Notes d’information

Reports

COVID, forests and forest peoples: The implications of the pandemic for forest campaigns.

This is a paper exploring COVID-19’s impact on the work of those trying to protect forests and forest peoples. 

The paper investigates the links between forests and various aspects of pandemic recovery—from the prevention of...

16/02/2021

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

The EU LULUCF Regulation: Help or hindrance to sustainable forest biomass use?

The European Commission has stated that, “climate action is at the heart of the recently introduced European Green Deal”, including “ambitiously cutting greenhouse gas emissions” and reaching zero emissions by 2050. As part of the...

27/01/2021

Au-delà des engagements : Dans quelle mesure les CDN contribuent-elles à la bonne gouvernance des forêts et à la résilience des communautés locales ?

Les contributions déterminées au niveau national (CDN) sont au coeur des efforts mondiaux pour atteindre les objectifs de l’Accord de Paris. Ces contributions sont présentées par chaque pays, tous les cinq ans, afin de montrer de...

22/12/2020

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

Fern’s submission to the trade policy review

Fern’s submission to the trade policy review highlights the need to eradicate deforestation from its trade flows. If the EU is to achieve its commitment to end deforestation by 2020, fulfill the Sustainable Development Goals...

20/11/2020

Restoring more than forests - SUMMARY REPORT

How rights-based forest restoration can empower communities, recover biodiversity, and tackle the climate crisis

Forest restoration is gaining traction around the world as a key strategy to mitigate climate change and...

13/11/2020

Restoring more than forests

How rights-based forest restoration can empower communities, recover biodiversity, and tackle the climate crisis

Forest restoration is gaining traction around the world as a key strategy to mitigate climate change and...

13/11/2020

Getting the incentives right

Why partnership agreements should be at the heart of EU efforts to end deforestation

Converting forest land for agricultural crops is the main cause of tropical deforestation. The EU is a major importer of forest risk...

23/10/2020

Reports

Enforcing due diligence legislation ‘plus’

Our latest policy analysis on how to end EU imports of Forest Risk Commodities looks at the type of regulation the Commission should adopt to halt and reverse global deforestation and how it could be enforced. 

The report draws...

15/10/2020