We need an EU Action Plan on deforestation now! January 2018: Brazilians and Colombians reveal the impacts of deforestation on Amazonian peoples. Members of the Parliament from various political…
Protein Report: An opportunity that should have been seized On 21 February 2018, the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture was scheduled to vote on a report for a European strategy…
The promise of better times for Białowieża Forest EU Advocate General Yves Bot has found all of the Commission’s complaints well founded in the dispute surrounding the large-scale harvesting of…
Will France deliver on CAFI? All eyes are on France as it takes over the presidency of the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI). Launched three years ago to protect the Congo Basin forests and…
UK to stick with FLEGT and EUTR after Brexit, says UK Environment Minister While the staunchest supporters of the United Kingdom leaving the EU continue to advocate for ‘slashing the EU red tape…
Republic of Congo’s controversial road The Observatoire Congolais des Droits de l'Homme (OCDH), one of Fern’s local partners in the Republic of Congo, has published a briefing…
What does 2018 hold in store for climate and forests? The year 2017 was heavy with news of record high temperatures and forest fires, but also with international and EU policy developments on…
The European Parliament on climate: Blow hot, blow cold With regard to climate policy, the Parliament seems to have difficulty choosing whether to encourage its constituents or drive us to…
Media groups, journalists and environmental non-profits react to yet another legal prosecution On 25 - 26 January 2018 the criminal chamber of the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris opened a…
News in Brief - February 2018 After the deaths of more than 50 people in 2017 in open, abandoned mines, a Fern partner in Cameroon, Foder, has launched the “Trop, c’est trop” campaign. The tragic…
