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Deadly stakes: Too often we report the same story: someone killed for defending the peace and integrity of his home. In late June, Erasio Vieda Ponce became the fifth murder victim from his small Honduran community, besieged by...
15/07/2015
This film shows how we can turn around years of damaging policies and build an EU where all timber and agricultural products are produced legally, sustainably and in countries that respect communities’ rights to their land.
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07/07/2015
Two days before the European Union closes its consultation on the role that land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) should play in EU climate effort, new research reveals that including this sector in emissions reductions...
16/06/2015
The international community is turning its attention to the plight of the Central African Republic (CAR), after decades of neglect. The CAR state is so weak that almost everything needs to be rebuilt, and the fragile situation on...
15/06/2015
A decade of VPAs: where have we been, where do we go? Every six months, Fern produces an update looking at the present situation with regards the EU's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, with a...
11/06/2015
On May 23, 2015, it was reported that Jopi Peranginangin, an Indonesian activist “who opposed unbridled palm oil expansion,” was stabbed to death in Jakarta (the motive is not yet clear). Four days later a report emerged of a...
10/06/2015
Sarawak state government actions do not match recent statements made by Adenan Satem, Taib Mahmud’s successor as Chief Minister of Sarawak since March 2014. In May 2015, Satem reiterated his commitment (FW199) to take on...
As Fern pointed out in last month’s ForestWatch, four important EU consultations are now open. For a brief explanation of each consultation, please refer to FW204.
Consultation on the evaluation of the EU Timber Regulation (EUT...
Conflict in the CAR is allowing illegal deforestation to rise, but turning that around could help bring lasting peace
28/05/2015
Seeing the forests through the trees, a new report from Fern analysing the ‘transparency annexes’ of Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA) in five African countries, shows that VPA implementation is helping increase disclosure of...
13/05/2015
