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The Polish people have made their wishes clear: protect democracy, forests and EU membership

Poland’s elections give cause for hope for forests; Polish campaigner Augustyn Mikos explains what it will take to turn that into reality.

14/11/2023

Forest Watch

Knife-edge ENVI vote to ban superfluous packaging may not be enough to save forests

Paper industry lobbyists expected to continue to push false narratives to try to remove the remaining positive elements of the Paper Packaging and Waste Regulation from the final version. 

25/10/2023

Forest Watch

Brazil’s Supreme Court decision on land rights immediately undermined by its far-right legislative body

Despite Lula’s positive efforts, the Bolsonarist assault on Indigenous rights continues.

11/10/2023

Forest Watch

Ghana ready to issue licences to guarantee that exported timber is legally produced

A decade of work from Ghana’s government, non-governmental organisations, industry and the EU is finally coming to a head and it looks like FLEGT-licensed timber will soon be being exported.

11/10/2023

Forest Watch

Indonesia, Malaysia and the Commission lay groundwork for the Deforestation Regulation

Having set aside differences, Indonesia, Malaysia and the EU are defining topics to advance implementation of the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products.

11/10/2023

Forest Watch

Conflicting and incomplete datasets underscore the need to harmonise forest monitoring

Biodiversity, climate and ecosystems policies rely on complete forest data, so it’s time for a forest monitoring law to ensure such data exists.

11/10/2023

Press Releases

Final EU Renewable Energy Directive will continue driving forest destruction, but national lawmakers can limit the damage

Despite repeated warnings from scientists, doctors, NGOs, and EU citizens about its dire consequences for forests and air quality, the final version of the revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) which was adopted today, will...

09/10/2023

"Green Gold" - a board game on land use and climate change

In 2019, Fern worked with a game designer to create “Green Gold” - a board game to show the complex issues that need to be considered when thinking about how best to tackle the climate crisis through improved land use. It is set...

02/10/2023

Press Releases

European Parliament recognises importance of community consent in rush for critical materials - but leaves a glaring loophole

The European Parliament today voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA).  

This Act aims to secure the strategically and economically vital raw materials needed for the green energy and digital...

14/09/2023

Forest Watch

African communities are protesting against offsetting – but the Commission and UAE still rush to establish an African Carbon Market

Despite everyone’s better judgment, carbon credit games continue – putting community rights in danger as 10 per cent of Liberia is put up for sale.

14/09/2023