Publications

Reports

Funding Europes Forests - How to use EU funds for sustainable forest management and nature protection

This Guide explains why it is important for NGOs to get involved in the development of Rural Development Strategies and Programmes. It details steps to take to influence rural development funding so that it contributes to...

13/12/2005

Reports

A Trojan Horse for Large Dams

Under the guise of an initiative to promote sustainable energy technologies, governments are about to grant subsidised export credits for hydropower projects.This report looks at the experience over the last ten years with dams...

02/09/2005

Reports

Footprints in the Forests

Footprints in the Forests assesses eight certification schemes and different certification trends. It is a revision of FERN's Behind the Logo Report.

01/08/2005

Briefing Notes

Finding solutions to illegal logging: civil society and the FLEGT Support Project

FERN and Telapak outline the possibilities and limitations of the FLEGT Support Project - an EC-funded project aimed at tackling illegal logging and promoting the role of forests within Indonesia's sustainable development

12/07/2005

Briefing Notes

Carbon offset - no magic solution to neutralise fossil fuel emissions

FERN explains the myth of carbon 'offset' in a special briefing.

05/07/2005

Briefing Notes

Forest Loss and Human Health

Briefing focusing on the interdependence between forests and human health and reflects these concerns in the policies, programmes and projects of the EU.

04/07/2005

To Buy or Not to Buy: Timber procurement policies in the EU

Report comparing policies in nine EU countries plus USA, and examining likely impact of revised EU procurement directives.

01/07/2005

Briefing Notes

Principles for FLEGT Partnership agreements

FERN, Greenpeace and WWF's joint briefing highlighting minimum requirements governments should include in the FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) partnership agreements with producer countries to control illegal...

01/01/2005

Reports

Licensing of Legal Timber: Logic and Design of an EU Scheme

FERN-commissioned discussion document by Tacsus, reviewing the Commission's proposed voluntary licensing scheme to prevent the import of illegally produced and traded timber into the EU.

01/08/2004

Reports

Facing Reality: How to halt the import of illegal timber in the EU

In this report, FERN, WWF and Greenpeace discuss the EU's FLEGT Action Plan on illegal logging, and provide detailed recommendations to assist EU policy makers in assisting the Action Plan's successful implementation.

01/04/2004