Publications

Briefing Notes

Central African Republic civil society counterbrief

On 21 December 2010 the government of the Central African Republic  and the European Union signed a Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreement  to tackle illegal logging. This briefing presents...

25/07/2012

Briefing Notes

Local Civil Society Organisations join EU battle against illegal logging

This briefing note looking at what has been achieved so far by FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) finds that the EU has played a central role in ensuring various civil society groups are involved in the VPA negotiating...

20/07/2012

Reports

Land Rights in Gabon, Facing Up to the Past - and Present

This report by land tenure specialist Liz Alden Wily documents the tenure situation in Gabon to inform, among others, ongoing discussions concerning FLEGT and REDD in the country. It starts by taking a historic look at Gabon. In...

02/07/2012

Briefing Notes

Banking on carbon markets: Why the European Investment Bank got it wrong in the fight against climate change

This briefing provides an overview of the publicly documented involvement of the European Investment Bank (EIB) in support of failing carbon markets. It is based on a report by the organisations Counter Balance and Campagna per la...

18/01/2012

NGO Statements

Statement from NGOs on the EU Ecolabel and Asia Pulp and Paper

In 2006 the EU Ecolabel was awarded to two brands of photocopy paper – Golden Plus and Lucky Boss – produced by the Indonesian company Pindo Deli, a subsidiary of APP. In 2010, FERN published EU Ecolabel allows forest destruction...

13/12/2011

NGO Statements

Letter from Asia Pulp and Papers lawyer re: FERNs report on Pindo Deli

On 21 November 2011, FERN was sent the attached letter from APP's lawyers. We will not be removing the report EU Ecolabel allows forest destruction - the case of Pindo Deli from our site as we stand by the information in that...

13/12/2011

Briefing Notes

O mercado de carbono não é a solução que promete ser para governos, florestas e populações do hemisfério sul

Muitos governos acreditam que o comércio de carbono gerará recursos consideraveis para a proteção e gestão 'sustentável' de florestas localizadas em seus países, através de iniciativas que proponham a Redução de Emissões por...

26/11/2011

Briefing Notes

Is REDD-readiness taking us in the right direction?

This set of case studies from 2011 looking at how the REDD+ process has been experienced on the ground is a follow up to the June 2010 Accra Caucus on Forests and Climate Change report looking at countries preparing for...

16/11/2011

O REDD+ e os mercados de carbono: Dez mitos detonados

Nos últimos quatro anos, as negociações das Nações Unidas sobre a Redução de Emissões por Desmatamento e Degradação Florestal (REDD+) têm se tornado cada vez mais importantes nas discussões globais sobre as mudanças climáticas....

04/11/2011

Strategies to Prevent Illegal Logging

This article was written by Saskia Ozinga and Hannah Mowat for the second edition of "A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy." It compares the EU's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Action Plan (FLEGT),...

27/10/2011