How to stop trade agreements from damaging forests and peoples' rights The EU has made strong commitments to mitigate climate change, stop deforestation and respect human rights, including community…
A Green New Deal for Forests Ursula von der Leyen, President-elect of the European Commission, has promised to deliver a European Green Deal in her first 100 days in office. For such a deal to truly…
Our Forests Our Lives From the Liberian women fighting for the right to own and govern land that’s rightfully theirs, to the Guyanese Indigenous Peoples resisting companies attempting to seize their…
Our Forests Our Lives Stories of hope and resilience from forest communities around the world Stories of hope and resilience from forest communities around the world Due to the growing…
As the Amazon burns and global deforestation accelerates, only unified international action can save the world’s forests Tropical forests are likely to grab headlines today when Jair Bolsonaro…
Fern’s offices are closed today 20 September 2019 in solidarity with the #GlobalStrike4Climate The Climate Crisis is real and we’re already seeing the effects. Our hotter planet is hurting millions…
Forest Watch 248 - September 2019 Commission Communication opens door to regulation of products that destroy forests, but proposed Mercosur trade deal throws fuel on the Amazon fires
Here’s how CAFI’s $65 million can help save Congo’s forests On 3 September 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron (on behalf of the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI), as France holds this…
German forests: Climate change is not the only problem Poor forest management also needs to shoulder some of the blame. A third of Germany is made up of forest, so when bark beetles, fungi, drought…
NGOs ask the new European Commission to act boldly against illegal logging and forest destruction Tropical forests consumed by fire and colossal hurricanes show that the time for half-measures to…
