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ForestWatch special: Legally binding agreement on forests in Europe: “same, same but different”?

Ministers will gather in mid June 2011 in Oslo to take a decision about whether to enter into negotiations on a legally binding agreement (LBA) for forests in Europe. NGOs question what the added value of this instrument will be...

07/06/2011

Press Releases

Financing nuclear times

This newspaper style publication is available in hard copy from [email protected]. It outlines the history of Export Credit Agencies' support for the nuclear industry and concludes by detailing the destructive projects still in the...

07/06/2011

Forestwatch Issue 160 and FLEGT Update

- NGOs re-frame the sustainable biomass debate- Road to ruin: Russian project destroying ancient forest- Offset credit use rises by two-thirds- Nuclear Energy: ECAs place a dangerous bet?- DRC in a FIP-ing hurry- A band-aid for...

16/05/2011

Forestwatch Issue 153 and FLEGT Update

- An update on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreements- Binding Forest Agreement: Déjà Vu- EAP: Seven times a charm?- www.loggingoff.info relaunched and bilingual- BITs: The Commission passes...

19/10/2010

Press Releases

The link between forest destruction and the EU Ecolabel

Press release highlighting the FERN report EU Ecolabel allows forest destruction – the case of Pindo Deli. The report adds weight to the argument that the EU Ecolabel for forest products has proven itself unworthy, been bypassed...

08/04/2010

FLEGT VPA Update February 2010

Every six months, FERN produces an update looking at the present situation with regards the EU's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, with a specific focus on VPAs. This May 2012 example looks at the...

12/02/2010