An update on the Indonesia-EU trade agreement Indonesia and EU negotiators are continuing trade discussions. The EU must ensure respect for human rights and environment. In the context of Cooperative…
Analysis of an outgoing Polish Presidency: Environmental ambition can’t wait until crises worsen Back in October 2023, thanks to a historically high voter turnout, Poland’s electorate swept Donald…
Analysis of gender impacts of the Ghana Voluntary Partnership Agreement with European Union Fern commissioned this study of gender issues in Ghana’s FLEGT VPA as a tentative first step to looking at…
Analysis of the European Commission’s Strategic Framework for International Cooperation Without meaningful and inclusive partnerships with producer countries to tackle the root causes of…
Analysis on biomass in National Energy and Climate Plans The European Union relies heavily on burning forest biomass to achieve its renewable energy targets. This destructive burning has…
Announcements Last week NGOs launched a EU Forest Manifesto calling for political groups, candidates for the European elections and EU leaders to support forests and forest peoples in…
Annual Report 1999 1999 has been a year of change and drama at the European Union. For the first time in its history the Parliament sacked the Commission on charges of corruption and nepotism, and a…
Annual Report 2000 The year 2000 was a milestone for Fern as it marked our fifth year of existence. Since our beginning in 1995 Fern has more than doubled in size and has become the leading…
Annual Report 2001 This review of 2001 shows the scope of Fern’s work and highlights some of our successes. In particular our report, Behind the Logo, explains how a credible forest certification…
Annual Report 2002 The ‘impossible dream’ of reversing the forest crisis is the inspiration behind FERN’s mission. By the end of 2002 FERN’s team had tackled an ambitious work programme that included…
