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During 2024, Fern commissioned Tulip, a Geneva-based consultancy, to interrogate external perceptions of the EU’s international forest policy. The report was timed to inform the next five-year cycle of EU action on protecting...
15/05/2025
Twenty-one organisations from across Europe have written a joint letter to the European State Forest Association (EUSTAFOR) and members of its Executive Committee, about their recent position paper “Preserving forests, jobs and...
14/05/2025
Strengthening solidarity and trust between forests, community rights and climate defenders
12/05/2025
The way forward must be collective. There is no other choice but to gather people and build movements.
— Marielle Ramires
I remember vividly meeting with Marielle – Mari - for the first time. Her collective, Mídia NINJA, was...
08/05/2025
The importance of a movement: Planning for COP30, tackling mining, strengthening climate targets and a tribute to Marielle Ramires
For the first time, new research models the potential deforestation that EU demand for electric vehicles (EVs) could cause through to 2050.
The findings are startling: on current trajectories, EU hunger for the minerals EVs...
Recent policy developments have sparked significant discussions on the integration of international carbon credits into climate targets.
This offsetting approach, which was abandoned in the EU many years ago because of its lack...
Despite the US leaving the Paris Agreement and the increasing difficulty in achieving global unity about anything, hope will be in the air when scientists, NGOs and government climate experts come together, 16 - 26 June 2025, for...
The transition to e-mobility is an essential component of efforts to achieve climate neutrality. But the transition also requires critical raw materials such as iron, bauxite, copper, manganese, nickel and cobalt, that are highly valued and sought after by defence, space and digital industries. The sourcing of these materials, if not adequately planned, could have devastating impacts on forests and rights.
07/05/2025
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Report proposes roadmap for supporting transition to electric cars, while minimising harm to forests and Indigenous Peoples’ rights; new policies could reduce deforestation by 82%.
