A law for wood: what legal provisions to tackle illegal wood imports into France? This executive summary is of an examination of French law relevant to illegal wood imports into France which…
Forests of Fear: The abuse of human rights in forest conflicts Abuses of human rights occur in forest conflicts all over the world, from Canada and the USA to Brazil, from Kenya to Indonesia. In…
Behind the Logo: An environmental and social assessment of forest certification schemes FERN's comparison of four certification schemes - the FSC, PEFC, SFI and CSA. Forest certification is widely…
Nature is not for sale! This event on 2 June 2014 at the Regent’s Park Hub was the second forum on the natural commons. It was split into two discussions. The first considered new directions in…
How sustainable is Scandinavian biomass? By 2020, bioenergy will account for more than 10 per cent of total energy consumption in the EU. Scandinavian forests will be a significant source of biomass…
Illegal logging, governance and trade: 2005 Joint NGO conference FERN, Greenpeace and WWF report on the 7 April 2005 conference on illegal logging and related trade. The conference, The 2005 Joint…
Annual Report 2013 2013 has been a year of progress for FERN’s campaigns, sometimes dramatic, sometimes grindingly slow. More than a decade of campaigning for legislation to stop illegal timber…
Annual Report 2012 2012 was a tumultuous year. People in the Middle East and countries where FERN works like Malaysia and Gabon stood up to dictatorial rule; hurricane Sandy sent salt water into the…
Annual Report 2011 2011 demonstrated just how unfit for purpose the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) really is. At the start of the year, trading in the schemes’ carbon allowances was paralysed…
Annual Report 2010 FERN has been facilitating meetings of the Forest Movement Europe (FME) since 1995. The FME is an informal network of NGOs working on forests from a social and environmental…
