Publications & Insight

Events

How partnerships complement the EU Deforestation Regulation

A discussion on the EU Strategic Framework for Partnerships

09/03/2023

Events

What do Brazil’s election results mean for forests, rights and future EU-Brazil Partnerships?

Programme:

Brazil has elected Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as its new President and the importance this has for the fate of the Amazon and the Peoples’ that live there, cannot be overstated.  

To discuss what the election results...

22/11/2022

Events

Expert meeting on the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products

When: 

Tuesday 24 May, 17:30 - 20:30 (Brussels - CET)

Where:

- At Press Club Brussels Europe (in person, from 17:30) - Online (starting from 18:00)

Background:

The proposed EU Regulation on deforestation-free products aims to...

24/05/2022

Events

How the EU, UK and US deforestation laws will impact Brazil

COP26 side event

27/10/2021

Events

Enforcing a Due Diligence based regulation for forest risk commodities

Event based on the report, Enforcing due diligence legislation ‘plus’  

Background:

On 23 July 2019, the European Commission adopted a Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests. Reducing...

22/03/2021

News, Events, Forest Watch

Cocoa Barometer 2020 demands system change to end cocoa poverty

After two decades of failed interventions across the cocoa sector, cocoa-farming communities are still battling the effects of poverty, child labour and deforestation. The 2020 Cocoa Barometer report launched 1 December 2020 is a...

16/12/2020

Events

Tackling deforestation through EU due diligence: lessons and proposals from Brazil

The webinar discussed how to trace Brazilian agricultural exports to the EU and how a deforestation and land rights observatory could help EU companies perform due diligence to remove deforestation and human rights violations from...

01/10/2020

News, Events

Webinaires sur les consultations de l'UE et du Royaume-Uni sur les propositions de réglementation visant à mettre fin à la déforestation

Les points clé des webinaires : 

Les webinaires tenus en portugais, anglais, français et espagnol ont été suivis par plus de 100 participants issus de la société civile de pays producteurs, ainsi que des ONG et des bailleurs de...

28/09/2020

Events

Ending imported destruction: How EU due diligence regulations could protect forests and people

Read the full report of the event

Fern and the Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) Working Group of the European Parliament, a cross-party group of Members if the European Parliament (MEPs), co-organised the event to discuss...

03/07/2020

Events

Tackling the global deforestation crisis - the urgent need for EU regulation of supply chains

Following the global outcry about the Amazon fires, Fern and the Fair Trade Advocacy Office organised a European Parliament event to discuss the European Union’s (EU) response and the urgent need to regulate EU agricultural supply chains.

26/11/2019