Publications & Insight

Events

Insights into Sweden's forests

When:

1 March 2023, 11:00-13:00 CET (Brussels time)

Where:

The Press Club Brussels Europe Rue Froissart 95, 1000 Brussels

Register here

Please register before 17.00 on Monday 28 February.

Description:

For the next six...

12/01/2023

Events

What do Brazil’s election results mean for forests, rights and future EU-Brazil Partnerships?

Programme:

Brazil has elected Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as its new President and the importance this has for the fate of the Amazon and the Peoples’ that live there, cannot be overstated.  

To discuss what the election results...

22/11/2022

Events

Expert meeting on the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products

When: 

Tuesday 24 May, 17:30 - 20:30 (Brussels - CET)

Where:

- At Press Club Brussels Europe (in person, from 17:30) - Online (starting from 18:00)

Background:

The proposed EU Regulation on deforestation-free products aims to...

24/05/2022

Events

Como as leis de desmatamento da UE, do Reino Unido e dos EUA afetarão o Brasil

COP26 side event

27/10/2021

Events

Nature-based Solutions: How to avoid land grabbing in the name of biodiversity?

When:

Tuesday 12 October, 13:00 – 17:00 (Brussels - CET).

Interpretation in English, French, Russian and Spanish

Background:

With Members of the European Parliament Michèle Rivasi, Maria Soraya Rodriguez Ramos, and Marc...

29/09/2021

Events

Enforcing a Due Diligence based regulation for forest risk commodities

Event based on the report, Enforcing due diligence legislation ‘plus’  

Background:

On 23 July 2019, the European Commission adopted a Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests. Reducing...

22/03/2021

News, Events, Forest Watch

Webinar Roundup: Another chance to attend online conferences

Livelihoods, Biodiversity and Climate Resilience in Africa: Unleashing the potential of Community-based forest and wildlife management for building back better. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) collaborated with...

16/12/2020

News, Events, Forest Watch

Cocoa Barometer 2020 demands system change to end cocoa poverty

After two decades of failed interventions across the cocoa sector, cocoa-farming communities are still battling the effects of poverty, child labour and deforestation. The 2020 Cocoa Barometer report launched 1 December 2020 is a...

16/12/2020

Events

2020 Cocoa Barometer Launch

On Tuesday 1st December, the VOICE network (in partnership with Fern) launched the 2020 Cocoa Barometer with a webinar attended by a broad range of stakeholders who created a lively discussion. 

The event was moderated by Oliver...

02/12/2020

Events

Tackling deforestation through EU due diligence: lessons and proposals from Brazil

The webinar discussed how to trace Brazilian agricultural exports to the EU and how a deforestation and land rights observatory could help EU companies perform due diligence to remove deforestation and human rights violations from...

01/10/2020