Publications

Reports

EU forests in danger: Forest protection starts in our backyard

Trees cover 182 million hectares of the EU. That’s six times the size of Italy. Yet as this report shows, European Union (EU) forests are under threat, and rapid and committed action is required to save them. We all - citizens,...

05/02/2019

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Hardening international soft law frameworks into EU measures to address forest-risk commodities

This report provides European policymakers with recommendations for supply-side and demand-side policy measures in order to fulfill the EU’s pledge to tackle global deforestation and forest degradation.

03/12/2018

Reports

Les forêts et les peuples forestiers dans les accords de libre-échange de l’Union européenne

L’Union européenne (UE) a pris des engagements fermes en vue d’atténuer le changement climatique, de mettre fin à la déforestation et de veiller au respect des droits humains, y compris les droits fonciers des communautés. 

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20/10/2018

Reports

Missing Pathways to 1.5°C: The role of the land sector in ambitious climate action

Climate ambition that safeguards land rights, biodiversity and food

This report examines three overlapping crises: climate change, biodiversity loss and the growing land and other rights abuses against Indigenous Peoples and...

15/10/2018

Reports

Getting the “Bads” Out of Goods: Evolution from voluntary to regulated approaches in reducing the undesirable impacts of global trade

This report provides an overview and analysis of the means by which a number of “global public bads” associated with international trade have been addressed. It draws lessons from these experiences for how to tackle the problem of...

26/06/2018

Reports

How do forest NGOs deal with gender in their work?

This study was funded by Fern to analyse the extent to which Forest NGOs take gender into account and how they design their programmes to ensure women and men's different needs are taken into account. Its initial aim was to help...

13/03/2018

Reports

Implications of new research for the IPCC 1.5°C special report, with a focus on land use

Interested scientists are currently invited to review the Second Order Draft of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on how to achieve the 1.5°C target. Assembled here are key findings from a number...

16/02/2018

Reports

Covered in smoke: why burning biomass threatens European health

Tens of thousands of EU citizens are dying prematurely every year as a result of exposure to air pollution from burning solid biomass, mainly wood, to provide heat and electricity. Other health impacts include cancers, cardiac and...

05/01/2018

Reports

Projet CoNGOs: discussion dun nouveau paradigme pour la foresterie communautaire (Douala)

Les partenaires du projet CoNGOs discutent d'un nouveau paradigme pour la foresterie communautaire lors de la réunion des partis du PFBC à Douala

Au cours de la 17e réunion annuelle des partenaires des forêts du bassin du Congo...

15/12/2017

Reports

Un an après la mise en place des licences FLEGT - Actualité des APV, novembre 2017

LoggingOff et Fern publient une publication bi-mensuelle Forest Watch Special – Actualité des APV traitant des événements qui ont marqué les pays signataires ou en négociation d’un Accord de Partenariat Volontaire avec l’Union...

15/11/2017