Deepening and expanding multi-stakeholder participation in VPAs to achieve greater impact VPA update, June 2019 One of the unique features of Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) – which form a…
Deforestation Regulation: FLEGT’s achievements must be saved at all costs FLEGT’s achievements must be saved at all costs, says Christian Mounzéo of Rencontre pour la paix et les droits de l’homme…
Deforestation Regulation: Ivorian farmers' low income from cocoa is a human rights issue The low income that Ivorian farmers earn producing cocoa is a human rights issue which the EU’s deforestation…
Degrading ecosystems to prevent climate change. Can Czech forests and soils survive the dash for biomass? This report looks at solid and gaseous biomass use in the Czech Republic to see whether…
Delivering on forest governance in a transactional world During 2024, Fern commissioned Tulip, a Geneva-based consultancy, to interrogate external perceptions of the EU’s international forest…
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Indigenous rights law inches forward and CSOs weigh in ahead of COP26 A proposed law to protect the rights of the Indigenous Pygmy…
Designed to fail? The concepts, practices and controversies behind carbon trading. Carbon trading has become the central pillar of international efforts to halt climate change. It is a term…
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…
Destructive palm oil imports in the spotlight France's plans to impose an additional tax on palm oil used in food moved a step closer as its lower house of parliament approved the levy on 18 March…
Detoxifying palm oil How European Union policy could remove deforestation and human rights violations from the palm oil trade with Indonesia How European Union policy could remove deforestation and…
