Giving polluters a green light to keep polluting isn't a viable climate solution. Decision-makers need to prioritise emission reductions and the protection of existing forests. How effective is…
Soaring temperatures. Droughts. Floods. Warming Oceans. Rising sea levels. Wildfires. The impacts of the climate crisis are happening faster than many scientists predicted. So what is climate…
Life on earth depends on forests. The world’s forests absorb and store carbon dioxide, but when they are chopped down, the gas is released back into the atmosphere. Forest…
Forests are a key natural solution to climate change. By the time you’ve read this sentence, three hectares of forest will have been razed around the world. Why is reducing EU consumption…
What do land rights have to do with forests? Lack of clarity over land tenure rights is at the heart of most legal and illegal forest destruction. That’s why upholding Indigenous Peoples’ rights…
Fern has a long-term strategy objective to have a stable, diverse group of funders that entrust Fern with long term, flexible funding. To ensure that Fern up-holds its values while working towards…
Why Fern cares about forests and forest people Forests are essential for life on earth. They create soil, maintain the water cycle and are a vast source of nutrients. They make the weather…
What are the EU’s Partnerships with forested countries? When she became President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen said that the under her mandate, the Commission would be…
EU policies should aim to protect EU forests and deliver forest management practices that benefit people, nature and the climate. Play video Watch the video to find out all the benefits of…
Most deforestation is driven by the desire for more land to produce goods for export. Vast areas of tropical forest are being cleared to produce a handful of goods: known as forest risk…
