Publications

Reports

Creating a forest and rights observatory: a Brazilian case study

The European Union and Member States have taken a pioneering role in adopting Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence (HREDD) laws, such as the June 2023 adoption of the Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR). The...

15/03/2024

Reports

How to achieve zero deforestation in the cattle sector

Best practices in Brazil and the new EU regulation on deforestation-free products

18/12/2023

Briefing Notes

Why the EU Deforestation Regulation won’t sugar coat the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement

In June 2019, after more than 20 years of tortuous negotiations, a bilateral trade agreement was agreed between the European Union (EU) and the Mercosur bloc of nations - Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay (European Union...

20/04/2023

Briefing Notes

Au delà du commerce

À la fin du mois d'octobre 2022, le peuple brésilien a élu Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva comme leur nouveau président, mettant fin au mandat de Bolsonaro. Les partisans de l'accord de libre-échange (ALE) Mercosur conclu avec l'Union...

01/02/2023

Reports

A Deforestation and Rights Observatory

A case study from Brazil

How the European Union can best integrate deforestation and rights violations data in its regulatory proposals

15/12/2021

Reports

What can the EU Forest and Rights Observatory learn from Brazil?

An EU Forest Observatory could play an important role in monitoring deforestation, human rights violations, and land use in supply chains of products and commodities such as soybeans and beef.

This summary report looks at what can be learnt from Brazil’s efforts and concludes with recommendations for the EU, including how to enforce the future Regulation on deforestation-free products.

15/12/2021

Fern position on the EU-Mercosur agreement

This EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement will increase trade in the agricultural products that are the main drivers of deforestation in South America. This is opposite of what needs to happen for the EU to achieve its commitments to...

27/01/2021

Briefing Notes

Évaluer l’impact de l’accord commercial UE-Mercosur sur les forêts et les populations qui en dépendent au Brésil

Les effets des accords commerciaux se répercutent sur les communautés locales, sur la vie individuelle des femmes, des hommes et des enfants, ainsi que sur les forêts et les habitats qui les entourent. 

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02/12/2020

NGO Statements

Direct threat to Indigenous territories of Mato Grosso and Brazil

Cuiabá, June, 22nd 2020 Civil society organisations are concerned about Brazilian State Bill 17/2020, proposed by the governor of Mato Grosso, Mauro Mendes. Contradicting the federal legislation, this Bill authorises the...

26/06/2020

Briefing Notes

The EU-Mercosur trade agreement: What is it, and what could it mean for forests and human rights?

In June 2019 the European Union (EU) and Mercosur (Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay) announced that they had reached an ‘in principle’ agreement on the content of a bilateral trade agreement which they had been negotiating,...

02/06/2020