Biomass and the EU Heating and Cooling strategy As the EU discusses a new Heating and Cooling Strategy, to be published by the European Commission in this month, various industry lobbies…
SDGs: Now the talk is over, time for action On 25 September 2015, the world committed itself to tackling its biggest development issues when the UN General Assembly approved the 17 UN Sustainable…
Cameroonian civil society expresses concern about ERPIN Cameroonian NGOs are calling on Carbon Fund participants, including the EU, to not endorse Cameroon’s Emission Reductions Program Idea Note…
New DRC Ministerial Order puts people and forests at risk A new Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ministerial Order threatens to have a detrimental effect on local communities. The…
News in brief - October 2015 Fern’s partner in Malaysia, Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM), has released a publication on the Penan community outlining the continuing failure of the Sarawak…
China’s economic woes: good for forests? Should environmentalists welcome the collapse of the Shanghai stock market?The question is less ridiculous than it seems. Soaring consumption of agricultural…
Robinson Djeukam Njinga Memorial On 19 August 2015 our dear friend and colleague, Robinson Djeukam Njinga, an environmental and social justice lawyer and activist in Cameroon, passed away suddenly…
Laos: to protect elephants, protect forests Two hundred years ago an estimated 50,000 elephants lived in Laos. Today, just 900 remain in the wild. A massive increase in logging in recent decades…
In Memoriam: Robinson Djeukam Njinga (1964 - 2015) On 19 August 2015 our dear friend and colleague, Robinson Djeukam Njinga, an environmental and social justice lawyer and activist in Cameroon,…
Malaysian corruption hangs over VPA negotiations Several events should serve as a salutary reminder for EU negotiators engaged in discussions with Malaysia since 2006 over a Voluntary…
