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Fern has produced a new short video introducing FLEGT and its Voluntary Partnership Agreements, which provide a vital legal framework between the EU and timber-producing countries.
Fern strongly believes the FLEGT (Forest Law...
15/09/2015
In August 2015, the New Scientist and the Biomass Magazine reported about a projected increase in supplies of wood pellets to the EU from Brazil and Russia respectively. This is not surprising, since the European Commission...
The EU and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have launched a major new programme intended to strengthen food security and promote sustainable agriculture in at least 35 countries. There is hope that the programme will...
Laos is stepping up its efforts to negotiate a Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade, Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA). The Prime Minister recently established a National Steering Committee, giving Lao civil...
Increased consumption, coupled with a growing population, is placing the world’s forests in unprecedented danger, according to Science Magazine’s August 2015 special issue on “Forest Health in a Changing World.”
It warns that the...
In August 2015 Fern revealed the true cost of a summer barbecue with its report Playing with Fire: Human misery, environmental destruction and summer BBQs. Around 70 per cent of Europe’s charcoal is imported; Playing with Fire foc...
14/09/2015
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As the Pope shows the way in his Encyclical (above), a Dutch court has shown the way by ruling that the Dutch Government was not doing enough to halt climate change. The court ordered the Dutch government to cut its emissions by...
15/08/2015
Do you know the true human and environmental cost of the charcoal you’re burning on your barbecue?
10/08/2015
