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Forest Watch For nearly 30 years Fern’s monthly newsletter Forest Watch has kept journalists, decision makers and the forest movement up-to-date with forest policies and actions in the EU and…
23 September 2019 Written by Indra van Gisbergen Ending the trade in illegal timber doesn’t just mean tackling its root causes in forested countries. It means stopping it from…
How Europe’s coal dependency is devastating Russia’s forests and indigenous Shor people 3 May 2018 Written by: Daria Andreeva Coal production is falling around the world, but…
By Madeleine Ngeunga 20 September 2018 The Société Financière des Caoutchoucs (Socfin) group is one of the world’s biggest independent plantation owners,…
Our mission Fern’s commitment to is to ensure the policies and practices of the European Union strengthen environmental and social justice. We seek a world in which environmental, social and…
Carbon trading is the process of buying and selling permits and credits to emit carbon dioxide. All carbon trading systems have been beset with problems and corruption, and yet some countries and…
EU policies should deliver forest management practices that benefit people, nature and the climate. What is the state of European Union forests? For decades, intensive forestry practices in…
Does free trade harm the environment and people? The EU is the world’s largest trade bloc, providing around 80 countries with their biggest market for exports. Much of this trade involves…
