Fred Pearce

Fred Pearce

Author and journalist who has reported on environment and development issues from 89 countries. His books have been translated into 27 languages and won a number of prizes. Specialist in communications and environment, science, and development issues.

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The Rights Path

The world needs a great global forest restoration. But to succeed, it will require the restoration of the rights of forest dwellers: the people who know forests best and have the most reason to defend and nurture them, says Fred Pearce, award-winning writer and Fern board member.

15/10/2021

Slovakia – Up in Flames

He said he was a forest ranger. But he leaped out of an unmarked car and showed no ID before shouting at us and waving a heavy stick menacingly in our faces. The three of us, enjoying the afternoon sun on a short stroll through the woods, were trespassing in the Poloniny National Park, he said – a criminal activity. He harangued us for 15 minutes as we retraced our steps back to the main road. In Slovakia, the heavy machinery of logging companies is allowed inside its national parks – their work was all around us. But walkers often are not.

11/11/2015

How can we stop European consumption destroying forests?

Educate shoppers better about where agricultural commodities come from, and penalise 'bad' products

30/03/2015

Retour des arbres

Pour avoir une réelle chance de limiter le réchauffement climatique à 1,5 degré Celsius maximum, il faudra éliminer au moins 500 milliards de tonnes de CO2 de l’atmosphère. Le meilleur moyen d’y parvenir est de collaborer...

19/12/2017

Guest blog: Green Invasion

Europe’s once peaceful forests are being invaded - in the name of green energy. To meet European Union policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting renewable electricity and heating, governments from France to...

15/11/2016

Going Negative - How carbon sinks could cost the Earth

The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change was a landmark, which put the use of land-based sinks such as forests at the heart of the global blueprint for stemming global warming.This raises two problems.1. It may encourage the...

25/10/2016

Partir en fumée - Comment la combustion de la biomasse détruit les forêts de l’Europe

Partir en fumée - Comment la combustion de la biomasse détruit les forêts de l'Europe. Ceci est une traduction d’une partie du rapport écris par Fred Pearce pour Fern, qui révèle comment les forêts à travers l'Europe sont pillées...

03/06/2016

Patrimoine forestier: Comment les nouvelles lois commerciales de l’UE aident les pays à protéger leurs forêts et leurs populations

Le présent rapport présente les progrès réalisés par les APV en encourageant les réformes forestières et la justice sociale dans le domaine forestier. Il suggère que, bien que les progrès n’aient pas été universels et que les...

09/10/2012

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