’s new 15-minute film,...

07/03/2018

Films

We need an EU Action Plan on deforestation now!

January 2018: Brazilians and Colombians reveal the impacts of deforestation on Amazonian peoples. Members of the Parliament from various political groups took advantage of this exhibition to call for an EU action plan on...

05/03/2018

Protein Report: An opportunity that should have been seized

On 21 February 2018, the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture was scheduled to vote on a report for a European strategy regarding protein crops (e.g. soya) – yet in a surprise move on 20 February, the vote was again...

01/03/2018