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The European Commission published its EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) ‘simplification package’ on 4 May 2026. Despite the troubling review of the Regulation’s scope, it has sent a strong signal to companies that it will be...
10/06/2026
Over the past decade, gold became the largest mineral-related driver of deforestation – and that was before recent geopolitical instability increased demand and the price of gold doubled.
Systematic analysis of the correlation...
Dr. Stefan Kreft, of German NGO Naturwald Akademie, discusses an exciting new German initiative that, at long last, puts serious funding behind nature-based solutions that serve both climate and biodiversity.
On 11 June 2026, just days after the earliest heatwave ever recorded in Western Europe, the Commission’s Expert Group under the Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming Regulation (CRCF) will discuss “challenges and perspectives” around...
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.
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...
