Communities, not BECCS, crucial for limiting warming to 1.5°C A briefing released last week by Fern, Rainforest Foundation Norway and Friends of the Earth Norway dismisses the need for…
European Commission sacrifices forests for energy Brussels, November 30 –Today’s Winter Package on Climate and Energy marks a crucial missed chance by the European Commission to end a policy which…
Fern cautiously welcomes the EU and Vietnam Voluntary Partnership Agreement On 18 November, a significant milestone was reached in the fight to protect Vietnam’s forests.The EU and Vietnam agreed…
Where are forests in Europe’s plans to make the Sustainable Development Goals a reality? In September 2015, after the largest consultation in the history of the United Nations, more than…
Video Blog: Why forests are at risk in Liberia and how to plant the seeds of change Illegal logging is reducing globally, but deforestation continues as land is cleared for commercial agriculture.…
Guest blog: Green Invasion Europe’s once peaceful forests are being invaded - in the name of green energy. To meet European Union policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting…
Bioenergy and social injustice in North Carolina Our Bioenergy campaigner, Linde Zuidema, has been visiting the South-East United States to witness how forests are being destroyed to produce wood…
European Commission risks repeating mistakes with its flawed proposals on bioenergy sustainability Today Politico has leaked the European Commission’s draft Winter Package on Climate and Energy…
PHOTO BLOG: A story of southern destruction Seeing is believing, and witnessing first-hand the devastating effect that the European Union’s renewable energy policy is having on the forests and…
Forest Watch special - VPA update November 2016 LoggingOff and Fern publish an occasional Forest Watch special VPA update, which provides a roundup of developments across countries involved in VPA…
