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Indonesia’s abundant nickel reserves are crucial for a low carbon world. But extracting them is ruining local peoples’ lives and causing rampant deforestation
09/12/2024
Brussels - Today, the President of the European Commission and Head of States of relevant South American countries reached a political agreement for a Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Mercosur.
“This deal...
06/12/2024
In light of questions raised in the European Parliament’s Budgetary Control (CONT) Committee on EU funding of civil society, 31 organisations, including Fern, have issued an open letter to the European Commission to stress that...
Without meaningful and inclusive partnerships with producer countries to tackle the root causes of deforestation, the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) risks cleaning EU supply chains but powerless to address wider deforestation....
05/12/2024
The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which entered into force in June 2023, has undergone sustained political attacks since the start of 2024, leading the European Commission to propose delaying its application by 12 months.
T...
04/12/2024
The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which entered into force in June 2023, has undergone sustained political attacks since the start of 2024, leading the European Commission to propose delaying its application by 12 months. ...
02/12/2024
EU Member States today rejected the European Parliament's amendments to the EU’s landmark deforestation regulation. These amendments pose a severe threat to the law’s integrity and were tabled last week by the centre-right...
20/11/2024
Advancing the link between healthy forest ecosystems and resilient forest economies
Co-hosted by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) Danuše Nerudová (EPP), Marina Kaljurand (S&D), Michal Wiezik (Renew), Tomas Waitz (Greens)...
Summary
Forest area is increasing, but European forests have low resilience impacting their ability to buffer climate impacts, sustain other plants and animals, and remain a respite for Europeans. Forest sector employment is...
Ghana is on the brink of a major advance in the fight against illegal logging, say Albert Katako and Obed Owusu-Addai. So why is the EU turning away from its flagship policy to tackle it?
Ghana will soon become the first African...
15/11/2024
