Response to the Verified Carbon Standard In November 2017, Fern published new research showing why forest carbon offsets should be ineligible for the United Nations (UN) International…
Guest Blog: Visible changes in Poland – but what about where change is less visible? Polish ecologists are greeting recent improvements in Poland’s political posture toward the European Union and to…
Climate the loser as the European Parliament fails to ensure wood is burnt sustainably (Brussels) – 17 January 2018. The European Parliament today failed to help the climate by reversing the…
Virgin Atlantic: A small victory in a bigger battle Controversy has long plagued the Oddar Meanchey carbon offset project in Cambodia. Solid evidence has been in the public domain…
How local rights can halt global wrongs: the legal path to sustainable farming in Brazil Agricultural expansion is devastating the world’s forests. In Brazil the levelling of forests to…
Playing with Fire: Europes bioenergy future Many European countries rely on bioenergy to meet their renewable energy targets - with detrimental impacts on forests, air quality, the climate and the…
Bonn kick-starts the New York Declaration on Forests At the COP23 in Bonn – three years after the 2014 New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) was passed – the UN Development Programme (UNDP)…
Parliament calls for ‘negative emissions’ Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called for the EU to be producing negative emissions – sucking more carbon dioxyde out of the…
Primeval forests logged in Romanian Natura 2000 site The last great primeval forests in the EU are disappearing at a breathtaking speed e.g., Białowieża in Poland. Now, in Romania another drama is…
Biofuture: Paving the road to hell with good intentions In November 2017, at COP23 in Bonn, 19 countries announced their misguided intention to use more biomass for energy…
