Notes d’information

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

NGO statements

Fern soutient le mouvement Black Lives Matter dans son combat pour la justice

La vision de Fern est celle d’un monde où la justice environnementale, économique et sociale est pleinement respectée à tous les niveaux. A cet effet, nous œuvrons aux côtés de nos partenaires pour lever le voile sur...

03/06/2020

NGO statements

Open letter from Romanian, European and international NGOs condemning the killing of Romanian forest defenders as illegal logging continues

Following the killing of Liviu Pop, a Romanian forest ranger who was out investigating illegal logging, European civil society organisations wrote to Romania's President Klaus Iohannis.

We call on Romania’s Presidency and...

28/10/2019

NGO statements

Déclaration des Organisations de la Société Civile de Pays Forestiers Tropicaux

En septembre 2019, des défenseurs de l'environnement et des droits humains d'Afrique et d'Asie sont venus dans l'Union européenne pour tirer la sonnette d'alarme concernant l'accélération de la perte de forêts dans les régions du...

11/10/2019

NGO statements

Fern’s offices are closed today 20 September 2019 in solidarity with the #GlobalStrike4Climate

The Climate Crisis is real and we’re already seeing the effects. Our hotter planet is hurting millions of people, affecting our weather, water, forests, cities, homes, and wildlife.

Since #Fridays4Future started last summer, the...

19/09/2019

NGO statements

Plea to address EU complicity in the Amazon fires

On August 29, twenty-six NGOs, have sent an open letter to European leaders urging them to end European complicity in the fires raging in the Amazon. 

NGOs believe the EU can act decisively in two ways.

    1. Suspend...

29/08/2019

NGO statements

340+ organisations call on the EU to immediately halt trade negotiations with Brazil

On June 18, 340+ civil society organizations wrote to call on the European Union to use its influence to prevent a worsening human rights and environmental situation in Brazil.

18/06/2019

NGO statements

Statement in response to the EU Forest Strategy

On 7 December, the European Commission released a mid-term review of the EU forest strategy, stating that it was “on track” to achieve its 2020 aims. Given that this review will form the basis of the next Forest Multi-Annual...

16/04/2019

NGO statements

Promesse d'engagement en faveur des forêts

Imaginez un monde sans forêts ... En 2017, nous avons perdu plus de forêts tropicales que pratiquement toutes les années précédentes, en raison notamment des investissements et des importations de l’Union européenne (UE) en...

21/03/2019

NGO statements

How the European Union should step up action against deforestation - Fern's submission to the EU Consultation on deforestation

In December 2018, the European Commission announced plans to “step up European Action against Deforestation and Forest Degradation”.  A new Commission Communication is foreseen in the second quarter of 2019 to “develop a more...

12/03/2019