Sarawak Chief Minister’s fine words on forest corruption must lead to action Sarawak state government actions do not match recent statements made by Adenan Satem, Taib Mahmud’s successor as Chief…
News in brief - issue 205 As Fern pointed out in last month’s ForestWatch, four important EU consultations are now open. For a brief explanation of each consultation, please refer…
The Dutch show the way: Debate on biomass becomes a burning matter On 28 April 2015, the European Parliament voted to cap the use of, and subsidies for ‘land-based’ biofuels to meet the 2020…
European Parliament conference calls for EU Action on Deforestation and Forest Degradation On 30 March 2015, Fern and Yannick Jadot and Catherine Bearder, MEPs from major European political parties…
Event - Protecting Forests, Respecting Rights On 30 March 2015, FERN and MEPs Catherine Bearder, Linda McAvan and Yannick Jadot will host “Protecting forests, respecting rights,” a…
Consuming less, Consuming better EU consumers make a hefty contribution to (often illegal) global deforestation; of this, the food sector accounts for 60 per cent of the deforestation embodied…
Are we spending wisely? Despite austerity measures, in recent years the top donors of overseas development assistance (ODA) relative to gross national income were European countries. Funding to…
Burning Matter In a competition to find the best example of EU policy incoherence, the EU’s bioenergy policy would be a strong contender. In 2009, the EU agreed a target of 20 per cent of energy…
Starving damaging projects of funds Starve a project of its money and it will be unlikely to continue. This approach is effective, but tackling them project by project is too slow; making changes in…
Tightening EU illegal logging laws The EU’s illegal logging initiatives (FLEGT and the EU Timber Regulation) have contributed, inter alia, to improvements in governance, transparency and…
