Arctic Limits: How Finland’s forest policies threaten the Sámi and the climate Finland is a test case in the fight against climate change. As the world edges closer to breaching the Paris Agreement…
EU consumption of Palm Oil and deforestation Palm oil is the world’s most commonly used vegetable oil. After beef and soya, palm oil is the third largest agricultural cause of deforestation. Global…
Biofuels are not a way to decarbonise aviation This letter to Commissioner Bulc explains why NGOs are concerned about his statement that “Biofuels are the ‘best choice’ at this point to start to…
Community forests: A discussion document for Fern and partners Anyone who works with forest dwellers across the world asks themselves the following question at some point or another: Can community…
The EU’s Circular Economy Action Plan and forests: How and why NGOs should engage This report looks at the European Union (EU) Circular Economy Action Plan, presented in December 2015 by the…
NGO position on the post-2020 LULUCF Regulation This position paper concludes that the EU should devise strong bioenergy sustainability criteria to ensure the EU only incentivises bioenergy that…
NGO comments to European Commission investigation in to UK state aid to Drax power plan In January of this year, the European Commission launched an investigation into whether the UK government’s…
How to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals? Focus on forests In September 2015, world governments adopted an Agenda for Sustainable Development with 17 universal Sustainable Development Goals…
Developing EU measures to address forest-risk commodities: What can be learned from EU regulation of other sectors? The EU is one of the largest drivers of tropical deforestation. Consumption of…
Letter to Commissioner Hogan re: commitment to promote meat consumption Twelve NGOs have written to the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development to express concerns about his commitment to…
