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Gold prices have more than doubled in five years, driven by geopolitical instability and a flight to hard assets. But the record market carries a devastating hidden price.
Gold is now the leading mineral driver of deforestation,...
25/06/2026
On 23 April, Fern hosted a webinar analysing the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) and Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) between the EU and Indonesia, signed in September 2025 after nine years of...
23/04/2026
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On 15 April, Fern hosted a webinar exploring the seismic shifts already achieved by the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), including improvements to transparency and traceability in forest risk commodity Supply Chains.
Particip...
15/04/2026
Opportunities and Challenges of the Lobito Corridor Initiative
As the European Union deepens its engagement in Africa’s critical raw material value chains, the Lobito Corridor Initiative has emerged as a flagship Global Gateway...
20/11/2025
Building direct funding mechanisms that work
Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities and Afro-descendent Peoples (IPLCPAP) protect over 55% of the world’s remaining forests, yet they only receive a fraction of global climate...
12/11/2025
Organised by Observatorio-Socioambiental, this event presented a proposal for a new Social Environmental Observatory and Platform which will bring together data about human rights violations, production of commodities in Brazil so...
Ghana becomes first African country to issue FLEGT licenses
In a world of environmental, political and financial turbulence, the EU-Ghana partnership on illegal logging offers a powerful example of what meaningful international...
04/11/2025
The Cocoa Barometer is the leading civil society report tracking sustainability in the cocoa sector. Published every three years, it provides an independent assessment of progress and persistent challenges, from living income and...
08/10/2025
On 25 September 2025 Fern hosted a webinar for foresters looking at what forest financing is available. This event, moderated by Fern’s forest and climate campaigner, Kelsey Perlman, featured speakers Metodi Sotirov (University of...
26/09/2025
On 3 July 2025, Fern hosted a webinar focused on ongoing preparations for the EUDR as well as investment and outstanding asks from those in the wood supply chain.
Representatives joined from a wide spectrum of relevant...
03/07/2025
