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This position paper from Fern and 10 other NGOs argues that the EU should limit bioenergy use in achieving the 2030 renewable energy target, and should introduce safeguards to avoid negative impacts on the environment, people and...
28/04/2015
FERN works to achieve environmental and social justice with a focus on forests and forest peoples' rights in the policies and practices of the European Union.
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15/04/2015
On 30 March 2015, Fern hosted a conference looking at how to develop an EU Action Plan on Deforestation. This is important as the EU's consumption of agricultural commodities and timber has resulted in the destruction of at least...
On 30 March 2015, Fern and Yannick Jadot and Catherine Bearder, MEPs from major European political parties co-hosted a conference “Protecting Forests, Respecting Rights: Policy Options for EU Action on Deforestation.”
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On 30 March 2015, FERN and MEPs Catherine Bearder, Linda McAvan and Yannick Jadot will host “Protecting forests, respecting rights,” a conference examining how to deal with the EU’s deforestation footprint. From 1990 to 2008...
10/04/2015
The EU renewable energy policy is driving deforestation and forest degradation in the US, according to several US NGOs who visited European capitals in early February. Wood pellet exports dramatically rose, particularly in the...
01/04/2015
EU consumers make a hefty contribution to (often illegal) global deforestation; of this, the food sector accounts for 60 per cent of the deforestation embodied in EU consumption. If the EU is to reach its commitment to end...
31/03/2015
Educate shoppers better about where agricultural commodities come from, and penalise 'bad' products
30/03/2015
This study refocuses attention on the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions domestically, without offloading responsibilities onto other countries through offsets. It explores why forests cannot offset fossil fuel emissions; and...
28/03/2015
