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In Finnish Lapland, an ecosystem that’s evolved over thousands of years is threatened with destruction for the short-term needs of the car, defence and AI industries. Now the Sakatti mine has moved a step closer to opening, and environmental defenders in Finland are mobilising, writes Perrine Fournier.
03/06/2026
The European Commission has announced it will look into merging the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Regulation [LULUCF] and the Effort Sharing Regulation [ESR] into a single instrument on national climate targets.
13/05/2026
In today’s Indonesia, civic space is restricted, and violence against environmental and human rights defenders is soaring. And so is deforestation, surging 66% in 2025 compared to the previous year. But the EU could use the...
Figures showing the latest trends in global forest loss are out: the World Research Institute’s Global Forest Watch (GFW) has just published Forest Pulse. Compiled from recent data and analysis, it reveals the dominant drivers of primary forest loss, region by region.
The Liberian Government is aiming to conclude a forest-related Carbon Policy which is being supported by the African Development Bank but is likely to only offer communities partial benefits.
Brussels, May 5, 2026 – The European Commission has resisted industry and political pressure and opted not to reopen the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
On May 4, 2026, the Commission published its report on options to...
05/05/2026
Amid a wave of geopolitical instability and surging demand, gold is increasingly attractive as a strategic financial vehicle for organised crime, sanctions evasion, corruption and political control.
The implications for the...
28/04/2026
Fern partner AFREWATCH raises concerns about the EU Global Gateway’s massive Lobito Corridor infrastructure project, to which the EU is contributing through the Global Gateway, and the railway section that will cut through the...
01/04/2026
No matter how one looks at the UK’s recent announcement of how its aid budget cut of 40% will be allocated, it seems that harsh times are ahead for the world’s most vulnerable ecosystems and the people who depend on them.
Aid...
After reaching historic highs in 2024 and early 2025 – when cocoa was dubbed “better than bitcoin” – cocoa prices recently crashed again, leaving farmers in distress.
Implementation of anti-deforestation legislation led by the...
