Publications

Forest governance, Briefing Notes

Forests play a key role in tackling climate change

This briefing note from Coordination SUD and Fern analyses the issues we need to address to ensure forests help deliver tropical forested countries' Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). This includes respect for communities’ rights and preserving their livelihoods, protecting and restoring biodiversity, and improved forest governance. Tackling these challenges will require effective civil society participation.

20/01/2020

Briefing Notes

Europe’s National Energy and Climate Plans to 2030: Are they fit for purpose?

The National Energy and Climate Plans, due to be published by the end of 2019  will determine whether and how we limit global heating to 1.5 degrees.

Fern has conducted an analysis of the plans of five Member States – Sweden,...

02/12/2019

What’s next for forests and rights?

From the EU perspective

13/11/2019

NGO Statements

Open letter from Romanian, European and international NGOs condemning the killing of Romanian forest defenders as illegal logging continues

Following the killing of Liviu Pop, a Romanian forest ranger who was out investigating illegal logging, European civil society organisations wrote to Romania's President Klaus Iohannis.

We call on Romania’s Presidency and...

28/10/2019

Reports

Indonesian–EU palm oil trade and consumption

'Improving coherence of EU actions to avoid deforestation and human rights abuses'

15/10/2019

Briefing Notes

Protecting forests, natural ecosystems and human rights: a case for EU action

In its Communication on “Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests”, published on 23rd July 2019, the European Commission recognised that the EU consumption represents around 10% of the global share” of...

14/10/2019

Forest governance, NGO Statements

Declaration of Civil Society Organisations from Forested Tropical Countries

In September 2019, environmental and human rights defenders from Africa and Asia came to the EU to sound the alarm over accelerating forest loss  in the Congo Basin and the Lower Mekong regions. Their message was clear, the EU...

11/10/2019

Forest governance, Briefing Notes

A Green New Deal for Forests

Ursula von der Leyen, President-elect of the European Commission, has promised to deliver a European Green Deal in her first 100 days in office. For such a deal to truly tackle the challenges of climate change, it will need to ensure healthy growing forests inside and outside of Europe that are good for people, our climate and nature.

25/09/2019

Forest governance

Our Forests Our Lives

Stories of hope and resilience from forest communities around the world

24/09/2019

NGO Statements

Fern’s offices are closed today 20 September 2019 in solidarity with the #GlobalStrike4Climate

The Climate Crisis is real and we’re already seeing the effects. Our hotter planet is hurting millions of people, affecting our weather, water, forests, cities, homes, and wildlife.

Since #Fridays4Future started last summer, the...

19/09/2019