17 April 2018 was a good day in court for EU democratic principles and forests: in the dispute (FW 233, guest blog) surrounding ‘forest management operations’ – a near-tripling of timber harvests – in Poland’s

The city of Groningen, in the north in of The Netherlands, plans to build Europe’s longest (800 m) bike and pedestrian bridge – a bridge meant to promote gentler, more climate-friendly means of transport.

In April 2018, representatives from the international forest movement gathered in Estonia to discuss the protection of forests and peoples’ rights. While there, they learned about the serious threats to Estonia’s forests.  

Global chocolate companies have called for governments to look at “potential regulatory measures” to address deforestation and poverty in cocoa production, according to the Berlin De

Fern’s new report Slow Death in Siberia reveals in stark detail how coal mining in the Kuzbass area of southern Siberia has destroyed villages and forests, while strangling the livelihoods and culture of the indigenous Shor people.

Negotiations around the timber trade deal between Honduras and the European Union show how diverse interests can be reconciled in a divided land. Isolda Arita reports.
 

A new report by forests and rights NGO Fern and Coal Action Network reveals the devastation that the expansion of coal mining in the Kuzbass region of southern Siberia is causing to the area’s indigenous Shor people and t

Blog 17.4.2018

The EU’s new LULUCF Regulation: is it fit for (climate) purpose?

Healing the world’s ecosystems and restoring degraded lands makes economic sense, according to a recent

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is the most credible forest certification scheme that exists.