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L’objectif du présent rapport est d’analyser de manière critique le droit foncier rural et le droit forestier en Côte d’Ivoire dans le contexte africain. Le document commence avec un aperçu des régimes fonciers coutumiers à...
22/09/2015
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On 19 August 2015 our dear friend and colleague, Robinson Djeukam Njinga, an environmental and social justice lawyer and activist in Cameroon, passed away suddenly in a hospital in Yaoundé.
For more than 20 years Robinson was a...
15/09/2015
Several events should serve as a salutary reminder for EU negotiators engaged in discussions with Malaysia since 2006 over a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA). On 17 August 2015 the UK’s broadcasting regulator, Ofcom, found...
Fern has produced a new short video introducing FLEGT and its Voluntary Partnership Agreements, which provide a vital legal framework between the EU and timber-producing countries.
Fern strongly believes the FLEGT (Forest Law...
In August 2015, the New Scientist and the Biomass Magazine reported about a projected increase in supplies of wood pellets to the EU from Brazil and Russia respectively. This is not surprising, since the European Commission...
The EU and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have launched a major new programme intended to strengthen food security and promote sustainable agriculture in at least 35 countries. There is hope that the programme will...
Laos is stepping up its efforts to negotiate a Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade, Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA). The Prime Minister recently established a National Steering Committee, giving Lao civil...
Increased consumption, coupled with a growing population, is placing the world’s forests in unprecedented danger, according to Science Magazine’s August 2015 special issue on “Forest Health in a Changing World.”
It warns that the...
In August 2015 Fern revealed the true cost of a summer barbecue with its report Playing with Fire: Human misery, environmental destruction and summer BBQs. Around 70 per cent of Europe’s charcoal is imported; Playing with Fire foc...
