Publications & Insight

Forest Watch

New European Commission research reveals bioenergy’s bleak impact on forests

“The Use of Woody Biomass for Energy Production in the EU”, the new study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), has been released. It will inform the revision of EU climate and renewable energy legislation, and...

03/02/2021

Forest Watch

Legal Affairs Committee adopts corporate due diligence report

On 27 January 2021, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI Committee) voted 34 to 3 to adopt a milestone legislative report on corporate due diligence. The truly...

03/02/2021

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

Forest governance

Gouvernance forestière 2 - Février 2021

Gouvernance forestière dans les Congo : des avancées mais des plans climat à la traine

27/01/2021

The EU LULUCF Regulation: Help or hindrance to sustainable forest biomass use?

The European Commission has stated that, “climate action is at the heart of the recently introduced European Green Deal”, including “ambitiously cutting greenhouse gas emissions” and reaching zero emissions by 2050. As part of the...

27/01/2021

Blogs

The EU's watershed deforestation moment?

This week Ursula von der Leyen signalled the EU’s desire to lead the world in the fight against global deforestation. But if the key drivers of deforestation aren’t addressed, progress will remain limited.

Until...

13/01/2021

FAQs

What is community forestry?

Community forestry is when “communities have the right to manage the forest resources upon which they depend, with a view to improving their living conditions.”  

Recognising, securing, and enforcing forest communities’ rights is...

07/01/2021

Blogs

In 2021 the EU’s policy choices will shape the fate of the world’s forests

Last year changed everything, and nothing. 

Almost overnight our lives were upended: businesses and economies ground to a halt, movement was constrained, and physical contact with others curbed. Yet our greatest challenge – the...

05/01/2021

Forest governance

Au-delà des engagements : Dans quelle mesure les CDN contribuent-elles à la bonne gouvernance des forêts et à la résilience des communautés locales ?

Les contributions déterminées au niveau national (CDN) sont au coeur des efforts mondiaux pour atteindre les objectifs de l’Accord de Paris. Ces contributions sont présentées par chaque pays, tous les cinq ans, afin de montrer de...

22/12/2020

NGO Statements

The conservation model needs to change – Fern’s response to WWF’s review of human rights abuses

Efforts to protect and restore forests must recognise community rights to land. 

In early 2019, the environmental movement was rocked by reports that WWF financed and provided technical support to conservation projects that had...

21/12/2020