Cameroon’s VPA ends, but Parliament’s resolution reinforces EU accountability On 17 June 2025, the European Parliament (EP) plenary voted to terminate the EU-Cameroon Forest Law Enforcement,…
Analysis of an outgoing Polish Presidency: Environmental ambition can’t wait until crises worsen Back in October 2023, thanks to a historically high voter turnout, Poland’s electorate swept Donald…
2024 Annual Report The year was defined by the rousing defence of essential policies protecting forests and peoples’ rights. Concerted attempts to sabotage the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) and the EU…
How the EU’s Deforestation Regulation can strengthen forests and the forest industry On 3 July 2025, Fern hosted a webinar focused on ongoing preparations for the EUDR as well as investment and…
Greenwashing Carbon Removal Will the EU’s carbon removals policy remove carbon from the atmosphere, or from forests and the land? Urgent action is needed to ensure the upcoming EU carbon removal…
From policy to progress: How the EU Deforestation Regulation is driving in-country impacts for forests and people The EUDR will enter into force at the end of 2025, following a one-year delay, but…
Concerns about the termination of the Cameroon-EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement The context Almost half of Cameroon is covered by fast disappearing tropical forests. In 2023, a 12-month Pulitzer…
How the Liberia-EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement has improved forest governance and law enforcement in Liberia The context Liberia is a forest-rich country still recovering from a timber-trade…
Understanding the EU-Congo Forest Partnership What does it say, what does it do? The second-largest tropical forest on earth sits in Africa’s Congo Basin. Much of that forest grows in The Republic…
Proposals to simplify EUDR threaten forest protection and EU’s credibility Over 40 organisations from across Europe, including Fern, have expressed their deep concern regarding the proposals for…
