Publications

Briefing notes

Letting trees age: an effective climate strategy

French forests are currently at a crossroads. Ever since the 2007 Grenelle Environment Forum, France, like many European countries, has allowed industrial wood energy projects to proliferate. Now the urgent need to deal with the...

14/07/2020

NGO statements

Direct threat to Indigenous territories of Mato Grosso and Brazil

Cuiabá, June, 22nd 2020 

Civil society organisations are concerned about Brazilian State Bill 17/2020, proposed by the governor of Mato Grosso, Mauro Mendes. Contradicting the federal legislation, this Bill authorises the...

26/06/2020

Briefing notes

Biodiversity first: How European forests can help tackle the climate crisis

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 – negative emissions.

This briefing shows why...

25/06/2020

NGO statements

Fern stands with the Black Lives Matter movement in the struggle for justice

A joint statement from all of us at Fern 

Fern’s vision is a world in which environmental, social and economic justice is fully integrated at all levels. To achieve this, we work with partners to uncover and end the systemic...

03/06/2020

Briefing notes

The EU-Mercosur trade agreement: What is it, and what could it mean for forests and human rights?

In June 2019 the European Union (EU) and Mercosur (Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay) announced that they had reached an ‘in principle’ agreement on the content of a bilateral trade agreement which they had been negotiating,...

02/06/2020

Press releases

Biodiversity strategy: the European Commission lays the path for a greener future in the wake of COVID-19

The launch today of the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy could be a landmark moment for European forests. As well as headline targets to protect land and sea areas, the Strategy foresees binding restoration targets and measures in 2021,...

20/05/2020

Briefing notes

European Green Deal must strengthen partner countries’ recovery from the COVID-19 crisis

Fern and 15 other NGOs working on climate, environment, human rights and sustainable development issues have released a statement on the EU’s response to the COVID-19 crisis. 

The statement welcomes EU leadership in supporting...

06/05/2020

Reports

EU Forests of Hope

How community restoration and management of forests can help meet climate goals

01/04/2020

Reports

Forest governance and climate action in the Republic of Congo : Challenges and perspectives

This report, produced in collaboration with Climate Analytics and Rencontre pour la Paix et les Droits de l'Homme (RPDH), demonstrates that only good governance will allow Congo's forests to play a crucial role in the fight...

30/03/2020

Reports

Evaluating the VPA process in the Republic of Congo

Views from civil society

30/03/2020