Events

Events

How the EU, UK and US deforestation laws will impact Brazil

COP26 side event

27/10/2021

Events

Nature-based Solutions: How to avoid land grabbing in the name of biodiversity?

When:

Tuesday 12 October, 13:00 – 17:00 (Brussels - CET).

Interpretation in English, French, Russian and Spanish

Background:

With Members of the European Parliament Michèle Rivasi, Maria Soraya Rodriguez Ramos, and Marc...

29/09/2021

Events

Enforcing a Due Diligence based regulation for forest risk commodities

Event based on the report, Enforcing due diligence legislation ‘plus’  

Background:

On 23 July 2019, the European Commission adopted a Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests. Reducing...

22/03/2021

Events

2020 Cocoa Barometer Launch

On Tuesday 1st December, the VOICE network (in partnership with Fern) launched the 2020 Cocoa Barometer with a webinar attended by a broad range of stakeholders who created a lively discussion. 

The event was moderated by Oliver...

02/12/2020

Events

Tackling deforestation through EU due diligence: lessons and proposals from Brazil

The webinar discussed how to trace Brazilian agricultural exports to the EU and how a deforestation and land rights observatory could help EU companies perform due diligence to remove deforestation and human rights violations from...

01/10/2020

News, Events

Webinars on the EU and UK consultations on Regulatory Proposals to Halt Deforestation

Highlights of the webinar:

The webinars in Brazilian Portuguese, English, French, and Spanish (click on the links for the slides) were attended by over 100 participants, including civil society from producer countries, as well...

28/09/2020

Events

What Climate Strategy for European Forests? Rethinking their contribution to climate neutrality

The European Union (EU) has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050. This will require us to both drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to increase carbon dioxide removals. Many countries rely heavily on scenarios that...

21/07/2020

Events

Ending imported destruction: How EU due diligence regulations could protect forests and people

Read the full report of the event

Fern and the Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) Working Group of the European Parliament, a cross-party group of Members if the European Parliament (MEPs), co-organised the event to discuss...

03/07/2020

Events

Tackling the global deforestation crisis - the urgent need for EU regulation of supply chains

Following the global outcry about the Amazon fires, Fern and the Fair Trade Advocacy Office organised a European Parliament event to discuss the European Union’s (EU) response and the urgent need to regulate EU agricultural supply chains.

26/11/2019

Events

NDCs and Forests - Taking Stock and Moving Ahead

2019 is a critical year for climate ambition and revisions of National Determined Contributions (NDCs).

Coordination SUD and Fern has hosted a multi-stakeholder dialogue on NDCs and Forests: Taking Stock and Moving Ahead, on 1...

04/10/2019