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Gordon Brown’s post Copenhagen rhetoric likely to turn a tragedy into a catastrophe

Four days after the Copenhagen summit ended without an agreement, NGOs are warning that Gordon Brown’s finger pointing and the growing media hum about the need for ‘major reform of the UN process’ are the first steps in a process whereby wealthy nations can unilaterally come up with “solutions” that will condemn millions to death.

Civil society concerned that REDD deal will not stop the forests from falling

On 17 December 2009, the penultimate day of the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, over 100 civil society groups from all continents voiced their concern that the proposed deal on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) is likely to fail, despite being described as the most significant likely outcome of the conference.

G-20 public funds still subsidising tax shy companies

Launched to coincide with the release of Avoiding Solutions: How ECAs help companies that continue to evade tax, this press release calls upon European governments to advocate for a redefined and stricter definition of Tax Havens and clear rules to stop ECAs supporting companies that operate through them.

Liberian NGO coalition asks for participatory process

A press release by the Liberian NGO coalition expressing support for the start of VPA negotiations between the EU and the Government of Liberia as part of the EU FLEGT programme. Concern has been raised, however, over the fact that NGOs seem to have been misled about the timing of the launch and hence could not be present

European Commission’s Communication could save us from the first big carbon (market) crash

The new European Commission's 'Communication on addressing the challenges of deforestation' takes a strong and welcome stand against the inclusion of forests in the ETS. FERN, Global Witness and leading economists, financiers and other NGOs have real concerns about the ability of carbon markets to halt climate change. Their capacity to halt deforestation is also widely contested.

Open letter to Comission President Barroso to act to control use and imports of illegal timber

In an open letter to Commission President Barroso, FERN, Greenpeace, FoE, WWF and Global Witness express their concern that a legislative proposal to control the import and use of illegal timber, as part of the EU FLEGT Programme, has been postponed again.

Rush to log Liberia’s forests will jeopardise the reform process

Under intense pressure from the timber industry – including many familiar faces from the past – the Forest Development Authority (FDA) of Liberia has started to issue timber contracts. Yet key legislation on community rights – to ensure an equitable balance between community, conservation and commercial forestry – is still in draft. The rush to allow a timber trade with a poor track record of corruption and trampling on community rights raises the spectre of Liberia’s forests once again undermining stability in this fragile country.

Land mark study calls for restoring land rights in Liberia

A new report, launched in Monrovia 30-1-2008, proposes formalizing customary Liberian land ownership by registering it as private property. This would signal the launch of a reform agenda that would restore the forest land rights of the overwhelming majority of Liberia’s rural populations; made up of poor agrarian families and clans.