Court of Auditors on FLEGT: missing the bigger picture The long-delayed European Court of Auditors (ECA) report on the FLEGT Action Plan omitted key information but contained…
COP21: draft text agreed, but contentious issues remain From 19 to 23 October, countries met in Bonn for the last negotiations before next month’s climate summit in Paris, where a new global…
End subsidies for forest biomass Burning forest biomass undermines the EU’s objectives toward climate change mitigation, nature protection and a circular economy and has a devastating, irreversible…
Cameroonian activist sentenced: intimidation resonates beyond borders On 3 November 2015 Cameroonian activist Nasako Besingi – environmental campaigner, human rights defender and director…
Liberia’s Land Rights Act: toward community forestry? Liberian and international NGOs took part in a conference with Liberian government officials in Monrovia in October at a crucial…
Anti-money laundering rules of limited use in tackling illegal logging Illegally-logged wood accounts for up to 30 per cent of international trade in timber. Revenues from timber crime likely run…
News in brief - November 2015 As the Paris climate summit nears, climate NGOs and indigenous groups are demanding that the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) global reporting…
How FLEGT is making a difference in the CAR The new transitional government of the Central African Republic is in the process of drafting a new constitution, and, for the first time, many forest…
Last stop before Paris From 19-23 October 2015, parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will gather in Bonn for a UN climate meeting. It is the last chance to…
After LULUCF consultation, major questions still left unanswered The recent online consultation about how the EU should integrate Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) into its 2030…
