News

Future Energy Union: Leaning towards limiting the role of biomass?

In February 2015, the European Commission presented its Communication on the Energy Union Package. While these plans are still to be discussed by EU heads of state at the European Council meeting, 19 - 20 March, the text already...

20/03/2018

Press Releases

European Commission study shows path to end agricultural deforestation – now it must act

A study published on March 16 by the European Commission offers a long-awaited blueprint for ending the European Union’s central role in agricultural deforestation – clearing forests for soy, palm oil, cocoa and other agricultural...

19/03/2018

Blogs

Nepal shows how forest restoration can help people, biodiversity and the climate

A revolution is unfolding in the foothills of the Himalayas: trees are coming back to areas run by communities.

Over the past quarter century, the foothills of the Himalayas have seen a radical transformation. A pattern of...

16/03/2018

Blogs

Cameroonian women are the first victims of palm oil plantations

“The Time is now: rural and urban activists transforming women's lives.”

This is not the title of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) campaign, but the theme of this year’s United Nations International Women’s Day, which...

16/03/2018

Isaac Tchikaya is not longer with us but has sowed hope for Congos forests

Fern is deeply shocked and saddened to hear of the death of our dear friend and colleague Isaac Tchikaya, focal point for the CSO platform for sustainable management of forests (PGDF) in the Kouilou region, in the Republic of...

15/03/2018

Films

Putting down roots: The forest communities fighting climate change

We live in a world where our attention spans are getting shorter and the demands on it are getting bigger.

A world in which we’re bombarded with short films - often with shocking messages - that have been cut so fast that if you...

14/03/2018

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

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