Protecting forests, improving livelihoods - Comparing community forestry in Cameroon and Guatemala This report conducts a comparison between the experience of community forests in Guatemala and in…
Vietnamese NGOs call for improved forest governance through FLEGT VPA and free trade deal The EU and Vietnam recently concluded a Free Trade Agreement and reaffirmed their determination to conclude…
Will carbon markets ever deliver for southern government, forests and people? This statement, endorsed by 57 prominent human rights and environmental organisations from Europe, Africa, Asia,and…
Comment on the COP21 - Issue 2 - a forest perspective Forests barely feature in the draft text, but runaway climate change could devastate the forests which more than a billion people directly…
Designing a LULUCF pillar that works for forests and climate This report by the Institute for European Environmental Policy was commissioned by Fern to develop proposals for how best to include…
Film: how FLEGT-VPA is being used to give CAR’s forest communities a voice As the Central African Republic (CAR) was recovering from a severe civil conflict, the government launched a nationwide…
Bioenergy briefing note 1: the limited availability of wood for energy This is the first of a series of briefings Fern is producing on bioenergy. This briefing shows how little forest biomass is…
Stashing the cash: banks, money laundering and the battle against illegal logging Illegal logging is believed to account for between 15% and 30% of the international trade in timber, with revenues…
Time to Rethink? A Critique of Rural Land Law in Côte d’Ivoire The objective of this paper is to critique rural land law and forest law in Côte d’Ivoire from an Africa-wide perspective. The paper…
Playing with Fire: Human Misery, Environmental Destruction and Summer BBQs With temperatures soaring across Europe this summer millions have enjoyed barbecues – and will continue to do so until the…
